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Musk’s big win in China: Tesla clears data security, full self driving hurdles for locally-made cars – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This is according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Meanwhile, Reuters reported citing sources that Baidu, a prominent Chinese internet search company, has reportedly struck a deal with Tesla, allowing the car manufacturer access to its mapping license for gathering data on public roads in China.

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Opinion: Cars and Toxic Substances

Clean Fleet Report

Automobile manufacturers historically have used asbestos in car body parts such as brakes. It is affordable and has heat-resistant properties; that’s the reason behind using asbestos in cars. The use of PVC in many parts of a car is what makes most cars affordable. Asbestos Exposure. Careful with brake work.

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

Green Car Congress

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. Affordability is clearly a major barrier.

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

Green Car Congress

Natural gas-fired power capacity will play an increasingly important role in providing backup to growing supplies of intermittent renewable energy, in the absence of a breakthrough that provides affordable utility-scale storage. Support for methanol fueling infrastructure should also be considered.

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All you need to know about lithium miners & battery producers 

Electric Vehicles India

The electric vehicle (EV) supply chain is reaching an inflexion point as consumers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and governments accelerate the shift away from internal combustion engines (ICEs) and towards battery-powered vehicles. Less battery manufacturing capacity leads to supply chain risks. 50,000 crores.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

Get Electric Vehicle

Manufacturing Infrastructure Software Development Training and Skill Development Retrofitting Fleet operation Dealership and Franchise Maintenance and Repair. They are electric vehicle manufacturing, EV battery manufacturing, powertrain components manufacturing, electric vehicle supply equipment manufacturing.

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NRC report finds significant number of near-term technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars

Green Car Congress

This approach allows automobile manufacturers to create packages of technologies that can be tailored to meet specific cost and effectiveness targets, as opposed to developing diesel or full hybrid alternatives that offer a single large benefit, but at a significant cost increase.

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