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1,000-mile electric car unveiled: Aptera returns 10 years later

Green Car Reports

The world's auto industry seems to have settled on 200-plus miles for North America and 300 kilometers (160 miles) or more for European and Asian markets. The longest-range 2019 Tesla, the Model S Long Range, gets an EPA range rating of 370 miles. What's the minimum necessary range for an electric car?

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Ipsos Auto Global Study: interest in battery electric vehicles growing in the US

Green Car Congress

The auto industry has seen this need to improve familiarity in the past, with some advanced driver assist features such as ACC and even autonomous driving. In the US, knowing a fair amount about BEVs more than doubles consideration for them. Increasing future sales for BEVs will rely on companies improving awareness of their product.

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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

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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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Shhhh, The Auto Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know About Tesla Model S Autopilot vs. Mercedes S-Class Distronic

CleanTechnica EVs

I drive a Tesla Model S 90D that I bought new in 2016, and have since enjoyed 60,000 trouble-free miles. Full disclosure: The author owns a 2016 Tesla Model S, a 2019 Mercedes S-Class, and some Tesla stock. I love the vehicle both as my daily driver […].

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Toyota shoots for battery cells with 932 miles of range

Teslarati

Among them is the plan to produce battery cells with 1,000 km (621 miles) of cruising range and eventually over 700 miles of range. The legacy automaker is working on a solid-state battery that can yield up to ~750 miles of range with a charging time of 10 minutes. The Japanese automaker plans to sell 1.5

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BYD NEV sales up 262.9% YOY in October

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in April 2021 at the Shanghai Auto Show. seconds to go from 0 to 60 mph, with a comprehensive cruising range of up to 600 miles. vastly improve the integrity of pure EVs as one of the industry’s safest power batteries. BYD introduced the e-platform 3.0 An electric vehicle equipped with the e-platform 3.0 takes just 2.9

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Disruptive tech, sustainability agenda driving India’s auto INC | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

With a mature manufacturing ecosystem, India is poised to contribute to global sustainable mobility solutions, fostering both domestic and international growth in the auto industry. The auto industry is making strides to replace the traditional sources of fuel with the carbon-free fuel.

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