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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. percentage points higher than seen in March 2019.

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

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Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. A product unveiling in 2019 was generally believed. This was likely in anticipation of the purchase of Drive.ai, which occurred in June 2019.

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BMW Group shifting to cylindrical BMW cells in NEUE KLASSE from 2025; 46xx

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—Joachim Post, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. The BMW Group has been systematically building expertise in the field of battery cell technology since 2008. The BMW Group will present a demonstrator vehicle with this technology on board well before 2025.

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Maruti Suzuki’s hits and misses | Autocar Professional

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Maruti Gypsy | 1985-2019 The iconic off-roader, introduced in 1985, was quick to catch the fancy of buyers for its 4×4 capabilities, ruggedness and its mountain goat-like go-anywhere ability. It also had a very successful rally career in India, however, with newer emissions norms, the company finally bid farewell to the Gypsy in 2019.

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SpaceX bests Boeing to become NASA’s largest for-profit vendor

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NASA kickstarted its relationship with SpaceX in December 2008 when it awarded the company a $1.5 Crew Dragon completed its first uncrewed orbital test flight in March 2019 and its first crewed test flight in May 2020. Caltech's contract $2.7B. Operational launches began in November 2020. billion – less than the $5.1

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. This approach of virtually redesigning the tax structure within the auto industry also stands out amongst other countries, which mainly rely on direct subsidies to incentivize EV purchases over internal combustion engine cars.

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AT&T to Deploy More Than 15,000 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles in Fleet Over Next 10 Years

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AT&T expects to spend an estimated $350 million to purchase about 8,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles and approximately $215 million to begin replacing its passenger cars with alternative-fuel models, beginning with hybrids. The new deployments will bring AT&T’s alternative-fuel fleet to more than 15,000 vehicles by 2019.