Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. China overtook the US last year as the largest auto market in the world. Still, Chinese auto-makers hesitate to mass-market their electric models domestically.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. As we’ve noted before , a lower-power version of it was published back in 2001, specifying charging hardware interface and coupler system.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American auto industry. While the American government is deep in the morass of Detroit’s legacy, the Chinese leadership may have turned to face the future. Can I charge my new EV here? That would be a game changer.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. It was able to get 90 miles per charge and they were all destroyed.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Moreover, EVs are not only proving to be more robust amidst an auto industry in decline, but they are also already displaying some signs of recovery. Chinese car producer BYD even recorded a 337.25% increase in March sales amongst its fully electric and hybrid car models. billion to build over 450.000 charging stations.

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