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BMW, Daimler moving ahead with mobility services JV following US greenlight

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group and Daimler AG are planning the next steps for their joint mobility company ( earlier post ), following approval by the responsible authorities. All antitrust authorities involved have now given the green light for the new joint venture, which is owned in equal parts by the BMW Group and Daimler AG.

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Ultraviolette Automotives: A Force To Be Reckoned With In The 2-Wheeler Market

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It has a triangle LED tail light and complete LED headlamp assembly.   Even though it was introduced in the electric two-wheeler market, its performance suggests that it will compete with the BMW G310RR, TVS Apache RR 310, and KTM RC 390. This bike has a peak speed of 152 km/h and can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.8

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. If my speculation holds true congratulations are due both to BMW and AC Propulsion.

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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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