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2023 BMW iX1 review: How does this premium electric SUV stack up against Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo in Australia?

EV Central

Equipment the two vehicles share includes dual-zone climate control operated via a heat pump, remote access and keyless start, powered and heated front seats with memory for the driver and a power tailgate. The iX1 is protected by a five-year/unlimited kilometre warranty and the li-ion battery pack for eight years/160,000km.

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Toyota Concerned About Market Viability of Plug-ins, Sees Clear Path to Commercialization of Fuel Cell Technology in 2015

Green Car Congress

Prius best embodies Toyota’s philosophy on advanced vehicle technology—for vehicles to become true solutions to our climate change and environmental challenges, they must be mass market solutions. Toyota launched the Prius in June 2000, and for the first four years, the buyers were a small segment of innovators and early adopters.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year. Electric cars will be one answer.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? The EV1 needs to be built with LI batteries and a REAL Assembly Line.

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