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Show me the money! Ford targets Tesla Model 2, MG4 and BYD Dolphin with new small electric car line-up

EV Central

“It’s non-negotiable that we’re going to allocate capital to a new affordable electric vehicle … and you have to make money in the first 12 months,” he said. .” In Australia that charge is led by the MG4, BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora. “We have to fix this problem.

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Volkswagen’s Pablo Di Si: Generation to get ‘again to fundamentals’

Baua Electric

You simply did a line of broker conferences with the VW community. So I mentioned, “Listen, we’re going to increase production significantly.” They have been grateful that they participated in those conferences, and after after all they requested for extra aggressive hire charges. Is it floorplanning?

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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin

Creative Greenius

Nissan is about to drink GM’s milkshake with a breakthrough, affordable, next generation electric car that will be beat the Chevy Volt to market, cost half as much and work twice as well. You might as well call most of the cars they’re selling “future clunkers.&# Plus it looks ten times cooler. Really Ford?

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CPT developing 48-volt electric supercharger for micro-mild hybrids

Green Car Congress

At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines. Following this initial assessment by carmakers, the vehicle will then be re-built with a 48 volt electrical system. With performance similar to that of the 1.8

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference. Plug them in, charge them up, drive silent, drive clean. You say you’re looking for something a little larger? I’ve heard him speak at the Plug-In conference.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Earlier post.).

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. electrical battery is being charged. This will allow a.

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