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GM becomes top automaker in the US, but its EV sales lag competitors

Teslarati

As General Motors has quickly fallen behind traditional and up-and-coming rivals alike regarding EV sales, specifically Tesla, Hyundai/Kia, and Ford, it has moved towards more electric models and production. The electric van maker increased its fleet sales by 101% in Q4 alone, marking the best year for GM commercial sales since 2006.

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Ford is building a low-cost EV platform with some of the ‘best EV engineers’ to rival Tesla

Baua Electric

Not only that, but it will “be a large installed base for software and service,” as seen at Pro, its commercial unit. The move to launch affordable EVs comes as several rivals announced they will do the same. Farley said Ford’s “ultimate competition is going to be affordable Tesla and the Chinese OEMs.” billion last year.

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Hero MotoCorp partners Taiwan’s Gogoro to develop EV & battery swap stations 

Electric Vehicles India

With this partnership, HeroCorp will launch electric vehicles using Gogoro’s technology. The Taiwanese electric two-wheeler maker Gogoro aims to increase the shift to sustainable electric mobility in India. The Hero branded electric vehicles will be powered by the Gogoro Network vehicles.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Bolts jolts the market with 200+ miles of range and an affordable price.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research.

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Calls for an international 48V electrical standard for vehicles; looming WLTP implementation

Green Car Congress

Until we have a really significant breakthrough with battery chemistry or fuel-cell technology, the high voltage approach to hybridization and pure battery electric vehicles will remain too expensive for universal application across high volume vehicle platforms. 48V Hybrids Standards'

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Battle of the budget electric vehicles: Is the 2023 MG4 Excite 51 better buying than the GWM Ora and BYD Atto 3 in Australia?

EV Central

The MG4 is the first electric car from the value-focused brand to be built on a dedicated EV architecture. The all-electric five-door hatchback is also one of the most affordable electric cars on the market, with prices starting at around $41,000 drive-away for the MG4 51 Excite tested here. Is it a hot hatch?