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The Tesla of vans? Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles

EV Central

Within the new van, Renault-Volvo bosses describe the new Flexis as a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) with an operating system based on Google’s Android OS that allows fleet operators to integrate their own software into the van via the Google Cloud.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

To continue the earlier theme, I’m looking forward to driving three new Chinese EV entries to the Australian market, all of them potentially offering outstanding value for money. If it wasn’t so stupidly expensive (around $100K, at least), I’d buy one. The EV I’m most looking forward to in 2023. Biggest EV surprise of 2022.

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Electric vehicle winners and losers: Volkswagen steps up as Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan drop the ball – and Tesla and BYD run away with it | Opinion

EV Central

I wonder, then, how many car-company execs are throwing their spare Nokias at the product guys who told them EVs would never catch on, that Tesla was a flash in the pan, like Laser Disc players or Google Glass (again, there’s that feeling of Apples falling from the sky to beat your head in, hello Vision Pro), and would never catch on.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

You can do a google search to check the facts on energy creation. It is very clear to me that Toyota’s EV announcements are geared to serve the Chinese and EU markets, which have more aggressive zero-emission vehicle goals than the rest of the world. Why would people buy Toyota ICE cars then? That is absolute nonsense.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. — Jeff U 6.

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