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Jeep production facility halted due to cost of EV transition, says Stellantis

Teslarati

A Stellantis-owned Jeep production facility in Illinois will be ceasing production and laying off over 1,000 workers as the automaker looks to cut costs ahead of its EV transition. The company has now specified that production at the plant will be completely halted by the end of February next year.

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Reducing the cost of electric vehicles

Electric Vehicles India

Reducing the cost of electric vehicles. 10,000/KWh with an increase in cap from 20% to 40% of the cost of the vehicle from 11th June 2021, thus enabling the cost of Electric two-wheelers at par with that of ICE two-wheeler vehicles. Drop-in battery price will result in cost reduction of electric vehicles.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs

Charged EVs

We’re also growing, and want to build up the team to get to mass production in the next three to five years. So, what Hummingbird is trying to accomplish is to bring modularity into a vehicle platform, where on the same production line, we can have combinations of vehicles. Mass production is probably seven to ten years out.

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Comment on Onvo will contribute positively to Nio's 'P&L' when it reaches 20,000 monthly sales, William Li says by John Hanna

CN EV Post

The article is mixing metrics. Gross margins" are margins determined without regard to costs of the automaker apart from the actual per vehicle direct labour and direct materials/parts costs (COGS = cost of goods sold). Note that, if the article is accurate, Wm. Note that, if the article is accurate, Wm.

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Using modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

We’re also growing, and want to build up the team to get to mass production in the next three to five years. So, what Hummingbird is trying to accomplish is to bring modularity into a vehicle platform, where on the same production line, we can have combinations of vehicles. Mass production is probably seven to ten years out.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

We’re also growing, and want to build up the team to get to mass production in the next three to five years. So, what Hummingbird is trying to accomplish is to bring modularity into a vehicle platform, where on the same production line, we can have combinations of vehicles. Mass production is probably seven to ten years out.

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ORNL team discovers mechanism behind direct ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion; implications for energy efficiency and cost of upgrading

Green Car Congress

The research, supported by DOE’s BioEnergy Technologies Office (BETO), has implications for the energy efficiency and cost of catalytic upgrading technologies proposed for use in bio-refineries. The product stream is generally high in C 2 hydrocarbons (e.g., The mechanism of ethanol conversion is still being debated. …