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Volkswagen and Xpeng to roll out two new EVs, starting with an SUV

Baua Electric

Volkswagen and Chinese EV maker Xpeng say they are jointly developing two mid-sized BEVs for 2026 for mainland China, with the first model being an SUV. Last year, China’s behemoth BYD overtook Volkswagen as the best-selling car brand in China , the first time any carmaker outsold the German brand since at least 2008.

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Rhodia Signs Collaborative Agreement with the CNRS, the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon and the East China Normal University on Green Chemistry

Green Car Congress

Opened in 2008, this laboratory employs more than a hundred researchers. Here, Rhodia develops new products that target the needs of Chinese consumers and industrial customers, especially in electronics, plastics, and formulations for personal care, home care and agricultural applications. billion (US$5.16 billion) in 2009.

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Seven-day test: Living with the 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT. Can it really challenge a Tesla Model Y or BYD Atto 3?

EV Central

French cars have frustrated the living hell out of me this past decade, and the Peugeot e-2008 GT is another one to add to my list. As tested, our e-2008 GT small SUV is over $67,000 to drive-away in Queensland. Day 1: Bonjour, mon ami 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT. Little things adding personality. Bonne chance, e-2008.

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

Green Car Congress

Even though the United States has just 25% of the total population of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, in 2008 it alone accounted for just above 40% of the 10.3 trillion pkm in 2008. trillion passenger-kilometers driven in all OECD member countries.

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I’ve driven the Tesla killer – and it’s not what you think it is | Opinion

EV Central

Teslas built in China will now show a digitised version of the Chinese flag, or a panda eating a piece of bamboo, while American-made Teslas will turn their rear running lights into either the shape of an AR-15 assault rifle, or the letters “MAGA”. It’s an enticing prospect. Outselling Tesla?

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Volkswagen and BYD Agree to Explore Partnership for Hybrids and EVs

Green Car Congress

Chinese carmaker BYD and Volkswagen have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the options for partnership in the area of hybrids and electric vehicles powered by lithium batteries. Particularly for the Chinese market, potential partners such as BYD could support us in quickly expanding our activities. —Dr. Hackenberg.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear. MB of data. Clones, in a sense, are marvelous….it

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