Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team. Our customers purchase their vehicles on spreadsheets, Waters explained.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 8, 2023

There’s much more progress to be made, of course, especially at the affordable end of the market, where almost no models currently exist in Germany (or elsewhere in Europe). But until Tesla has more production capacity than demand, there is little motivation to offer a more affordable variant. 4 starts) might do the trick.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

Ford, for example, recently cut 3,000 highly-paid salaried and contract workers as a down payment to help fund the transition to EVs. Ford CEO Jim Farley has said , employee cuts are necessary as Ford has “too many places in some places, no doubt about it. Ford is not alone. million jobs” in the Japanese auto industry.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Electric vehicles are "definitely affordable and environmentally friendly technology, and we think theres a huge potential market in China for them," Li Shufu, Geelys chairman, said in an interview Monday. Most Chinese buyers also are purchasing cars for the first time and have not developed particular preferences.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

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. In the UK, only 14 percent of drivers plan to purchase an EV as their next car. EVs ain’t cheap Price is another EV purchase risk that is comparable to EV range.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? Both Ford and Rivian are pushing the US Department of the Interior to speed up mining permits in the U.S. These are complex, intertwined and global issues well beyond the control of either CARB or the auto industry.”

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EV Match

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to a recent article from auto industry blog Jalopnik, in July 2021, used EV cars topped the pre-owned market over combustion and hybrid vehicles, with the three leading models being the Tesla Model 3, the Chevy Bolt, and the Tesla Model S. Used EVs are Leading the Pack. Used EVs: What to Look For.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Last week, Stellantis slid the United Auto Workers (UAW) a contract proposal that would raise hourly workers' pay by 14.5 The deal is roughly on par with the 15 percent initially offered by Ford and 16 percent from General Motors. percent over the next four years. Politicians also seem incredibly worried about what the union might do.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 6, 2022

Todd thinks Tesla and Ford stand out as companies leading the way in this new. News12 Westchester that he hopes the rebate can entice more people to purchase EVs. But I realized that someone glancing at the headlines without reading through the article might assume that Tesla was of the same view as the legacy auto industry.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. We need an economy electric car that we an afford, not that nonsense. you see that?

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