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Interview With Arcimoto CEO Mark Frohnmayer (Part Two)

CleanTechnica EVs

This is Part Two of my interview with Arcimoto CEO Mark Frohnmayer. In Part One, Mark shared details about Arcimoto’s vision, its Fun Utility Vehicle platform, and his thoughts about the future of rideshare.

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NIO signs deal with die-casting parts supplier Wencan

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| NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG (Image credit: CnEVPost) NIO (NYSE: NIO) has entered into a strategic partnership with yet another auto parts giant that will provide supply support near its plants. billion through a private placement, of which RMB 1 billion will be used to build a parts manufacturing project in Anhui province.

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Luminar to cut nearly 20% jobs as part of restructuring – ET Auto

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Luminar Technologies , a maker of lidar sensors for self-driving cars , said on Friday that it would cut its workforce by about 20%, as part of a restructuring plan for the current year. Luminar is also looking to sub-lease some of its facilities in portions or fully, reducing global footprint as part of the restructuring.

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Tracing The Ancestry of Today’s Electric Vehicles (Part 2)

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This article is part of a short series on the history of EVs. You can find Part 1 here. The Tesla Roadster Both the compliance cars and the serious cars since 2010 have one big thing in common: they were forced into existence by pressure from the Tesla Roadster. Like the newer non-compliance EVs, it […].

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Tesla VP says over 95% of Giga Shanghai's parts come from local suppliers

CN EV Post

The post Tesla VP says over 95% of Giga Shanghai's parts come from local suppliers appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. Over the past two years or so, not only Tesla but the entire Chinese NEV industry has grown tremendously, Grace Tao said.

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Tracing the Ancestry of Today’s Electric Vehicles (Part 4)

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This article is part of a short series. You can find Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. How Far We’ve Come While electric cars were once dominant (around 1900), they fell from use because the battery technology of the time just wasn’t really up to most drivers’ needs.

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Electric Everything, Part 6 — Lawnmowers, Chainsaws, & More

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Most of the items in this article can be seen in your area or found in your nearby COSTCO or Home Depot. This is the 6th in a series on electrifying everything. That means switching to electric and powered by batteries for things that until now were corded or powered by gasoline. Electric Everything at […]

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