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Battle for ‘tech luxury’ in China as EVs get smarter – and cheaper – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The battle for consumer attention in China’s electric car market is being fought over touches of “ tech luxury ” that car buyers in other markets have never seen. At Chinese tech giant Huawei’s flagship store in central Beijing earlier this week, Jack Xu was shopping not for a smartphone but for his first EV.

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The Inefficiency of Car Buying

Clean Car

They don’t care that its an end of line car with an older engine and a socket for a nokia 6310, its cheap and its better than what they are driving today. The steps are easy: Download the CleanCar app. Because once a year they take the caravan and the kids to wales for a week. Enable GPS.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. The cost of shifting from rescue operations to border enforcement may be harder journeys for migrants and the deaths of some. What the tech is up against. One migrant with no money.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Charging consumers to more accurately reflect the actual cost of a product--in this case energy--will lead consumers to change their behavior, smart-grid advocates say. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNETs Green Tech blog. Reddit Recent posts from Green Tech EPA calls greenhouse gases a public threat U.S. E-mail Martin.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

tech industry during the 1990s. By contrast, the last time BYD executives traveled to the Detroit auto show they rented a suburban house to save the cost of hotel rooms. This attention to costs is one reason that BYD has made money consistently even as it has expanded into new businesses. Electric cars will be one answer.

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