Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Why might all the electric-car concepts at last week's Frankfurt auto show be a sign of desperation? What news out of China could scramble the future of the global auto industry? Friday, we commented on a new.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We remain committed to an all-electric future,” says GM as it announces a rollback of its electrification plans. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. In the last five months, zero-emission vehicles have made up over 50% of its overall car sales , up from 31.2% So how did this largely rural Scandinavian country become the global leader in EV adoption? in 2018 and 42.4%

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Teslarati

MAY 24, 2022

Tesla is continuing its climb up the Fortune 500 list, with the electric vehicle maker jumping an impressive 35 spots to claim the No. Amidst this trend, electric vehicles are becoming a key factor that must be considered if one were to look at the future of energy. 65 spot in this year’s rankings. 383 on the list.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The new plant of The SAIC Volkswagen joint venture’s new plant—which is dedicated to production of all electric vehicles on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB)—has been completed in Anting, Shanghai. Celebrating the start of pre-production, a first China-specific all-electric Volkswagen ID.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

REUTERS) The just concluded year 2023 was a cheerful one for the Indian auto industry, as the car manufacturers in the country breached the four million mark for the first time. the Indian automobile industry has been showing great resilience. Registering 41 lakh cars in a calendar year in 2023 was a sign of that.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In an announcement on Wednesday, Hertz Global Holdings Inc. On Wednesday, Hertz and Uber noted that they are in an exclusive partnership to make up to 50,000 Teslas available by 2023 to drivers who wish to rent electric vehicles while using the ride-hailing network. noted that it would be partnering with Uber Technologies Inc.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Hyundai is set to launch a new EV brand as it looks to gain its share of the largest market globally. Fully electric vehicles accounted for over 23% of new car sales last year in China, with 6.68 That’s up from 12% just two years ago and around a third of the global market. China is the undisputed EV market leader.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

China-based technology company LeEco and Aston Martin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards the creation of a partnership that will develop a production version of the Aston Martin RapidE electric vehicle concept—a fully electric version of the Rapide S four-door sports sedan. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2022

Ford announced on Wednesday that it will begin making electric vehicles based on a next-generation architecture in Spain later this decade. Ford believes the Valencia, Spain plant is the ideal location for making cars with a next-generation EV architecture and plans to produce the vehicles later this decade. I’d love to hear from you!

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All Cars Electric

APRIL 23, 2011

From Michael Moore's Roger And Me in 1989 to Chris Paine's 2006 Who Killed The Electric Car?, there's no shortage of documentaries that portray auto-industry executives as incompetent, bumbling, short-sighted, arrogant fools.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 23, 2023

The PluginIndia team, got a chance to visit the Hyundai India electric car stall at the Auto Expo 2023. We visited the Hyundai stall at the Auto Expo 23 and there was a huge crowd at the Hyundai stall. I think the auto expo organizers gave passes to hundreds of YouTubers and Media houses.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2017

Electric vehicles will make up the majority of new car sales worldwide by 2040, and account for 33% of all the light-duty vehicles on the road, according to a new forecast published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). We see a momentous inflection point for the global auto industry in the second half of the 2020s.

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2022

According to Kelley Blue Book’s (KKB) data , Tesla dominated the United States electric vehicle market in the first quarter. Tesla vehicle sales accounted for 75% of all EVs sold between January and March 2022. Tesla also still dealt with ongoing supply chain challenges last quarter, similar to other automakers in the industry.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Musk, however, tends to lean on the former, as his influence, from saving American taxpayers billions through SpaceX and shifting the auto industry towards electric vehicles, has been relatively positive overall. . “If Tesla delivers on its pledges, it has the potential to strike a major blow against global warming.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Ford will offer a new generation of seven, all-electric, fully-connected passenger vehicles and vans in Europe by 2024. The announcement builds on the recent creation of the Ford Model e business unit focused on the design, production, and distribution of electric and connected vehicles ( earlier post ).

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the United States, President Dwight Eisenhower proposed the Federal Aid Highway Act as local and state roads were no longer adequate for all the cars on the roadways. Consumer demand drove new technologies for cars. Air conditioners and heaters became standard features in every car. Cruise control was developed.

