Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The German Federal Government plan to have one million electric cars on its roads by 2020 has failed, according to the analysis of international management consulting firm Bain & Company. Stricter emission laws and the technological advances in electric drives will accelerate the trend towards e-mobility in the medium term, Bain said.

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2020 Li-ion Electric Cars Germany 150

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. They’re Coming Soon Than Predicted. [Ed.

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Google Cars GM Volvo 104

Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2023

Greater than a decade in the past, a high-flying startup known as Higher Park made a billion-dollar guess that electrical automobile drivers would favor to switch depleted batteries for unused ones in mins instead than rate them for hours. “We’re going to be a lot cheaper than fast charging,” says Hassounah.

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Charging Batteries Battery San Francisco 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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. Expects production around 2014.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45