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NIO opens Berlin Innovation Center focused on in-car AI and user-experience defined vehicle

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NIO’s new Innovation Center will be the home for five teams including Digital Systems, Digital Development, Digital Cockpit, Autonomous Driving (AD) and Power. With NIO Smart Charging, users are now able to save up to 50% of their electricity cost per year, excluding taxes and grid fees. Video-on-Demand.

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IEA report draws lessons from rapid uptake of EVs in Nordic countries

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Further, the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the Nordic region is projected to reach 4 million cars by 2030—more than 15 times the number currently in circulation, according to the International Energy Agency’s Nordic EV Outlook 2018 (NEVO 2018).

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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They further agreed to reduce air pollutant emissions by aligning air pollutant emission standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles and corresponding ultra low-sulfur fuel standards by 2018. Conducting a joint study on the opportunities and impacts of adding more renewables to the power grid on a North American basis.

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Cash for Volts?

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More details at: Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. UPDATE:Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. by Judith Burns for Dow Jones.

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