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Electric HiLux incoming! New Toyota HiLux REVO heads for production in Thailand as Japanese giant beats Ford Ranger to BEV workhorse

EV Central

Thailand has also recently had an influx of Chinese brands flood the market, with the suggestion Toyota was concerned new EVs would beat it to market. It hopes that 50 per cent of all the new battery-powered Toyota HiLux REVO BEV it will make will be sold locally. per cent share of the market. The post Electric HiLux incoming!

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Nissan steps up all-solid-state EV battery plans as pilot line construction kicks off

Baua Electric

Nissan preps for all-solid-state EV battery development This week, Nissan showed off its all-solid-state battery pilot line at its Yokohama Plant. Under its Ambition 2030 strategy, Nissan plans to launch solid-state battery-powered EVs by early 2029. A big part of Nissan’s strategy includes advanced battery tech.

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Seres unveils new NEV brand Landian and 1st model E5 with BYD, Huawei technology

CN EV Post

Chinese tech giant Huawei 's key partner in the automotive sector, Seres Group, has launched another new energy vehicle (NEV) brand to increase its bets in the sector. Landian literally means blue electricity in Chinese. The Landian E5 is a mid-size plug-in hybrid SUV with a starting price of RMB 139,900.

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Beijing, Xi'an latest cities to offer subsidies to encourage residents to buy NEVs

CN EV Post

The Chinese capital city of Beijing released details of its policy to encourage local residents to purchase NEVs, following media reports of the city's plans without any details last month.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

Cars That Think

Having raked in perhaps 30 percent of all the money invested in electrically-powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft so far, Joby is the colossus in an emerging class of startups working on these radical, battery-powered commercial flyers. The proposed MOCs must be acceptable to the FAA.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Some of the new and updated models, such as a battery-powered version of Geelys Panda hatchback, may hit the market as early as October, and in some cases they might carry price tags low enough for farmers and other rural residents with limited financial means. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. and Chery Automobile Co. in late 2010.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.

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