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Volkswagen’s $27,000 ID 2all electric vehicle may come later than expected

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Volkswagen’s ID 2all EV production is being delayed A report from the German magazine auto motor und sport claims that Volkswagen’s ID 2all will go into mass production in May 2026 rather than 2025. VW Passenger Cars CEO Thomas Shaefer said the decision is to reduce costs. Ford and GM are making similar moves in the US.

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Belching Volcano and Flowing Lava Dent Tourism in Icelandic Region

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And the low-cost Icelandic airline Play said that news of the eruption “cooled demand for Iceland as a destination.” The post Belching Volcano and Flowing Lava Dent Tourism in Icelandic Region appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. “A spouting volcano doesn’t sound very inviting,” he said.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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He probably didn’t realize he was inventing a key element of 20th-century recording technology when he observed that auto body shops needed a way to “mask off” areas of vehicles that were being whittled down with sandpaper, but his observation would prove useful to the invention of masking tape.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. The Energy Department is also preparing to award as muchas $25 billion in low-cost federal loans for production ofadvanced technology vehicles, with many of the applicationscoming from companies planning to build plug-ins or thebatteries and components needed to power them.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. One told me he was appalled when he learned that Ford, which lost billions last year, had staged a gala at the Hotel George V during the Paris auto show. executive who has studied BYD.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost.

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