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China announces new national standards for wireless EV charging; incorporating WiTricity technology

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Wireless Charging System for Electric Vehicles Part 1: General Requirements”. Wireless Charging System for Electric Vehicles Part 2: Communication between On-board Chargers and Charging Equipment”. Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging System Part 3: Special Requirements”. The new standards are: GB / T 38775.1 GB / T 38775.2

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Land Rover EV conversion packs in-wheel motors, weighs same as original

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Land Rover Defender EV conversion by Protean The first completed Defender EV has a 75-kwh battery pack affording 153 miles of WLTP range—likely in the vicinity of just 110 to 125 miles if it were to be run in EPA-cycle tests. The company didn’t reveal the curb weight of this example. Prior to its current U.K.

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Nissan introduces hybrid version of Murano to China first

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Nissan announced that the all-new Murano, including the hybrid version ( earlier post ), is officially available for sale from its joint venture in China, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger vehicle company (DFL-PV). Murano also is an important product in DFL-PV's “Young Nissan” strategy to reach a significant and growing part of the market in China.

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BYD will be present at the 2022 Paris Motor Show

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BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles (NEVs) and power batteries, will attend the Paris Motor Show 2022 to showcase its latest passenger car product range and technologies to the European automotive audience. BYD will go the 2022 Paris Motor Show to announce that the EV revolution is coming to Europe.

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Daimler and Geely Holding form global JV for smart; new generation of electric models

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Daimler AG and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group , the German and Chinese automotive groups, have formed a 50-50 globally focused joint venture to own, operate and further develop smart, the pioneer of small urban vehicles, as a leader in premium-electrified vehicles. Future production will be located in China.

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Failed SONDORS Metacycle motorcycle was never street legal, reveals employee

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The closure occurred shortly after Electrek exposed the first images of warehouses full of thousands of SONDORS Metacycles sitting unpaid at the Chinese factory that had been contracted to build the bikes. The process of homologation refers to preparing and approving a vehicle to meet applicable regulations for sale in a certain market.

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Pike Research forecasts China plug-in market to reach 152,000 units/year by 2017, falling short of government targets; BEVs to dominate

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Battery-electric (BEVs) will outsell. The Chinese government initially overestimated consumer demand for electric vehicles, and has made adjustments to its incentive policies. Combined with wider product availability, these subsidies helped total PEV/HEV sales reach approximately 9,000 units in 2011, with cars accounting for 62.7%

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