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Penske Truck Leasing joins CharIN to promote electric commercial vehicle charging standards

Green Car Congress

A leading global transportation services provider, Penske operates more than 270,000 vehicles and serves customers from more than 1,000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Penske Truck Leasing Co., CharIN e.V) Based in Berlin, Germany, it is open to all interested parties.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Hence, separating EV winners from losers will depend not only on financial wherewithal, but on each competitor's "relative strength in their cyber-physical systems engineering," states Chris Paredis , the BMW Endowed Chair in Automotive Systems Integration at Clemson University. Each option has its own strengths and weaknesses.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A gasoline-powered car that gets 20 miles to the gallon - say, a Chevy Impala or a BMW X3 - will have annual fuel costs of $1,200 and generate about 6.6 BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. tons of carbon dioxide.

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