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Ford Scales Back Michigan Battery Plant Investments

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Ford has said it will restart construction on the electric vehicle battery facility it’s building in Marshall, Michigan, after pausing work when the UAW strike kicked off a couple months ago. But the company has also announced that it would be “re-timing and resizing some investments.”

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Seven-day test: 2024 Audi RS e-tron GT, now with $100,000 price cut?

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Audi’s ballistic RS e-tron GT is a high-profile example, sitting stubbornly with an RRP of $251,110 while dealers are trying to shift 2023 examples from $179,990 drive-away. Cheapest is at a Tasmanian Audi dealer showing just 495km – it may have only been charged once in its short life. seconds not enough, anyway?

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GM extends Chevy Bolt production delay, NHTSA closes battery fire investigation

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Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) closed its October 2020 investigation into the Bolt EV for battery-related fires earlier this month. Owners were advised not to park near other cars , not to park indoors, and to limit their state of charge to 90 percent in some instances.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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parking and lane access incentives, building codes), utility actions (e.g., charging infrastructure incentives, preferential charging rates), and public charging availability. The regional electric vehicle share leaders tended to have greater public charging infrastructure than their regional average.

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Goa draft EV policy 2021 subsidising 11,000 EVs for 5 years 

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The state government had also announced that it would be waiving off registration charges for the first 10,000 electric 2-wheelers. Manufacturers of EVs, batteries, EV components, EV supply equipment, are eligible for incentives. To promote service units which would include electric vehicles and battery repair and maintenance stations.

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GM recalling certain eAssist models; up to 42,904 vehicles potentially affected by GCM issue

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This could cause a gradual loss of battery charge and the illumination of the malfunction indicator light, GM said in its notice to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). kW Li-ion battery pack (15 kW peak power) using cylindrical power-optimized cells from Hitachi. The product investigation was re-opened.

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NRC report recommends ways to overcome barriers hindering purchases of PEVs; vehicle cost, battery tech and consumer knowledge among others

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Vehicle cost, current battery technology, and inadequate consumer knowledge are some of the barriers preventing widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles, according to a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. 2014 Tesla Model S (265 mi/491 km). Limited-range BEV. 2014 Nissan Leaf (84 mi/156 km).

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