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Wired blogger takes on Nissan LEAF

Plugs and Cars

He's a bit surprised, as are all of us, that Nissan has emerged as the first big automaker to manufacture a mass-produced electric car. Until we get final specs on weight, and drive the car around a bit, we won't know to what extent people will need to handicap official range numbers as they do EPA gasoline mileage ratings.

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GM Says Updated U.S. Emissions Rules Will Cost Auto Industry Billions in Fines

The Truth About Cars

GM is estimating that the new rules could result in manufacturers paying $100-300 billion in emission fines between 2027 and 2031. According to Reuters , GM executive David Strickland met with White House Office of Management and Budget officials on July 17th to discuss the matter.

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Final EV Tax Credit Details and More EV News

Electric Auto Association

We also have news on the new Kia EV9 three-seater, GM moving on from Apple’s CarPlay, how to become an EV expert, and high-power charging for a truck stop. For more information on EV tax credits, the Electric Vehicle Association created an EV guide for vehicle that may qualify for these tax credits. EV tax credit.

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

Cars That Think

The latest Edison Electric Institute projection is that only about 26.4 In addition, gasoline vehicles 15 years or older and diesel trucks over 10 years old should not be allowed on US roads, as is happening in some Indian cities. However, that is still far short of RMI’s 70 million target.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

Choosing “best of” or “most important” new cars is always dicey, and doubly so with electric vehicles. They haven’t, and GM is clearly struggling to overcome a host of startup production problems with its Ultium vehicles—sales of which have remained far, far below the company’s own goals. Now we’ve driven both.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Choosing “best of” or “most important” new cars is always dicey, and doubly so with electric vehicles. They haven’t, and GM is clearly struggling to overcome a host of startup production problems with its Ultium vehicles—sales of which have remained far, far below the company’s own goals. Now we’ve driven both.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism.

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