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Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo concept to be used as race taxi in Formula E; “virtuality turns into reality”

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Audi has produced the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo concept car, which it will deploy as a race taxi in Formula E starting with the race in Rome on Saturday 14 April. Numerous automobile manufacturers developed virtual race cars for the contest. The Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 2.5

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Geely raises $400M via Green Bonds sale to develop and produce TX5 range-extended electric London taxis

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China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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How China beat everybody to be international chief in electrical automobiles

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By way of: Bloomberg | Up to date on: 18 Jul 2023, 08:55 AM A truck transports unutilized Tesla vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. Production is booming too — Chinese language manufacturers account for approximately part of all EVs offered globally, HSBC analysts stated in a up to date be aware.

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Blue Chicken, the biggest taxi operator in Indonesia: Maximum EVs might be bought from BYD this past

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Blue Chicken, Indonesia’s biggest taxi operator, is ready to buy maximum of its unused fleet as electrical cars (EVs) from BYD, in line with a document by means of Bloomberg. It additionally draws investments from home and overseas EV producers to ascertain manufacturing amenities within the nation.

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Symbio intros 40 kW hydrogen fuel cell range-extending module for heavy-duty electric vehicles

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In 2017, Symbio integrated a 15 kW (net) fuel cell range extender in a Nissan e-NV200 electric van, with plans to introduce the vehicle to the European taxi market. The hydrogen fuel cell meets the highest standards of an automobile (durability, shock resistance, vibration, hot or cold weather etc.) Related services.

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EU should target 1M EV public chargers by 2024, 3M by 2029 say carmakers, environmentalists and consumer groups

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The EU should also address the growing needs of EV drivers with no or little access to private charging, as well as electric taxis and ride-hailing services, by setting targets for fast and ultra-fast chargers in urban areas. The law should also set a target of around 1,000 hydrogen stations by 2029.

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IDTechEX sees battery swapping as winner in 2- and 3-wheeler markets of Asia-Pacific

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Personal cars and taxi fleets in China are now adopting this technology as well with ambitious targets set by companies for rolling out their own swap station networks. China-based Nio, for example, recently announced the total number of its Power Swap stations has reached 1,000. Fleet vehicles are also usually a single model.

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