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Report: Next-generation Minis to go all electric

Green Car Reports

As the next-generation of Mini models goes on sale, they may all be electric. According to a Tuesday report from Automobile, Mini's overseers at BMW have may have nixed all future gas engines for the brand and simultaneously pared its future lineup to just three models.

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Rolls-Royce eras in an all-electric plan by 2030, unveils Spectre EV

Teslarati

Rolls-Royce has a rich 115-year history of building iconic, legendary, and luxury automobiles to the select few who are willing to pay the massive price tag that comes along with them. Rolls-Royce has had electric plans on its agenda for a decade. What do you think?

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Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

Green Car Congress

The results of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of greenhouse gas emissions and primary energy demand of the cars tested by Green NCAP in 2022 show that the current and continuous trend towards larger and heavier cars, significantly increases the negative impact on climate and energy demand.

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Foxconn partnering with Thailand’s PTT to build EVs; MIH open EV platform

Green Car Congress

Foxconn and PTT have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in setting up an open platform for producing electric vehicles (EV) and key components to serve the EV sector in Thailand. PTT is a Thai state-owned oil and gas company and the largest publicly listed conglomerate in Thailand.

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ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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of all new medium- and heavy-buses (over 3.5 All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined accounted for 15.0% of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% of total new bus registrations, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Source: ACEA.

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Why are electrical automobile names so unholy?

Baua Electric

The prospect to call a unutilized automobile is treasured, a billion-dollar branding workout with many years of attainable endurance. Many cars have names which have been round for 20-plus years — even if the underlying automobile has modified. Making its debut in 1934, the Chevrolet Suburban is the oldest badge in U.S.

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2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ, 2024 Nissan Z Nismo: Nowadays’s Automobile Information

Baua Electric

Cadillac is operating on an electrical Escalade, and a prototype has simply been noticed. The prototype issues to the electrical Escalade, which will probably be known as the Escalade IQ, now not merely being a clone of the flow gas-powered fashion. In lieu, it looks as if it’s going to have a definite external and inside.