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ADAC testing finds new diesel cars cleaner than required; Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles well below the permissible NOx limits

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In Germany, testing by ADAC (Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil-Club eV) has found that all the Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles that have been measured on the road to date meet much stricter requirements nitrogen oxides (NO x ) than required by the EU. Our measurement results show that diesel technology can have a future.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. million units.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. Road Test: 2019 BMW i8 Roadster. Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) BMW Takes Middle Path to Electrification ; Road Test: 2014 BMW i3.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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In early 2019, Reuters estimated that the top 29 global auto manufacturers had already pledged to invest more than $300 billion towards developing electric vehicles (EVs) and supporting technologies including autonomous driving capability.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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We’ve updated our future vehicle lineup to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of previously mentioned start of production in the second half of 2025. And we’re really headed for an electric vehicle, and an autonomous future. So we expect it to be more like early 2025, if not late this year.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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Interestingly, a 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study predicted that as EVs became more widespread, battery prices would climb because the demand for lithium and other battery metals would rise sharply. King notes, “In the early days of automobiles, drivers and chauffeurs had to monitor and be able to fix their vehicles.

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