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Karma Automotive debuts first Club Car Current EVs produced under agreement with AYRO

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The Karma Innovation and Customization Center (KICC) revealed the first Club Car Current vehicles being produced under a contract manufacturing agreement with AYRO. The Club Car Current is engineered for multiple bed options and accessories—van box, pickup truck with sides, flatbed configurations—for fleet versatility.

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Mercom: battery storage, smart grid, and efficiency companies raise $210M in VC funding in Q1 2019, down 55.5% YoY

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A combined $210 million was raised by battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency companies in Q1 2019—a 55.5% In Q1 2019, announced debt and public market financing for battery storage technologies increased to $52 million in two deals, compared to $44 million in three deals in Q4 2018, an 18% increase. Smart Grid.

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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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In France, which liberalized the taxi market in 2015, the number of reported PHV drivers doubled in three years (from more than 15,000 in 2016 to 30,000 in 2019). million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7 Transport represents more than a quarter (27%) of Europe’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

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How Tesla Supercharging foiled an $8,000 heist

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Gwinnett County Police in Georgia were called to investigate a theft at a Sam’s Club that included gaming systems, electric toothbrushes, and more. miles, or 16 minutes, away from the Sam’s Club that they had just robbed, charging their all-electric vehicle as it needed more range.

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Tesla Model 3 becomes newest member of the NYPD

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— Tesla Owners Club New York State (@TOCNYS) July 7, 2021. Several police departments across the United States and other regions have recently adopted all-electric forms of transportation from Tesla. The idea is that the electric powertrains will provide safe and quiet patrol shifts for police officers.

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Tesla Cybertruck completed body-in-white image leaked

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The state of the body-in-whites in the photo suggests that Gigafactory Texas is closing in on the initial production of the all-electric pickup truck. The leaked image was shared with Teslarati by the Cybertruck Owners Club , where it attracted a good amount of attention from the forum’s users. It’ll just vanish.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

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Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

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