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ABI Research: 16B ride-hailing trips completed globally in 2017, 24B expected in 2018; 70% in Asia

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ABI forecasts that 24 billion completed trips by the end of 2018. In direct contrast to Western Europe and North America, vehicle ownership is relatively low in Asian markets due to the large expense and impracticality for consumers in large cities. —Shiv Patel, Research Analyst at ABI Research. —Shiv Patel.

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Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

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globally, all while providing few low-cost, fuel-efficient options for passenger flights under 1,000 miles. In 2018, 75% of worldwide airline flights were 1,000 miles or less in range. —Greg McDougall, founder and CEO of Harbour Air Seaplanes.

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Hercules EV opens $20M Series A round; targeting electric pickup in late 2022; Prieto solid-state batteries

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James Breyer founded Hercules Electric Vehicles in 2018 with a vision to bring luxury eco-utility products to market, beginning with an electric pickup truck and followed by other electric mobility products. Such materials and the underlying technologies lend themselves to low cost manufacturing and production scale-up.

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AVEVAI introduces IONA e-LCVs with more than 300 km range; supercapacitor-battery hybrid technology

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AVEVAI , a new B2B e-mobility and logistics solutions and technology provider based in Singapore, launched its range of IONA electric light commercial vehicles (e-LCVs) at the 5 th Guangzhou International Electric Vehicles Show in China (16-25 November 2018).

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Despite some fallback during the winter months, prices remained above US$15,600/t through February and March 2018. Producers of crude steel, stainless steel and ferroalloys have all introduced electrode surcharges to pass on some of the rising costs to their customers.

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Magenta, in partnership with Euler Motors to deploy over 1000 electric cargo vehicles

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The new 100 electric cargo fleet is meant for mid-mile & last-mile delivery servicing e-commerce, food delivery, pharma & other last-mile logistics clients. We are thrilled to be adding an environmentally friendly electric fleet to address the ever-increasing need for last-mile logistics and transportation.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

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CII is a measure of the carbon emissions per amount of cargo carried per mile and targets reducing emissions operationally. The greatest challenge is the same as that which is plaguing the adoption of fuel cells in the automotive market—the buildout of low-cost green hydrogen infrastructure. Electric Buses - 12 GWh.

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