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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

Electric Auto Association

The EV curious were clearly excited to sit in the wide range of vehicles and were quick to pose a host of questions to owners and dealers. I was lucky enough to drive to the event in a dealer-loaned Ford 2021 Mustang Mach-E , which I’ll briefly review below. Local dealerships sent two 2021 Volkswagen ID.4

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Volkswagen & Audi to pay >$14.7B in US to settle 2.0L diesel emissions case; $2B of that to promote ZEVs

Green Car Congress

Under a class action settlement agreement filed today ( earlier post ), Volkswagen and Audi in the US will pay more than $14.7 The class-wide settlement in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation will provide owners and lessees of Volkswagen and Audi 2.0-liter liter diesel engines.

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Electric Car Watch #12: The sad state of Electric Car conversions in India

Plug In India

Some wanted to convert a Maruti Dzire, some an Audi A4, some an Hyundai i20, and some a Tata Nano. So if you have an Audi A4 or Hyundai i20 or a Tata Nano, you are out of luck. Once a kit is fitted, you can never take your Swift dzire to a Maruti dealer. And the interest in electric car conversions was immense.

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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

It is too involved to go into here, so make sure your Mercedes-Benz dealer sales representative walks you through it completely. Repeating here, but get to know your dealer sales rep really well as there is so much to learn about the technology on the S500. The term luxury is tossed around pretty loosely in the auto industry.

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Volkswagen Group launching major electro-mobility campaign in China; $25B on new vehicles, technologies and plants up to 2018

Green Car Congress

The Porsche Panamera S E-hybrid plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) is already in the showrooms in China; the Group will launch two further plug-in hybrid vehicles there next year with the Audi A3 e-tron ( earlier post ) and the Golf GTE ( earlier post ). China Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins Vehicle Manufacturers' Earlier post.).

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

By some estimates , upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition. needs over 100 battery cell manufacturing locations by 2035” to meet the projected EV demand. An obvious example involves the making of millions of EV batteries.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

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. For a time in New York City, one had to be a licensed engineer to drive a steam-powered auto. In some aspects, EV drivers return to these roots.

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