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Porsche and electric hypercar maker Rimac to set up JV incorporating Bugatti

Green Car Congress

The joint venture will have its headquarters in Zagreb (Croatia) and is scheduled to be established in the fourth quarter of 2021. We are combining Bugatti's strong expertise in the hypercar business with Rimac’s tremendous innovative strength in the highly promising field of electric mobility. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

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Half of EU Electric Car Chargers in Just Two Countries!

CleanTechnica EVs

I’ve followed the European electric car and EV charger market for a decade. Nonetheless, I was shocked to see the figure that just came out from an EU EV charging analysis conducted by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) — “half of all charging points for electric […].

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

Green Car Congress

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. Nobody looks at Greece for instance, where only 32 electrically-chargeable cars were sold last year.

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Bugatti & Rimac partners to form new venture 

Electric Vehicles India

Rimac Automobili announces a major milestone in its history as it has entered into the partnership with the iconic automotive brand, Bugatti Automobiles to form a new automotive and technological powerhouse. Bugatti & Rimac partners to form new venture . Rimac and Bugatti are a perfect match in terms of what we each bring to the table.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom. —COP 26 Declaration. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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In other words, neither financial incentives nor charging infrastructure ensure high electric vehicle adoption rates. This, they suggest, could be because national EV markets were so small relative to overall automobile sales. EV adoption was operationalized as national market shares of electric vehicles. Sierzchula, W.,

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New laser system for fuel ignition may lead to reduced auto emissions, greater fuel efficiency

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Further a laser can ignite leaner or high pressure mixtures that are difficult to be ignited by a conventional electric spark plug. The laser-ignition system, although promising, is not yet being installed into actual automobiles made in a factory. 630, February 2010, INTECH, Croatia. ISBN 978-953-7619-80-0, pp.

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