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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. Each trolley is kitted out with all the components that are required for making the bike. On the threat from China for raw material supplies for Ola’s cell manufacturing China controls the processing of raw material, not the raw material itself.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even in their resurrected state, they dont have a prayer against toyota, honda, hyundai, and their worst nightmare, CHINA… — Seren 21. GMs management (and the Unions) for decades acted with total impunity and absolute arrogance towards the consumer and real world economics.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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