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China realizes charging piles, complete vehicles and accessories to go overseas

Setec Powerr

Judging from the customs data for the first eight months of this year, the contribution rate of my country’s new energy vehicle exports to the growth of automobile exports reached 26.7%, becoming a new bright spot in the foreign trade of the automobile industry. Cross-border e-commerce shines in the European market.

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The EV Battery Wish List

Cars That Think

IEEE Spectrum asked five industry experts to gaze deeply into their own crystal balls and outline what needs to happen in the EV battery space to wean the world off fossil-fueled transportation and onto the plug. All this could grant the ultimate, elusive wish for EV makers: Price parity with internal-combustion automobiles.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Consulting firm KPMG , for example, estimates that in addition to the 179 new battery EV model launches and refreshes between 2016 and 2020, at least another 251 are expected between 2021 and 2023 by traditional auto manufacturers, or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as they are referred to in the industry, as well as start-ups.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - October 18, 2008… The BMW Group will be the world’s first manufacturer of premium automobiles to deploy a fleet of some 500 all-electric vehicles for private use in daily traffic. Specially engineered for automobile use, the battery technology will have a range of more than 240 kilometers, or 150 miles.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

tech industry during the 1990s. They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct.

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