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The Lightyear Solar Vehicle: Reinvents Its Strategy To Attract The Crowd

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In December 2022, the Dutch automaker Lightyear made news worldwide by revealing that it had started producing the first solar vehicleavailable for purchase: the Lightyear 0.  This stylish solar electric vehicle will have an impressive range of roughly 500 miles between charges. But what about Lightyear 2?

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Lead battery research consortium promises big leap in performance; technical roadmap under development

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A global battery consortium charged with advancing lead battery technology has re-launched as it prepares a new technical roadmap designed to extend both the performance and lifetime of the core battery technology. Increasingly, lead batteries are supporting renewable energy including solar and wind farms and micro-grids.

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The Benefits of EV Charging Stations for Businesses: A Smart Move As the World Re-opens

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billion tons, or a 7% decline from 2019 levels — many people are taking to the roads with the goal of being more eco-conscious. EV Charging Can Drive Shoppers to Your Business Spending at clothing and clothing-accessory stores grew by more than 200% year over year. EV sales globally are expected to hit 5 million in 2021.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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RE-TROFIT: To extend significantly the life of vehicles. The entity will thus offer a turnkey service for the sales network: optimized transport of vehicles, supply of spare parts (Re-Cycle Center), renovation, storage, production of photos and videos and their online availability.

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Tesla’s Cybertruck delay may have been caused by design finalization

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Tesla said on the Q2 earnings call that “Cybertruck is at a stage where we finished basic engineering of the architecture; We’re moving into the beta phases later this year.” “So we’re no longer iterating at the design center level or design level. ” — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) August 9, 2021.

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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

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In 2019, the sales of electric vehicles totaled 1.1 If you’re trying to reckon whether an electric car is for you, here are top reasons why you should get aboard the electric vehicle voyage: 1. The vehicles use electricity produced from nuclear power, coal, natural gas or solar energy. Electric cars are a current trend.

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Top EV Charger Manufacturers in India

Electric Vehicles India

As India is in towards building the charging infrastructure stage for more and more EVs adoption it is very important for us to know some of the top EV charger manufacturers in India which provide charging solutions. You can find complete details here Charging Station Infrastructure Requirements in India. Magenta Group.

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