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CATL starts construction of Li-ion factory in Germany; 14 GWh by 2022

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CATL has developed partnerships with a number of European companies in the automobile industry including BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler, Volvo, and Bosch. Germany is home to a strong automotive industry and several of CATL’s key customers. —Matthias Zentgraf.

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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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China has made progress with automotive energy-saving technologies over the past 10 years through implementing passenger car fuel consumption limits and the use of fiscal policy to encourage the purchase of small cars, the government statement noted. —Energy-saving and new energy vehicle plan. L/100km (40 mpg US) or less.

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Why are some EV chargers more expensive than others?

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Recently, the automobile industry has developed quickly. The automobile industry is investing in protecting the environment. This method of charging is much slower and much more unsafe than purchasing a purpose built EV charger. This type is widely becoming accepted as the universal charger type.

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Moore’s Not Enough: ?4 New Laws of Computing

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I teach technology and information systems courses at Northeastern University in Boston. Certainly, the phenomenon of scalability was well known in the automobile industry before it made a significant impact on the computing industry. Henry Ford was a notable example of the the application of this scalability law.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. Unlike Lithium, hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe ( Lithium is the key component in electric vehicle batteries). FCEVs has the potential to eliminate this drawback and make EVs the whole package!!!

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The Top 7 EV Home Chargers That You Should Consider Buying

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Public and commercial charging infrastructure companies are struggling to keep up as plug-in electric vehicles become a larger part of the automobile industry. Except for Teslas, universal mount chargers are compatible with almost any current electric car. kW to the automobile. Why do we need home charging stations ?

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Opinion: Biden’s Tesla snub shows that clout, not innovation, is driving the American EV revolution

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Bruce Lee, a former running back from the University of Arkansas who was in charge of the GM Fremont Factory’s union before the facility became NUMMI, noted that tensions were typically high between unionized workers and management. . “It was considered the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States.

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