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Tesla Cybertruck gets more competition: Ram Revolution EV pickup concept set for November unveiling

Teslarati

noting that the company is looking to unveil its Ram Revolution Concept truck the night before the LA Auto Show in November. Very little information about the Ram Revolution EV pickup is available, though the vehicle’s concept unveiling would likely provide some key details about the truck.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Toyota EPU (effectively an electric Hilux) Toyota EPU concept is an electric four-door ute Toyota has been glacially slow to the EV market but at the 2023 Tokyo motor show there were signs the message had finally sunk in. Both were way-off concept cars but show the brand is serious (eventually) about protecting its ute patch.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Has Nikola’s Founder’s Fraudulent Activity Changed the EV Conversation?

Clean Fleet Report

Now they’re rolling under their own power. The company gathered support from industry veterans, showed off concept vehicles, gathered provisional purchase orders, cut deals with companies as large as General Motors , and went public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in mid-2020.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Audi A6 e-Tron – concept car points to sleek large luxury sedan powered only by electricity. Think again… Audi A9 e-Tron – the A8 limousine is headed to the car grave and in its place is a new all-electric (and partially autonomous) grand tourer showcased as the Grandsphere concept. Soon, apparently.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. superconducting wind generators more practical for. University, General. Motors Research and. General Motors, Molycorp, NovaTorque). will conduct a one-year “proof-of-concept seedling” program. HRL, General Motors.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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