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Xpeng X2 eVTOL finished a cross-river gliding in China [Video]

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On August 27, Xpeng’s subsidized startup AeroHT reported its aviation automobile, Xpeng X2, finished the gliding around the Xiang river in Changsha, Hunan province. The aviation automobile took off from the left cupboard of the river and landed at Zhoutou Sq., Writer’s remark Xpeng assists in keeping calling it a aviation automobile.

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DOE Announces $528.7M Conditional Loan for Fisker Automotive for PHEVs

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million conditional loan to Fisker Automotive for the development of two lines of plug-in hybrids—the Karma and the new Project Nina vehicle—by 2016. Fisker says that Project Nina—inspired by the ship belonging to explorer Christopher Columbus—is symbolic of the automobile industry’s transition from old world to new.

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Earlier post.). —2012 Sustainability Report.

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Honda to add battery-electric, plug-in hybrid variants to Clarity platform; new 2017 Accord Hybrid

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Following the US launch of the Clarity Fuel Cell in late 2016, the Clarity Electric will go on-sale in 2017. —John Mendel, executive vice president, Automobile Division, American Honda Motor. The Clarity Fuel Cell will have a targeted monthly lease price of less than $500.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

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The MEB will be the foundation for an entirely new generation of battery-electric vehicles designed not only to be electric and feature extended range, but to be connected, autonomous, open and priced for the volume market as required by Volkswagen’s positioning. The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D.

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