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Study Suggests Automakers Lose $6,000 On Each EV Sold

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Boston Consulting Group, an American-based global management consulting firm that issued the report, said the figure accounts for customer tax credits — painting a rather bleak picture for the future of EVs. consumers surveyed by Boston Consulting Group in January said they intend to purchase an EV as their next vehicle.

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Saab to Introduce 9-3 ePower EV Prototype at Paris Show; Fleet Tests in Sweden in 2011-2012

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Saab Automobile will debut the Saab 9-3 ePower battery-electric vehicle at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. Key to the projected longer range of 200 km are the Boston Power battery cells which have an energy storage density greater than the best currently used in EV applications, according to Saab. The 9-3 ePower. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota RAV4 EV key for meeting California ZEV requirements; Tesla powertrain uses Model S components

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The converted RAV4 is the result of the partnership between Toyota and Tesla Motors announced in May 2010; Toyota has contracted for 2,600 units. The Tesla-supplied motor is an AC induction motor, which is a departure from Toyota’s practice of using synchronous permanent-magnet motors in their hybrid vehicles.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Research, TECO Westinghouse Motor. Motors Research and. Advanced Electric Vehicle Motors with Low or No Rare Earth. motor with the potential to efficiently power future.

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Tesla Autopilot’s emergency vehicle response feature is addressing a deadly problem no one wants to talk about

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They are dying because cars crash into them while they’re parked on the side of the road. The police were fortunately reasonable, and Law was not charged. This is because there is a deadly problem on America’s roads, and it is something that very few seem to be acknowledging. The Flaws of HumanPilot.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Electric vehicles require new or re-tooled factories , each requiring thousands of employees. employees engaged in motor vehicle parts manufacturing, about one-quarter—nearly 150,000—make components for internal combustion powertrains.”. Each mine and factory will need hundreds of workers to operate them.

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