EV Adoption

DECEMBER 5, 2021

But with more than 30 additional new EVs (both BEV and PHEV) likely to be available between now and the end of 2022, we anticipate that the OEMs will report sales publicly on at least 20 of these, bringing the total tracked in the Sales Scorecard to about 30. New to the scoreboard in Q3 was the Audi e-tron GT. 4, and Tesla Model Y.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The announcement, made at the dedication of IIHS’s newly expanded Vehicle Research Center, represents a major step toward making crash-prevention technologies more widely available to consumers. These 10 companies are committing to making AEB available to all new-car buyers. —US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2015

Delphi Automotive is launching a US coast-to-coast automated drive—the longest automated drive ever attempted in North America—to showcase its technology capabilities and to gather data and further advance the company’s active safety technology development in this rapidly growing segment of the auto industry.

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Push EVs

APRIL 13, 2023

Audi rounded out the top three spots. The remaining ranks are more closely distributed, with MG and Audi in 2nd and 3rd spots. The auto industry body, the SMMT, is forecasting the auto market to be one of the few prospective growth stories of the coming year.

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Push EVs

MAY 17, 2023

The latest generation Zoe is still available, with a decent range (WLTP 238 miles, 383 km), but its slow charging speed versus rivals like the Stellantis cars (Peugeot e-208 and siblings), the VW ID.3, 3, and now the MG4, is really making it seem technically outdated, especially for occasional longer trips.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

The automotive industry moved from a 6V supply to a 12V supply more than 30 years ago—and incurred massive investments across the entire ecosystem. The 48V power-net is clearly expected to be a step towards creating smarter cars that better utilize the energy available in the vehicle.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The system has a learning curve that isn’t too difficult and is well worth mastering to get the most from the excellent sound quality and vast array of comfort features available to those in the cabin. The term luxury is tossed around pretty loosely in the auto industry. News: Audi Adds Q4 E-tron Sportback.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 12, 2023

Zeekr hopes to disrupt the compact luxury car market, which is dominated by Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi, with the SUV. This kind of powerful performance from a compact model is not often seen in the Chinese auto industry, and such markets are usually considered niche markets.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 28, 2022

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. The electric Hummers will be available in pickup and SUV configurations, with truck manufacturing starting this autumn.

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The big car companies and oil companies are scared and are using every available tactic to slow down the growth of EVs. There was an article in Evannex , i n which a respected auto journalist, Jim Motavalli, pointed out the huge contrast in anti- and pro-EV comments. All of this definitely feels orchestrated. They just don’t.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

Now, however, given all the market drivers facing the auto industry (regulations, fossil fuel availability, societal changes, etc.), Volkswagen is electrifying all vehicle classes. The pack comprises 264 cells in 27 modules (88s 3p). The pack has no active cooling system.

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Batteries Battery MPH All-Electric 356

Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

But Ford’s commitment was, for the auto industry, the turning point. As for Tesla’s V3 hardware and earlier—essentially all North American hardware available on the Supercharger network at this time—those will always be limited to 400 volts or a bit higher.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. Range risk concerns obviously are tightly coupled to EV charging availability.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. The table and this introduction are also available in multiple foreign languages which occasionally have a translation "lag time" (follow links at bottom of home page).

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