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Electrify America, Kia Motors America offer DC fast charging plan for Kia Niro EV drivers

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Electrify America announced an agreement with Kia Motors America to offer Kia Select, a new charging program with optimized pricing for the Kia Niro electric vehicle (EV) model on Electrify America’s direct current (DC) fast charging network. The program also waives session fees and has no subscription fees for participants.

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27 Hyundai XCIENT fuel cell trucks entering fleet service in Germany; funding from BMDV

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In August 2021, BMDV rolled out its funding guidelines for commercial vehicles with alternative drive systems upon approval by the European Commission. The funding is available for battery, fuel cell and (overhead line) hybrid electric vehicles, corresponding to refueling/charging infrastructure and related feasibility studies.

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General Motors sidesteps loss of EV tax credit to offer big discounts for customers

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General Motors is sidestepping the loss of the electric vehicle tax credit on its vehicles and will still offer a big $7,500 discount on cars for customers. The post General Motors sidesteps loss of EV tax credit to offer big discounts for customers appeared first on TESLARATI.

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US Department of Transportation proposes ‘distraction’ guidelines for automakers for in-vehicle electronic devices

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. The Phase I proposed guidelines cover certain devices installed in vehicles as original equipment that are operated by the. Risk odds ratios above 1.00 ratios below 1.00

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Hyundai Motor Company extends warranties for more than 1M vehicles worldwide

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Hyundai Motor Company launched a warranty extension policy for its vehicles worldwide. This leaves customers confused about service availability and whether they should leave their homes for vehicle service.

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BMW introduces i7 Protection; first production electric protection model

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Driven by two electric motors, it meets all the requirements of class VR9 protection without any limitations, as does the new combustion-engine BMW 7 Series Protection (fuel consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 15.6 kWh/100 km, provisional figure) is a genuine trailblazer. Earlier post.) kWh/100 km. 308 Winchester) armor-piercing rounds.

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HEI: world’s biggest cities and urban areas face some of the worst air quality on the planet

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In 2019, 86% of the cities included in this report exceeded the WHO’s 10 µg/m 3 guideline for annual NO 2 exposure, impacting about 2.6 pollution tends to get more attention on known hotspots around the world, less data has been available for NO 2 at this global scale. billion people. While PM 2.5

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