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Driivz

JUNE 22, 2022

Decarbonization efforts focus on replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon or no-carbon energy sources for the transportation, electricity generation, industry, agriculture, commercial (buildings and cooling/heating), and residential sectors. degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels, by mid-century.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

An all-new battery electric and plug-in hybrid ute benchmarked against the Rivian R1T will be one of the headline acts when China’s JAC Motors unleashes a comprehensive attack on the Australian market around mid-decade. JAC will roll out right-hand drive SUVs the same year, while passenger cars will follow after that. “The

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In the recently concluded first phase of the fleet test, the cars were driven roughly 150,000 kilometers (93,000 miles). Among drivers testing the vehicles were CRI staff and members of the Icelandic Automobile Association as well as several local service providers in the auto industry. —Ómar Sigurbjörnsson.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2023

Their gleaming galleries feature many historic and influential cars, almost all of them powered by petroleum-fueled internal combustion (IC) engines. Looking ahead, Stuttgart will likely continue to be the heart of the German auto industry, but how long will the IC engine remain the heart of the automobile?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is “ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that Volkswagen would introduce its first electric vehicles based on the up! Currently, cars contribute. Martin Winterkorn.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is getting ready to go all-electric by the end of the decade, where market conditions allow, shifting from electric-first to electric-only. By 2022, Mercedes-Benz will have battery electric vehicles (BEV) in all segments the company serves. In-house electric motors, such as the eATS 2.0,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2010

More details after the jump: Electric car firm Better Place raises $350 mln. “Better Place, an infrastructure provider for electric cars founded by former SAP <SAPG.DE> executive Shai Agassi, has raised $350 million in fresh equity as part of a second round of financing. Mon, Jan 25 2010.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof. Don Runkle. Don Runkle.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 1, 2010

Journal article: China to Subsidize Electric Cars. China to Subsidize Electric Cars. Government Aims to Create Strong Domestic Industry but Generous Rebates Risk a Backlash as Rich-Poor Divide Grows. All-electric e6 vehicles made by BYD charge up in Shenzhen, where the cars are used as taxis.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

If you listen to US President Barack Obama it has been a long time coming – his decision to pour $2.4billion of stimulus money to make America a global leader in electric and hybrid car development comes as the country plays catch up to the likes of Japan and even China in the green car race (see article ). “I

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car Watch, we will talk about India’s most talked about EV startup, Ola Electric and their electric car plans, their large investment in Coventry, UK and also the challenges in creating an electric car from the scratch.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ Welcome to the new weekly series - Electric Car Watch, where we will talk about EV plans of major car brands, take a look at their EV vision, and go over their technology platforms. During the past decade, Toyota has not bothered to invest in electric vehicles.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 6, 2007

This quotation tells us all we need to know about what the auto industry would like the future to look like. As an industry they must oppose even the meager Congressional call for 35mpg by 2020. Were plug-in hybrids and electric cars added to the automakers' fleet mix they could achieve astounding CAFE standards.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

Independent research into electric vehicle (EV) development has found that most automotive companies are more focused on improving electric car range and reducing costs than improving the vehicles’ carbon footprint, despite mounting scrutiny of their hidden environmental impacts.

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2021

Tesla’s ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) first-quarter earnings call comes on the heels of an impressive quarter that saw the electric car maker post $10.389 billion in revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.93, beating Wall Street’s expectations. The Model 3 became the world’s best-selling premium sedan, electric or otherwise.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

This is a milestone for Tesla—its profit for 2021 came from volume production and sales of cars at a profit as opposed to ZEV credits marketed to other automakers who weren’t making and selling enough EVs. The timing of this move by Tesla is opportune since the global auto market for EVs is catching up. Story by Michael Coates.

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By Abhishek & Kamlesh Welcome to the new weekly series -- Electric Car Watch. We will talk about EV plans of major car brands, take a look at their EV vision, and go over their technology platforms. This week’s episode is mostly an introduction to this series and some of our thoughts on the global electric car scene.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Just months after declaring bankruptcy, American car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings Inc. As noted by Bloomberg News , Hertz’s 100,000 Tesla Model 3 order stands as the single-largest purchase to date for electric vehicles. “For drivers across the world, the name Tesla has become synonymous with electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2018

Volvo Cars announced its ambition that from 2025, at least 25% of the plastics used in every newly launched Volvo car will be made from recycled material. —Martina Buchhauser, Senior Vice President of Global Procurement at Volvo Cars.

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