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Mahindra inaugurates EV plant, describes its vision of “future of mobility”

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billion Mahindra Group, formally inaugurated its manufacturing facility, the first platinum rated automobile facility in India. Reva focused on creating affordable electric cars through advanced technology and launched its first model in India in 2001 and in London in 2004. Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt.

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EV damaged? Discovering a technician to recovery it’s going to snatch a hour

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LONDON/DETROIT/MILAN – An international insufficiency of technicians and free restore stores certified to recovery EVs threatens to extend restore and guaranty prices for drivers, doubtlessly undermining later closing dates to trim automobile carbon emissions. “How are people going to afford the higher repair costs?”

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

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l/100 km) over the iconic Brighton-London course with a low friction engine lubricant playing a significant part in this figure. To address this we are looking at ways to make personal transport as accessible and affordable as possible. The vehicle’s fuel consumption was 97 mpg Imp (81 mpg US, 2.91 —Project M website.

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

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While the ChargePoint device is framed as being free, it does require the purchase of a new automobile through the automaker’s captive finance arm Hyundai Capital America. That makes the $33,550 (before any federal tax credits or state incentives) Kona Electric the most affordable way to take advantage of the deal.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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If just one out of five urban residents in Europe permanently changed from driving to cycling, emissions from automobiles would be cut by 8 percent, the study reports. Owning a reliable automobile has long been one of the only successful means of getting out of poverty. Even a few US cities it might be livable without a car.

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Jaguar Land Rover and EPSRC announce $17M autonomous vehicle research program; 5 projects selected

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Using the two streams integrated within the sensing, information and control systems of a modern automobile, it aims to map terrain and identify hazards such as potholes and surface texture changes in all weathers, and to detect and classify other road users (pedestrians, car, cyclists etc.). The Cooperative Car.

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Driving Dystopia: Europe’s Low Emission Zones Aren't Going Over Well

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Originally framed as a way to improve air quality throughout London, ULEZ cameras have started to proliferate more suburban communities. Londoners very clearly did not. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has taken the brunt of the public’s ire, even though the ULEZ concept predates his tenure.

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