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Mercedes-Benz to become equal shareholder in Automotive Cells Company (ACC) with Stellantis and TotalEnergies

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Mercedes-Benz announced in July that it will be ready to go fully electric by the end of the decade wherever market conditions allow. On top of that we can help to ensure that Europe remains at the heart of the auto industry even in an electric era.

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Aston Martin and LeEco partner to co-develop RapidE EV for market intro in 2018; potential to add Faraday Future

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China-based technology company LeEco and Aston Martin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards the creation of a partnership that will develop a production version of the Aston Martin RapidE electric vehicle concept—a fully electric version of the Rapide S four-door sports sedan. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen starts pre-production in first China plant focused only on e-mobility; MEB-based vehicles from Oct 2020

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family in China as well, a brand-new generation of fully electric and connected vehicles. Fully intelligent and digitized, the Anting plant sets a new benchmark for green and smart factories for Volkswagen Group China and the Chinese auto industry.

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Hyundai will ‘take the bull by the horns’ with a new EV brand in the world’s biggest market

Baua Electric

Fully electric vehicles accounted for over 23% of new car sales last year in China, with 6.68 Although Hyundai planned to launch its popular IONIQ EVs in the region, it believes a unique brand designed for China will be more competitive. Hyundai is set to take the bull by the horns,” an auto industry official said.

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Bosch Powers the Automotive Sector Toward an Electrified Future

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Looking ahead, Stuttgart will likely continue to be the heart of the German auto industry, but how long will the IC engine remain the heart of the automobile? The German automotive sector, along with its global counterparts, is doing so by developing elektrische autos. The Emerging Era of the Electric Automobile.

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

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A powerful roster of key industry players in the rapidly evolving electric vehicle arena will come together at Infocast’s Opportunities in Grid-Connected Mobility in San Francisco, California. A key goal of the Obama administration is to have one million ‘PHEVs’ or a fully electric vehicle on the road by 2015.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Like Paul MacCready’s original design for the Impact that established the world’s lowest drag coefficient of.195, “The slimming of the battery essentially comes because of a focus on weight, aerodynamics, rolling resistance, new construction materials and other design factors, he said in an interview.

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