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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

Green Car Congress

The European Parliament’s Committees on industry (ITRE) and transport (TRAN) will vote on the European Commission’s proposal for future car and van CO 2 targets on 10 July. ACEA cautions that the targets must be realistic, taking into account what people can actually afford to buy. —Erik Jonnaert. and Spain 0.6%).

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Paul Taylor, Chief Economist for the National Automotive Dealers Association, had the following observations: At $4/gallon gas people looked at more economical versions of the same vehicle rather than going down in vehicle size—they continue to buy cars that meet their needs. Similar programs have been successful in Western Europe.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. When it was over, all the British and Italian motorcycle brands were wiped out, leaving the field to one US brand—Harley Davidson—and four Japanese brands—Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha. Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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Western Europe. The role of emotion in buying cars. Would you buy this vehicle? Miller adds “ In the US we’ve had customers talk about the Prius ‘badge of honor’, in Europe the strongest reason for buying a Prius was to make a statement about ‘the effort to do something else.

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

EV Central

Tesla will comfortably outsell Lexus, Honda, Jeep and others with its Model Y a chance to be the top seller among electric vehicles (December sales figures will confirm whether it overtakes the Model 3 for overall the overall 2022 sales leader ). If it wasn’t so stupidly expensive (around $100K, at least), I’d buy one.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

The entire auto industry has given up on investing in Hydrogen cars. They are Hyundai, Honda and you guessed it - Toyota. Toyota BZ4X electric car to be sold in China and Europe and will have BYD powertrain (Image: Toyota) Toyota's eTNGA platform (Image: Toyota) How Toyota will loose their market share So!

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Quality urban planning isn’t limited to wealthy cities in Western Europe. The first Masdar PRTs.

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