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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Wireless charging moves from the lab to the street. H2USA, the new U.S.

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GM pulls Chevrolet out of mainstream markets in Europe

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Chevrolet, the fourth-largest global automotive brand, will instead tailor its presence to offering select iconic vehicles—such as the Corvette—in Western and Eastern Europe, and will continue to have a broad presence in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. —GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson.

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The EV Battery Wish List

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Power, and could approach 11 percent of the global market this year. That still leaves another blind spot: Charging infrastructure. Tesla’s dominant Superchargers aside, many experts cite a patchwork, notoriously unreliable charging network as a leading roadblock to mainstream EV adoption. EVs may have seized a record 5.8

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Pike Research forecasts sales of fuel cell vehicles to cross 1M mark in 2020

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And, in the meantime, battery-electric vehicles are beginning to appear in dealer showrooms. —“Fuel Cell Vehicles” However, Pike says that FCVs are part of the continuum of electric drive technologies, which are projected to capture an increasingly large share of the global passenger car and transit bus markets.

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Sonata Plug-in Hybrid will be built at the Asan, South Korea plant and will go on sale in select markets later this Fall. In charge sustaining mode, the Sonata PHEV is expected to return 40 mpg (5.88 EV mode, or all-electric battery charge depleting mode, can handle speeds up to approximately 75 mph (121 km/h).

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

Electric Vehicles India

This means a battery’s CO2 footprint will be regarded the same no matter if it will allow 500 charge and discharge cycles or 5,000. At current, the battery value chain is all global and often including all production on populated continents. Energy used in the battery value chain. the battery management system. kg CO2e/kWh.

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Kia EV6 & Hyundai Ioniq 5 in India: Welcome to another PR stunt

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The EV6 is already selling in South Korea, Europe and US markets. We are embarking on the next-level Kia experience, by launching in India our most celebrated EV globally, the EV6," Tae-Jin Park , MD & CEO, Kia India, said. They will be sold via a single dealer in five metro cities. kW AC slow charge solution.

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