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Toyota reveals electric bZ compact SUV concept

EV Central

Revealed at this month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, the bZ Concept joins the Tesla-fighting bZ3 electric sedan revealed last month and bZ4X electric SUV due on-sale in Australia in 2023. Futuristic blade lighting with LED strip up front, surrounding a shark-like nose, is particularly arresting.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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of total passenger light-duty vehicles in circulation in 2016. Paris, for example, has mandated that any electric car is allowed to re-charge at the re-charge stations of its car-sharing program Autolib. London for its part encourages EV adoption by waiving its congestion charge. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing Rivian R1T

EV Life

Its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2018 marked the beginning of a transformative journey, propelling Rivian into the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution. Its robust, muscular stance is complemented by striking LED lighting signatures that illuminate the path ahead.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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million vehicles, and we’re seeing about half of people use it so far. For a while there, we were training-constrained in our progress, and we are, at this point, no longer training-constrained, and so we’re making rapid progress. We’re making sure that we’re being efficient as possible in our training.

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Audi introducing Audi prologue Avant diesel plug-in hybrid show car at Geneva; 147 mpg, wireless charging

Green Car Congress

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Audi presented the Audi prologue concept car, featuring a mild hybrid powertrain with a 48V electrical subsystem. With its AWC (Audi wireless charging) technology which Audi is developing for series production, the battery can also be charged inductively. Earlier post.) Overall design.

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

Cars That Think

light-duty vehicle fleet would produce around 16 times the output of stationary power plants. Kempton and Letendre also noted that the average light vehicle was used only around 4 percent of the time. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Tesla driving test hell: How DMV examiners’ biases are inhibiting the EV transition

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The Model 3 owner ultimately opted to try his hand at another test in the LA DMV, especially since Teslas are extremely common in Los Angeles. Los Angeles-based Drivers Ed Direct currently operates an all-electrified fleet of cars for its students. Credit: Tesla Inc. Insights from CA’s Clean Air Protectors.

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