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Corvus Energy to supply batteries for five new electric ferries

Green Car Congress

The routes in the North Sea Canal are among the busiest routes, transporting more than 350,000 cars a year. With the new batteries from Corvus, we get are able to equip ships with bigger power demands which mean that we expand the number of hybrid vessels. meters wide, holds 20 cars, four trucks, or 400 passengers.

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E.ON Drive to electrify VinFast’s European retail and service network with charging infrastructure

Electric Cars Report

VinFast, Vietnam’s first global manufacturer of battery-powered electric vehicles and E.ON Drive, the eMobility specialist of one of Europe’s leading utility companies, announced their cooperation to equip VinFast locations with a charging infrastructure in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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E.ON Drive to electrify VinFast’s European retail and service network with charging infrastructure

Electric Cars Report

VinFast, Vietnam’s first global manufacturer of battery-powered electric vehicles and E.ON Drive, the eMobility specialist of one of Europe’s leading utility companies, announced their cooperation to equip VinFast locations with a charging infrastructure in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

Cars catch fire. according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. You don’t have to go far to see [a car on fire].

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Opel provides some market and customer data about the Opel Ampera extended range EV

Green Car Congress

Currently the Opel Ampera is in third place among European e-car registrations with a market share of almost 10%. In the key EV market of the Netherlands, the Ampera has market share of 40%. The Ampera is increasingly being driven in pure battery-powered mode, as reflected in fuel consumption figures.

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Tesla celebrates 10,000 Superchargers in Europe

Teslarati

EV chargers are necessary for the world to transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to all-electric battery-powered cars. It is currently available in France, The Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Iceland. .

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. degrees C (2.7 degrees F).”

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