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

Drive Electric

Electric vehicles have historically received a bad reputation for concerns around safety. Issues like thermal runaway, electrocution, and reports of inextinguishable fires plagued the pioneering electric vehicles. Useful terms: Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (ICEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV). fires per 100,000 sales.

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Ford brings major improvements to next-gen E-Transit

Teslarati

Ford has taken the electric van market by storm. According to Ford’s August sales report , they control over 90% of the electric van market and are clearly looking to double down with their next generation E-Transit. What do you think of the article? The new van does face one significant challenge; price.

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Electric Car Sharing

Electric Cars are for Girls

Marc Geller mentioned a few minutes ago on Twitter that he rented his electric vehicle to a Canadian through a peer-to-peer car sharing service called Getaround. I love this idea for getting people into electric cars! They have gas-guzzlers too, of course, but.Tesla roadster, anyone?

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Porsche Q1 sales soar, but Taycan production issues remain

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Porsche sold 80,767 vehicles worldwide in the first quarter of the year, with 9,152 being the brand’s sole electric offering, the Porsche Taycan. 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.

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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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2030: 20 Million More ICE Vehicles Will Be on the Roads in the US Than in 2021

EV Adoption

US sales of electric vehicles are expected to increase significantly this decade, however, by the end of 2030 EVs will still comprise only a tiny percentage of vehicles in operation (VIO) and the number of internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) will actually increase by 20 million. These are the findings of new EVAdoption analysis.

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Can Toyota really claim to be green? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The Prius came under fire in The Washington Post , which openly questioned its manufacturing process as explained in our article ‘ Could the Prius be harmful to the environment? ’. First it heads to Wales… then to China… and finally to Japan where it is then shipped for sale worldwide. How green is this green car? Faye Sunderland.

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