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BYD Presents Happy Results From Chinese Electric-Taxi Test

Green Car Reports

It launched its F3DM sedan, the world's first production plug-in hybrid, back in December 2008--sales have been poor--and has been testing its all-electric e6 crossover with both taxi fleets in Shenzhen, China, and the Housing Authority of Los Angeles. Encouraging data.

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Electric car firm BYD opens headquarters in LA

Green Cars News

Chinese electric car company, BYD (Build Your Dreams) has opened its North American headquarters as the firm prepares to launch its first models in the continent. Its new headquarters was opened from Los Angeles earlier this week, as the firm reaffirmed plans to launch an electric bus, fully-electric crossover car and a plug-in hybrid.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

You might not know it to look at them, but these two cars—one Swedish, one Chinese—share underpinnings and a parent company. Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. Until now, it’s had no plug-in option. Those are Los Angeles, New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Developing standards for EV charging reliability

Charged EVs

Sometimes it has to do with plug removal—the user is not sure the plug is in. They’re a women- and minority-run business based in Los Angeles, and they are successful in recruiting people who are not normally included in clean tech jobs. Charged : What do you think about Tesla opening up the design of their charge plug?

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. The car is a “2” because it was preceded by the “1,” which is an electric performance plug-in hybrid GT, with a six-figure price tag and a limited output of 500 units per year over the next three years. kilowatt-hours).

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. On 2 August 1985, Estridge, his wife, Mary Ann, and a handful of IBM salesmen from Los Angeles boarded Delta Flight 191 headed to Dallas. finally pulled the plug on OS/2. In early 1985, Opel made Bill Lowe head of the PC business.

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EV Charging Standards Guide

Setec Powerr

automakers at the World Electric Vehicle Congress in Los Angeles, CA, in May 2012. The most crucial feature of CCS is to realize fast charging and regular charging with one plug, adding two DC pins to the original AC charging interface to realize the conversion of AC charging and DC charging. charging, three-phase A.C.