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Lux: plug-in vehicle battery market to hit $10B in 2020; 6 carmakers = 90% of demand; VW to show most growth

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Just six large carmakers will account for 90% of the battery demand: Tesla, BYD, Volkswagen, General Motors (GM), Renault-Nissan and BMW. Consumers will soon be able to purchase electric vehicles with 200 miles of range for less than $40,000, almost half the price of the long range EVs available today.

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Nissan Prices LEAF in Japan Starting at 3.76M (US$40.5K); Mitsubishi Begins Sales of i-MiEV to Individuals at 3.98M

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Nissan Motor Co., announced the beginning of the pre-order process for the battery-electric LEAF in Japan, as well a starting price of ¥3.76 Other markets will announce their own pre-order process and pricing soon. With the incentive, the consumer’s net price for Nissan LEAF will be ¥2.99 million (US$40,500).

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REE closes $15M share offering, links with Airbus, and showcases demo EV at Work Truck Week

Baua Electric

REE Automotive, Inc. ($REE) remains a nascent EV startup specializing in modular platforms, “x-by-wire” technology, and unique in-wheel motors called REECorners. Each ordinary share was sold at a public offering price of $6.50 million Class A ordinary shares. REE says the gross proceeds from the completed offering total roughly $14.95

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

It turns an EV into a mobile battery that can be used to provide backup power to a home or business, and to provide services to the electrical grid, generating revenue for the vehicle owner and potentially offsetting a significant part of the purchase price of the vehicle.

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Road Test: 2024 Kia EV6 GT-Line RWD

Clean Fleet Report

In looking at the current crop of new EVs on the market today, it ranks in the top BEVs along with the Ford Mustang Mach-E, VW ID4 and the Tesla Model Y. This BEV can stand toe-to-toe with just about any mid-priced 5-door conventional ICE crossover on the market today. Light Short Range) – ~3.4

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Demonstration series hydraulic hybrid transit bus yields fuel economy of 6.9 mpg, 110% better than conventional diesel, 30% better than electric hybrids

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mpg (34 l/100km) on the industry-standard ADB duty cycle—110% better than conventional diesel buses on the road today and 30% better than the best-in-class electric hybrid buses available today, according to the final report on the project published by the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Since 2005, FTA issued $5.1

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In It can do this with little disruption to the way homes and industry purchase and use energy today.

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