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BMW Group, Northvolt and Umicore partner to develop sustainable life-cycle loop for EV batteries in Europe

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group, Northvolt and Umicore have formed a joint technology consortium in order to work closely together on the continued development of a complete and sustainable value chain for battery cells for electrified vehicles in Europe. The chief objective is to make battery cells sustainable by establishing a closed life-cycle loop.

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BMW says it can build electric cars and regular ones on same platforms: interview

Green Car Reports

As the auto industry plans more electric cars in higher volumes for the 2020s, one of the great debates is whether they will need to be designed from the ground up solely for battery power. One of the best examples of that idea is the upcoming.

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Shell ditch Hydrogen Refuelling

EV Info

There are only a few manufactures who launched Hydrogen cars and an even small number who are still pushing this crazy idea. Number 1 has been Toyota with an insane love of Hydrogen and a similar dictate for Battery Power, even after the highly successful Toyota Prius. Today they offer the Mira.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. This marketing choice by Ford is either a very bad idea (brand dilution) or a genius plan to move the pony car into the modern era. I’m hoping for the latter. Lexus did the trick.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

The idea is that having vehicles with bidirectional capabilities creates an environment where innovators like Nuvve can develop business models. The idea is that having vehicles with bidirectional capabilities creates an environment where innovators like Nuvve can develop business models. Volkswagen has been working on it.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

Green Car Congress

Put another way, even when driving the conventional T6 model and accelerating briskly up a winding road, the driver has no idea that only a 2.0L (1,969 cm 3 ), 4-cylinder gasoline engine is doing the work. While the Mercedes GLE 550e will use a 3L twin-turbo V6 and the Audi Q7 e-tron a 3L TDI diesel, the BMW X5 xDrive 40e also features a 2.0L

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BMW’s Sebastian Mackensen: BEVs will pressure call for longer term

Baua Electric

Bettering leasing penetration is a concern for BMW sellers. Industrywide, battery-powered automobiles accounted for 7.5 I’d have idea the acceleration of the call for curve may move a slight bit slower. BMW misplaced its luxurious department crown to a surging Tesla terminating future. a future in the past.