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ABB launches first DC fast charger compliant with Chinese GB standard

Green Car Congress

The Terra 53 series has been applied in several overseas projects including the country-wide EV charging network in the Netherlands which will be completed in 2015. Earlier this year, ABB and Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co., Since 2010, ABB has started to work with local partners and governments on pilot projects.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

In China, leading automakers BYD and Chery have announced plans to roll out their own electric models within the next two years. The third phase will be released around 2015. In March, BYD chief executive officer Wang Chuanfu announced that in the first half of 2010 the company will sell only 100 e6 cars, to a taxi company in Shenzhen.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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But that’s nothing compared to what Germany — who, to my recollection, wins its first-ever Top EV Country medal — did last year… Coming out of the first Covid lockdown, most Western European countries passed some version of a “mini green new deal” in their stimulus packages. In South America BYD seems the only E-bus act in town.

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