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Ford Scales Back Michigan Battery Plant Investments

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But the company has also announced that it would be “re-timing and resizing some investments.” From Ford: While we remain bullish on our long-term strategy for electric vehicles, we are re-timing and resizing some investments. Dealers don’t seem to be particularly enthusiastic about electrification anymore either.

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Report: Mercedes-AMG Will Not Bring Back V8 Engines

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Earlier in the month, reports were circulating that Mercedes-AMG would be re-instituting V8 power for its high-performance variants of the C and E-Class. But there were gripes about the weight and the fact it boasted a nearly pointless charging port. While just a rumor, the surrounding circumstances made it seem credible.

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

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How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

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A distance of 923 km using DC fast charging infrastructure. The team at the Chambal Motors, the Tata Motors Udaipur dealer was quite helpful. We had to run a diagnostic tool after connecting a Panasonic laptop provided by Tata Motors to the dealer. Stuck at dealer to diagnose the critical error issue.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones. Charge, drain, repeat is extremely inefficient. We definitely need an urban charging grid if the electric car is to find a place in town, where it’s needed most.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

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Here is my blog and video on the day. I asked her about start-ups that she has liked, She talked of Bolt, which is setting up charging stations for two wheelers using 15 A plug points. There is a quick charge station, which does end of the line rejection. These guys dock and charge on their own. She covers startups.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Were charging full-speed ahead before we know exactly what the investment is going to be, before we know whether we can make any money off it or not, before we know how many were going to sell," Lutz said.

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