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BMW i5 Is Car Of The Year In Denmark 2024

CleanTechnica EVs

continued] The post BMW i5 Is Car Of The Year In Denmark 2024 appeared first on CleanTechnica. Hardly worth mentioning that this is the 5th year in a row an electric car takes the title of Car.

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Tesla Roadster, Toyota Prius, VW Touareg Crash in Denmark

All Cars Electric

Here's a frightening scene from the streets of Denmark submitted to Autopia by reader, Lars H. A Tesla Roadster was involved in a three-way crash with a Volkswagen Touareg and a Toyota Prius earlier this week. Apparently the Roadster was stopped behind the Touareg when the Prius rear-ended the Roadster, pushing it under the SUV.

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First 5 production Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicles for Europe arrive

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Already sold in Japan since last December, the Toyota Mirai will be launched in Europe from September in the UK, Denmark and Germany. As with Prius 15 years ago, we are proud to bring yet another groundbreaking innovation to Europe with Mirai. —Karl Schlicht, Executive Vice-President Toyota Motor Europe.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. Toyota still has not made any money on the Prius. Another point; a Jetta diesel has near the same mileage as a Prius and the Jetta Blue TDI will exceed the Prius.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them. The existing Prius has a carbon-dioxide figure of 89g/km but it is stillunlikely to be classified as an ultra-low-carbon vehicle.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. " The feds arent convinced. GM doesnt have a chance.

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