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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. Lithium-ion batteries produce harmful fluoride gas when on fire, burn for longer, and are more difficult to put out than fossil-fueled fires. fires per 100,000 sales. Here’s what we discovered.

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Ford brings major improvements to next-gen E-Transit

Teslarati

Ford’s 2022 E-Transit has dominated the electric van market but has remained relatively niche compared to the market sales of gas models. The vehicle will go into production in the Fall of next year and will be available for sale in Europe in 2024, it is unclear if it will be made available for U.S.

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Electric Car Sharing

Electric Cars are for Girls

Might not be available for sale in your neighborhood, but if you happen to be visiting San Francisco you can rent one for a while, and see how you like it. They have gas-guzzlers too, of course, but.Tesla roadster, anyone? Only 50 bucks an hour, according to the article. I love this idea for getting people into electric cars!

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Porsche Q1 sales soar, but Taycan production issues remain

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It shows the strong demand for our products and the strength of our brand,” said Detlev von Platen, Executive Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Porsche. “It’s particularly pleasing that we were able to post gains in every sales region – in spite of the still volatile economic situation and limited parts availability.”

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

Green Car Congress

Putin has highlighted on various occasions the contribution Russia’s mineral wealth, in particular oil and natural gas, must make for Russia to be able to sustain economic growth, promote industrial development, catch up with the developed economies, and modernize Russia’s military and military industry. percent of GDP in 2014.

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Hindustan Zinc may put off demerger – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Also, the government doesn’t want any uncertainty around HZL to spook investors ahead of its plan to offload a part of its stake in the miner through an offer for sale in FY25, one of them said. “The company’s proposal to the government also lacked the details as to how any such demerger will actually benefit shareholders.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

for sale to regular folks. Regardless, once the $7,500 tax credit is accounted for, and the much lower maintenance costs, these should be about the same as buying a gas car, only the fuel will be less than a dollar a gallon equivalent. Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee.

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