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The Wuling Air Now In Production In Right-Hand Drive!

CleanTechnica EVs

Unlike in the traditional fossil fuel auto industry where models would have a long 7-year or so cycle before getting a major upgrade, the Wuling Mini EV ecosystem seems to have abandoned this traditional approach. Things happen really fast in the world of the Wuling Mini EV and related models.

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News: Tesla Announces Annual Earnings, New Focus on Production

Clean Fleet Report

New Products Delayed as Company Shifts to Delivering Current Vehicles. Tesla’s focus for 2022 is quality & quantity of current product. The growth is predicated on two new production facilities—in Texas and Germany—coming online this year to augment existing plants in Fremont, California, and Shanghai, China.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity.

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Tesla's Elon Musk, GM's Bob Lutz To Appear On 'Charlie Rose' Tonight

Green Car Reports

They're both featured in Revenge of the Electric Car, the documentary that's now in limited release across the country, so it makes sense they'd be doing media together.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

Cars That Think

Starting in the 1990s, his lithium cobalt oxide cathode was used in many electronic products including camcorders, laptop computers, and mobile phones. It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. In 2010 Nissan used it in its Leaf electric car.

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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. General Motors compounded their financial woes by destroying the EV1 and continued to work with the oil companies to gouge the public.

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EcoMotors Names Donald Runkle CEO; Power Density as the Holy Grail

Green Car Congress

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.

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