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

Clean Fleet Report

Most people are turning towards initiatives that build the environment rather than destroy it. One of the reasons behind the drastic increase in sales was the more affordable price range of the Tesla Model 3, a best-seller in the U.S., Low Maintenance Costs. Tesla’s Model 3 paved the way to powerful, affordable EVs.

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

Cars That Think

House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act last week, a lesser-recognized provision earmarked some $4.1 Exact figures on industry sales are hard to pin down; yet The New York Times quoted experts saying Americans bought roughly 500,000 e-bikes in 2020, compared to about 210,000 plug-in automobiles. When the U.S.

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Audi TechDay e-mobility, Part 2: systems and components

Green Car Congress

Asynchronous motors (ASM) have no permanent magnets and are simple in design, sturdy, low in maintenance and long-lived. The German Automobile Industry Association is working together with automotive manufacturers on uniform cell standards, Audi said. Six integrated sensors monitor the heat build-up. kW of cooling power.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Establishing dealer network.

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