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NIO’s expansion into German, Dutch, Danish and Swedish markets coming with buildout of battery swap stations

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Three new models derived from its NIO NT2 platform, the ET7, EL7 and ET5, will be available together with a subscription models to encourage EV use. The company also said that it plans to build 20 Power Swap Stations (PSS) in Europe this year. By 2025, NIO aims to build 1,000 PSS outside of China, most of which will be in Europe.

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Mercedes introducing EQB compact electric SUV in Shanghai

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After Europe, the international version of the EQB, produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, will be launched at the end of the year, followed by the US market launch in 2022. It is also able to react dynamically to changes, for instance in the traffic situation or personal driving style. The market launch in China is scheduled for this year.

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Commercial trucks already have guard bars on the back to prevent such accidents, so instead of looking to improve trucks, Bayhan decided to build an attachment for cars. I'm a very competitive person," he says, "so I was motivated to try and disprove these articles and actually build this device.". "I'm Brian Minnick.

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BYD slashes price on its best-selling SUV to $16K to compete with gas cars

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The Atto-3 SUV / Source: BYD Europe After recently reducing prices of its refreshed Han and Tang models , Build Your Dreams (BYD) just launched a new version of its top-selling EV Yuan Plus – known as the Atto 3 in overseas markets – to $16,644 in China, making it one of the lowest-priced EVs out there. Get started here.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 By 2050, one in four persons living in Europe and Northern America could be aged 65 or over. In 2018, for the first time in history, persons aged 65 or above outnumbered children under five years of age globally.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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Welcome to the 7th Annual Top 10 EV Countries list — my own very personal version of March Madness! However, I won’t ignore that its CEO, among the world’s richest persons, loudly undermined sensible pandemic policies in his home state, thus helping kill more of his fellow Americans and his own workers. I have no idea.

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