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Volvo Delivers Its 1st Electric Heavy-Duty Truck In Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

While the top selling car in history is the Toyota Corolla, its sales are dwarfed by the Honda Super Cub and its variants, and motorcycle sales are dwarfed by those of bicycles like the Chinese Flying Pigeon. In some ways, it’s going to be a little easier to electrify transportation in developing countries.

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Zero Motorcycles, Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle score highest in new Pike Research assessment of electric motorcycle and scooter manufacturers

Green Car Congress

A few large vendors, including Honda and KTM, have entered the market, while competitors such as Brammo, New Vetrix, and Current Motor Company have drastically revised their business plans or developed new products over the last two years. The e-motorcycle and e-scooter market is here to stay. —Pike Research. Pike’s Top 10 Vendors.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

They are Hyundai, Honda and you guessed it - Toyota. It is very clear to me that Toyota’s EV announcements are geared to serve the Chinese and EU markets, which have more aggressive zero-emission vehicle goals than the rest of the world. And I have a feeling that a large Chinese car company will acquire them.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. 0:00 / 4:23 Big battery bet If we dont care about our automotive industry, we can let Toyota ( TM ) or Honda ( HMC ) build our electric cars, with LG or Panasonic ( PC ) making the batteries. rivals in the dust.

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