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BASF and GAC R&D Center co-develop 3 electric concept cars; debut at Auto Guangzhou 2018

Green Car Congress

BASF and the Research and Development Center of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Exterior auto body paints co-developed by BASF and GAC R&D Center underline a unique personality for each concept vehicle. Established in 2006, GAC R&D Center serves as the innovation and technology hub for Guangzhou Automobile Group.

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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

The Truth About Cars

Loathed public charging stations (Tesla Superchargers excluded) may also just be the result of the involved companies underestimating the level of maintenance required.& As part of Volkswagen Group, Porsche is technically supposed to be committed toward transitioning its fleet to all-electric vehicles.

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Driving Dystopia: Judge Dismisses Automotive Privacy Lawsuit

The Truth About Cars

Despite years of the industry downplaying data harvesting as simple telematics analysis that can be used to help troubleshoot designs and establish better maintenance routines, it has been revealed that modern automobiles likely have the worst user privacy practices imaginable. That’s not the case today.

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Daimlers car-sharing service car2go expands to Canada

Green Car Congress

CAD per day which includes fuel, parking, mileage, insurance, maintenance, cleaning, GPS navigation and a 24/7 hotline customer support. The smart “car2go edition” vehicles, developed in collaboration by car2go and smart in Germany, are the first series-produced automobiles designed and manufactured specifically for car sharing.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

Brands within the Volkswagen Group have been rolling out modular component matrices, or assembly toolkits, for their light-duty vehicles over the past few years. It shows that we have four core innovations: smart sustainability, automated driving, intuitive interaction and personalized connectivity. This is our core story of the MEB.

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How EV Owners Can Navigate Through Coronavirus Period Safely

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In most countries, justified reasons to go by car include buying groceries, medicine and making deliveries to someone who is considered to be in a vulnerable group. Finally, of course, always drive on your own, or at least only with people from your household, as long as they are healthy and not part of a high-risk group.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

All four men felt that LEVs could eventually be one of the most important forms of personal transportation, and had already been supporting that cause. For several years, I led groups of 20 engineers into a rural middle school, and every student there was routed through our program.”

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