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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

Green Car Congress

2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. The fifth annual report on China’s auto industry—2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report—says that the next 20-30 years will be a “critical period” that will see the formation of a global new-energy vehicle industry.

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Another Tesla price cut possible thanks to plummeting lithium prices

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Hence, the price of EVs has become intertwined with the cost of lithium , which has slowly become cheaper thanks to massive investments worldwide. Several factors have likely helped push Chinese lithium to its meager price. No element has become more synonymous with electric vehicles than lithium.

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ICCT and CATARC to collaborate on research on LDV fuel efficiency technologies for China

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The immediate focus of the memorandum is project that will evaluate fuel-efficiency technologies and China-specific costs of these technologies for new light-duty vehicles (LDVs) in the upcoming decade. The ICCT will contribute a methodology and analytical framework for technology and cost assessment tailored to the Chinese market.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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The duo created a lithium-ion battery with lower voltage but also lower cost and greater safety. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars. Goodenough [left] shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Akira Yoshino [middle] and M.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla Q4 and Full Year 2022 earnings call

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However, Chinese carmakers are likely the most likely to be second to Tesla, since they work hard and they work smart. Through Tesla Insurance, Tesla has adjusted the design of the car and its software to minimize the cost of repair, the CEO noted. 17:22 CT – Tesla executives also highlighted that there is no EV market.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team. • MORE: "How to Build a 100 Mile-Per-Gallon Car. Yep, a truck.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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.

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