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Does the manual gearbox have a future in an EV world?

Baua Electric

in 2012-2013, to 20% in 2023-2024. One reason automotive manufacturers are increasingly phasing out manual transmissions is the high cost of development. The move towards BEVs is probably one reason why the proportion of automatic-only new driving licences in the UK has increased substantially over the last 12 years. year on year.

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Junkyard Find: 1998 Nissan 200SX SE-R

The Truth About Cars

Nissan dusted off the Sentra SE-R name for 2002-2006 and again for 2013-2015 , but it proved impossible to reawaken the enthusiasm for the original in American car shoppers (whose love for two-doors and non-trucks in general had faded). It was available in the United States for the 1995 through 1998 model years and is mostly forgotten today.

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"The Doctor Will See Your Electronic Health Record Now"

Cars That Think

A few years into the HITECH program, a 2013 report by RAND wryly observed the market distortion caused by what amounted to an EHR adoption mandate: We found that (EHR system) usability represents a relatively new, unique, and vexing challenge to physician professional satisfaction. billion in 2024 dollars) provided under HITECH to adopt EHRs.

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Pike Research makes 10 electric vehicle predictions for 2013

Green Car Congress

Sales of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) in 2013 will continue to outpace the first years of hybrid vehicle sales as more than 210,000 PEVs will be sold globally and more than three dozen PEV models will debut, according to a year-end free whitepaper published by Pike Research, that makes 10 specific predictions about electric vehicles in 2013.

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ADB: Projected cost of Uzbek Oltin Yo’l GTL plant increases by 37% to $5.6B

Green Car Congress

The projected cost of the Olin Yo’l GTL project in Uzbekistan ( earlier post ) will hit $5.6 As originally outlined by founding project partners Sasol, Petronas and Uzbekneftegaz, the project was estimated to cost some $4.1 Uzbekistan started forming a banking consortium to finance the plant construction in September 2013.

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UMTRI study finds total cost of ownership of diesels in US often much less than gasoline counterparts

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Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S. Data: Polk, 2015.

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EPRI: lifetime cost of ownership of plug-ins is roughly comparable with conventional vehicles

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Consumers who purchase an electric vehicle will find that lifetime costs to own the vehicle are competitive with conventional and hybrid vehicles, according to an analysis conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The study is based on pricing for the automotive products for the 2013 model year.

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