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Market Update: How Battery Pack Costs Declined Since 2008

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The cost of battery packs has been a significant factor in the adoption of these technologies, and recent developments show that we’re moving in the right direction as prices drop. But the price of these batteries had been a major roadblock to electric vehicle adoption. But that doesn’t mean prices are set in stone.

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NSC: US motor vehicle fatalities up 9% in 1H 2016; trending toward deadliest driving year since 2007

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The continued rise in fatalities is prompting the Council to issue its highest fatality estimate for the Labor Day holiday period since 2008. Average gas prices for the first six months of this year were 16% lower than 2015 levels, helping to fuel a 3.3% NSC estimates 438 people will be killed during the three-day holiday weekend.

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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

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Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California. Vehicles will range in price from US$8,000 to $16,000 fully equipped. CT&T United, the US subsidiary of CT&T Korea, Ltd., The e-Zone uses a 72V, 5.0 A direct-drive wheel motor is optional. Earlier post.).

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President Joe Biden’s Tesla-void EV speech gave Ford too much credit [Opinion]

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Two of the four vehicles I have owned have been Fords, the most recent being a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. Tesla is effectively on the verge of decreasing electric vehicle costs by a significant margin, and in a few years, it expects to build a $25,000 car that will reach price parity with gas-powered rivals.

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