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Volkswagen committing $7.1B to boost product line-up, R&D, manufacturing in North America; targeting 55% BEV sales by 2030

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By locally integrating its combustion-engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) assembly, American-focused engineering, battery know-how, and software development, Volkswagen aims to drive 55% of US sales to be fully-electric by 2030. Scott Keogh, President and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Volkswagen will commit $7.1

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Arctic-ready version of Nissan Ariya EV unveiled for Pole to Pole expedition

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British adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey will cross 14 countries, through Canada, North, Central and South America to Punta Arenas in Chile before travelling to the edge of the Antarctic continent, then onward to the South Pole. Earlier post.) The Nissan Ariya AT39 e-4ORCE marks the first EV constructed by Arctic Trucks.

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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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For the study, the authors analyzed a comprehensive dataset of the real-world usage patterns for plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe, North America, and China. As a result, the gap between official and real-world values is much larger for plug-in hybrid vehicles than for conventional combustion engine vehicles.

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Tesla launches trials of faster charging at select Superchargers

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Tesla has begun trials of faster charging speeds at select Supercharger stations, as highlighted by one owner and later confirmed by an engineer from the company over the weekend. Running a trial on a few different V3+ stations (V3 cabinet + V4 charge post).

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Tesla Supercharger Network opening one new stall every hour

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As per the automaker, the installations of Supercharger stalls will continue to ramp in North America. To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, we are making it as easy as possible for drivers to own and charge an electric vehicle (EV). “To This, in a way, has held back the adoption of EVs in North America.

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Tesla executives to host discussion on the upgraded Model 3 this week

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Tesla’s main X account said that Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen and VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy would be holding a chat about the upgraded Model 3 , set to take place on March 7 at 2 p.m. Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering responds to concerns about new Model 3 rear seat space What are your thoughts?

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Tesla Superchargers to adopt time-based pricing for non-Teslas EVs

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Users would then have to indicate which stall they would be charging in, before plugging in their electric vehicles and initiating the charging session. If the charge rate is super slow, then somebody will be charged more because the biggest constraint at the Supercharger is time, how occupied is the stall.

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