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Tesla’s biggest gamble ever: Musk bets the future of electric vehicle giant on “Cybercab” and truly autonomous cars | Opinion

EV Central

READ MORE: Is this Kia’s Tesla and BYD beater at last? You’ll go to sleep and you’ll be able to send your car out to go and start picking people up and doing taxi trips and earning you income. It’s very clear that Elon thinks this is something that’s going to define Tesla’s next stage of growth, this robo-taxi application.”

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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-27

Green Cars News

New blog post: Ford Australia aims to boost efficiency [link] #. New blog post: Hybrid taxi company opens in Scotland [link] #. New blog post: Hybrid taxi company opens in Scotland [link] #. New blog post # green #cars: Kia focus on green growth [link] #. New blog post: Hyundai plans green growth investment [link] #.

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Too little, too late? Why the Toyota HiLux EV concept only shows how far the brand is behind Tesla and BYD

EV Central

READ MORE: Electric Toyota HiLux firms for Australia as Revo show car’s local stay extended for further study READ MORE: Is Toyota’s BZ4X lease plan a stroke of genius, and are Tesla, Kia, Hyundai and others missing a trick? And it has confirmed the bZ4X BEV launches in early 2024 in Australia. But that’s 2024.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Tesla shipped 344,000 China-built cars to Canada, Australia, Europe and other markets last year. Hyundai and Kia will soon begin selling made-in-China cars in Korea and other markets. By no means all these exports are from Chinese brands. It’s also important to note that a lot of these cars are gas-burners, not EVs.

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FedEx and VW EV Plans, Second GM Battery Factory – EV Week in Review: Mar 2 – Mar 8

EV Adoption

At launch, Ample supports the Nissan Leaf — which is the main electric vehicle used by Uber drivers — and some Kia electric vehicles. Flying taxi startup Lilium in talks for Qell SPAC merger – Lilium , the developer of an on-demand regional air taxi service, is in talks to merge with blank-check company Qell Acquisition Corp.

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