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Despite Elon Musk’s foolishness, auto industry shouldn’t give up on NACS

Baua Electric

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is causing chaos in the EV industry by firing Tesla’s entire charging team, which may lead some automakers to reconsider their plans to adopt the NACS plug. But NACS is just a better standard, and the industry should move forward on it, even if Tesla waffles with its commitment. Is NACS going to die?

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GM China begins prototype battery cell fabrication

Green Car Congress

GM China Advanced Technical Center’s Cell Fabrication Lab in Shanghai recently produced its first batch of battery cells. These systems are expected to be more affordable for GM customers around the world and help GM expand vehicle electrification. —John Du, Director of GM China’s China Science Lab.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

Green Car Congress

Ohio State EcoCAR built a series-parallel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powered by E85. For the second leg of competition, teams headed to southern California for track events, including autocross, acceleration, and consumer appeal at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. Industry and government officials judged the presentations.

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Plug-in electric car sales for Feb: Volt outsells Prius Prime, Bolt EV, Leaf

Green Car Reports

Once again, it's the first day of the month following a weekday sales close, when the auto industry turns its eyes to the sales charts emerging from all automakers (except Tesla). For plug-in electric cars, the question this month remains the same as last month: how many Chevrolet Bolt EVs did GM deliver?

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough.

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GM Working with Communities to Develop Roadmap For Plug-in Infrastructure

Green Car Congress

General Motors is working with communities such as San Francisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show.

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What up with GM's Plug-in hybrid Volt?

Plugs and Cars

"GM tries to unplug Volt hype" is not the headline I've been hoping to see out of Motor City this spring. But there it is in a Detroit News Autos Insider piece today. Just weeks after announcing production, perhaps, in 2010, the industry's hometown paper lets us know this is no done deal. And little came of a $1.5

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