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Guest post: Honda Introduces the EV-Cub; two-wheel-drive electric motorcycle

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And that’s exactly what the company has been focusing on lately in the world of motorcycles. Honda has been making and selling a motorcycle called the Cub for decades. Mostly sold in emerging markets around the world as an urban commuter, the Cub is a very small motorcycle with an equally small engine. Almost certainly.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020. —“CARS 2020”.

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Electric vehicles trends in India

Electric Vehicles India

Electric vehicles have attracted the attention of India’s policy makers as clean technology alternatives due to their multiple advantages like higher efficiency and lower air pollution in short to medium term and reduced CO2 emissions. million units combined sold in the passenger and commercial vehicles categories.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Okamoto said Toyota will use its existing hybrid system as it looks to build a commercial version of plug-in vehicles it has begun to test in the United States and Japan.

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