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SAIC plans Eu manufacturing facility for MG automobiles regardless of upper prices

Baua Electric

LONDON — MG has admitted it is going to most likely price the corporate extra to develop automobiles in a deliberate Eu manufacturing facility when compared with China however says the advantages will outweigh the negatives. “I and Europe head. We are businesspeople. We do not think too much about the political dimension,” he stated.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

AAA formerly was known as the American Automobile Association. mile route in Salt Lake City’s Avenues neighborhood as they used voice-commands to dial numbers, call contacts and tune the radio using in-car systems, and to dial numbers, call contacts, choose music and text using smartphones. The ratings. moderate distraction.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

Eastern Nebraska Electric Vehicle Association (EVNEBRASKA) member Dr. Donald Cox likes to draw a comparison between electric vehicles (EVs) and the wireless phone technology he worked on at Bell Labs in the early 1970’s. “I Two decades of teaching about driving electric. Professor Donald Cox driving his Tesla Signature One Hundred Roadster.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

Björn Föerster, Porsche A remorseless stopwatch comparison of Formula E—the current state-of-the-art in racing EVs—vs. But commercial interests or hucksterism aside, few would argue that the technology itself isn’t making impressive strides. For each race minute, we will get 1 kilowatt-hour back from each axle.”

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

Green Car Congress

Although not a solid comparison due to drivecycle differences, the new Chevy Spark EV is EPA-rated for electricity consumption of 0.28 The production of the BMW i3 consumes around 50% less energy and around 70% less water in comparison with the current average figures for production in the BMW Group. seconds, and 0 to 60 km/h in 3.7

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