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Say Hello To The Car Connection's 2016 Driver's Choice Awards

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Every year, like Green Car Reports, our sister site The Car Connection names its Best Car To Buy. Dubbed the 2016 Driver's Choice Awards, there are six categories, which include Best Performance Car, Best Green Car, Best Luxury Car, Best Looking Car.

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Tencent buys 5% stake in Tesla for $1.8 billion

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Tencent and China Harmony Auto Holding began a partnership to develop connected, electric cars. In January 2016, they formed a joint venture company, Harmony Futeng Internet & Intelligent Electric Vehicle New Energy Company Limited, led by Dr. Carsten Breitfeld, formerly the VP of Engineering and Head of the i8 vehicle program at BMW.

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Empa recommends buying diesel vehicles only if Euro 6d-TEMP or Euro 6d

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Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research for Industry, Construction and Commerce, recommends buying diesel vehicles only if they have been approved in accordance with Euro 6d-TEMP or Euro 6d. At the end of 2016 around 3.1 million passenger vehicles with gasoline engines and 1.3

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More than 500,000 Mercedes me Adapters activated

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Since 2016, Mercedes-Benz has been offering its customers the option of equipping as yet unconnected vehicles from older model series dating back to 2002 with the Mercedes me Adapter. Connecting the adapter with a smartphone means that connectivity services are no longer solely reserved to customers buying new cars.

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Union College Partners with EV Connect to Provide EV Charging for Faculty, Staff, and Students

EV Connect

The Challenge As part of their climate action plan, Union College laid out different sustainable initiatives and objectives, which included installing a 2 dual port electric charging stations on campus in 2016. Whenever we reach out to EV Connect about a specific issue we get a response in less than 24 hours.” It’s a good relationship.

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Infineon buys Wolfspeed Power for $850M cash; power semiconductors for electromobility

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This will accelerate the market introduction of these innovative technologies, addressing the needs of modern society – such as energy efficiency, connectivity and mobility. The business to be acquired by Infineon has generated pro-forma revenues of US$173 million in the twelve months ending 27 March 2016.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. The first Bolt displayed at the annual National Drive Electric Event in 2016 in Los Angeles. The Bolt debuts at the 2016 LA Car Show.