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Is Ford really coming back to India? What could be possible reasons

Baua Electric

Watch: Watch: 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor SUV takes off-roading to the next level Improving regulatory environment In the last few years, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s manufacturing sector has received a shot in the arm fuelled by the government’s willingness to make it a global hub for heavy manufacturing.

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

Green Car Congress

Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers. Winterkorn noted that the industry is experiencing its worst crisis in decades, with a collapse in the global market of 18% in the first half of this year.

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Tesla Aiming For New Milestone Of Two Million Cars

MyEVOnline

Mainly, his masterplan required the company to produce high-end, expensive cars, that would further fund the production of more affordable electronic vehicles in the future. A company whose basic survival was doubted at its initial phase is set to come at par with leading giants in the automobile industry.

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Moore’s Not Enough: ?4 New Laws of Computing

Cars That Think

More than 200 such games have since been developed for the VCS—helping to spawn the sprawling, US$170 billion global video games industry today. The more affordable the price of a printer is kept, the higher is the demand for that printer’s ink cartridges. A similar law of complementarity exists with computer printers.

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How 3D Printing Can Disrupt the EV Sector

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The advancement of sand 3D printing technologies to improve the capabilities of the old casting industry may become more widespread as it can handle high throughput manufacturing as required by the automobile industry. Before beginning mass production of any model, car manufacturers typically conduct process verification.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best. The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is a global, non-profit team of experts focused on the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the power and natural gas sectors.

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

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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. Industry analysts expect that uptick in adoption to continue. Gearless hub motors directly link the motor's stator to the bike axle.