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Enova Delivers Hybrid Drive Systems to First Auto Works for Hybrid Buses

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The Jiefang 12-meter hybrid bus can carry 103 passengers and travel at a maximum speed of 85 km/h (53 mph). The initiative will account for 5% of the automobile market, which is in accordance with China’s three-year development plan for the auto industry, released in February. The bus meets Euro III emission standards.

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China’s BYD Says Prospective Mexican Plant Won’t Export to U.S.

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From Reuters : BYD outpaced former market leader Tesla in EV sales globally in the fourth quarter of 2023, and auto industry officials say its push into Mexico foreshadows a competitive threat the Shenzhen-based automaker and others from China may pose to companies already operating in the U.S.

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Study: Collision Avoidance Technology Continues to Struggle

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But they’ve become increasingly commonplace among regulators, with corporate lobbying groups often in perfect sync with government policies. As MSRPs have risen in recent years, due to rampant inflation and corporate greed. But these, again, come from government-auto-industry-related partnerships and insurance agencies.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. Not that the intervening six and a half years will be easy to achieve.

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Rinspeed To Introduce the “iChange” Concept EV at Geneva

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The car accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just over four seconds, and has a top speed of 220 km/h (137 mph). Siemens’ Corporate Technology Department (CT), the company’s central research unit, provided an integrated system—comprising the motor/generator, power electronics and a battery-connected interface—for the “iChange”.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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Alpha estimates 250-275 miles of range, and 0-60 mph acceleration in 6.2 The members of the coalition are American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.- – March 14, via MotorAuthority. March 14, via CleanTechnica. – March 10, Politico.

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