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Volvo Cars Building Climate-Neutral Electric Car Factory in Slovakia

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Volvo Cars was the first legacy automaker to come out and set a target for when it would produce only 100% electric cars, and it has long had a focus on safety, including safety of the planet/environment. This week, it’s taking that leadership forward again by announcing a third factory in Europe, one that will […].

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USA’s Group 14 Rockets Into EV Batteries With Slovakia Mashup

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With a little assist from the US Department of Energy, new EV batteries featuring silicon are about to hit the road.

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Europe’s Most Financed Luxury Car Brand

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Latest research from Specialist Car Finance Experts, Forza Finance , has revealed that BMW is the most popular luxury car brand to finance in 16 of Europe’s 44 countries including the UK & Ireland based on finance rather than sales or units. This help to show that BMW is more of a bank than a car company. Methodology.

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Half of EU Electric Car Chargers in Just Two Countries!

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I’ve followed the European electric car and EV charger market for a decade. We’ve hosted conferences on EV charging within Europe.

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Stories From The 2023 New Mobility Congress — Day 2

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Here we are to continue the stories from the 2023 New Mobility Congress. We had four great stories on the first day, and day two proved to be even more eventful. Without further ado, let me introduce my first guests. Instead of one representative from Finland, I was honored to host three great guys — […]

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Porsche’s Next Cayenne Will Be An EV, Built In Bratislava

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Like most other luxury and performance manufacturers, Porsche was a little late to the electric party. As we know, Tesla beat it to the punch by more than a decade, and even beat it to mass EV production. Porsche has been producing electric vehicles since 2019, when the first Porsche Taycan was sold. The Taycan […]

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