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Volkswagen has 30k+ reservations for the ID.3 1ST edition; most from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK

Green Car Congress

Just before the beginning of the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Volkswagen has already received more than 30,000 reservations for the ID.3 —Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Sales, Marketing and After Sales. More than 100,000 ID.

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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International cooperation will be necessary to resolve problems in maritime and air transport, but action on cars and trucks can be taken at a national or state level. The initial sales requirement was 2% of car sales in 1998 (representing about 20,000 vehicles at the time), increasing to 5% in 2001 and 10% in 2003. Definition.

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2030: 20 Million More ICE Vehicles Will Be on the Roads in the US Than in 2021

EV Adoption

US sales of electric vehicles are expected to increase significantly this decade, however, by the end of 2030 EVs will still comprise only a tiny percentage of vehicles in operation (VIO) and the number of internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) will actually increase by 20 million. years in 2019. since 1995 from 8.4

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Amazon would announce that from now on, while users could continue to pay by credit card for purchases, they could also use a digital currency called amazons. (I Using amazons for purchases would give users a discount off the regular purchase price, maybe 2 percent. The first involves the Amazon platform.

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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. Yet, even with the global EV market share projected to grow from only about 2.6

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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Perhaps, but getting the vast majority of 111 million US households who own one or more light duty internal combustion vehicles to switch to EVs is going to take time. Even if interest in purchasing an EV is increasing, close to 70 percent of Americans are still leaning towards buying an ICE vehicles as their next purchase.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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On the demand front, we’ve undertaken a variety of initiatives, including lowering the price of both the purchase and subscription options for FSD, launching extremely attractive leasing specials for the Model 3 in the U.S. We’ve had a long period of prosperity from 2019 to now. Elon Musk: Yeah. Elon Musk: Yeah, just bonkers.

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