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I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. It was a bad idea

Electrek

Sure, there are high-quality e-bikes built in Europe and even a few in the US. And that’s exactly the story of my latest weird little e-bike purchase. more… The post I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. But not the ones with the price tags that make you go, “Honey, how can we afford not to?!”

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

EV Central

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE? The post Battery revolution!

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IDTechEx: Sales of electric motorcycles in Europe grew 50% y-o-y in 2020

Green Car Congress

IDTechEx expects electric motorcycle sales in Europe to have grown at least 50% year-on-year in 2020, building on the momentum of recent years. Growth is also being boosted by consumer awareness and acceptance in Europe of the benefits of electric motorcycles. 2020 is an IDTechEx estimate based on Q1 - Q3 2020 data.

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Volkswagen sues car dealer for importing ID.6 EV to Germany

Teslarati

The Chinese vehicle registration states that the vehicles Brudny purchased were intended for export and technically adapted to meet the Federal Motor Transport Authority’s requirements. 6 to Europe would provide local customers with an affordable EV option but probably undermine the EV price range in Europe.

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Study sees gradual, focused replacement of lead-acid SLI batteries by Li-ion batteries over next couple of years

Green Car Congress

The focused replacement of the SLI with the Li-ion type battery will be for medium-to high-end ICE vehicles that are primarily based in Europe, with some that are in Asian and United States.

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Tesla expands self-serve test drives to destination chargers

Baua Electric

Instead, Tesla started to assign orders to “virtual sales advisors” not assigned to any specific stores, and customers could go to cheap remote test drive locations with Tesla vehicles in parking lots. The company has been gradually implementing this new strategy in North America and expanded to Europe last year. Very 2020s.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

With the demise of the North Sea production as the fields empty we are increasingly reliant on the pipe that winds its way across Europe pumping Russian gas into Germany, France and other on route. Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. We have a pipeline from Norway and from the Continent.

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