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CPCA expects China Apr NEV retail sales to fall 8.4% from Mar to about 500,000 units

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percent from March, according to estimates released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). Survey shows that car companies, which contribute about 80 percent of passenger car sales, are targeting slightly lower retail sales in April than in March, the CPCA said. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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MIT Multi-Robot Mapping Sets New “Gold Standard”

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This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Does your robot know where it is right now? Are you sure ? And what about all of its robot friends, do they know where they are too? This is important.

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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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For the automotive industry, as we summarized in five charts that helped demystify the chip shortage , time eventually brought car makers up from the end of a 52-week waiting list to get the chips they needed for their entertainment and driving assistance systems. considered getting into the chip-stimulus game as well.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. From the article: “The goal is to make it easier for consumers and communities to get started with E.V.’s. Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. A $2,000 value!). By JIM MOTAVALLI.

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3 Years Of Painful Cuts Sets Oil Markets Up For Serious Supply Crunch

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When oil prices go up, people buy fuel efficient cars. Link to original article: [link]. The industry has always suffered from booms and busts, and there is little reason to think that it will change, at least in the short run. But we tend to have a myopic view on what to expect. When they go down, SUVs are back in style.

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What Is Acoustic Vehicle Warning System & Its Importance on The Roads?

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As a result, asserting that electric cars would no longer be silent is not correct, because not only will they continue to be silent and contribute to lowering noise pollution typical of cities, but they will also contribute to enhancing road safety thanks to these auditory signals. Let’s look at some instances!

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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

For more details, follow the link … Ford Plans to Start Electric-Car Tests in Germany Next Month. will start a two-year test program of electric Focus compact cars and Transit vans in Germany on Jan. Here is a the entire text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Ford is starting EV trials in Germany.

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