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EV sales aren’t ‘lagging’ – they’re headed for long-term growth

Baua Electric

BloombergNEF’s Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO) indicates that rapidly falling battery prices, advancements in next-gen battery technology, and improving relative economics of EVs with ICE counterparts continue to underpin long-term EV growth globally. Only China (60%) and Europe (41%) are above that global average by then.

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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

Clean Fleet Report

Europe and China. If you’re trying to reckon whether an electric car is for you, here are top reasons why you should get aboard the electric vehicle voyage: 1. Low Maintenance Costs. It has fewer parts that would need constant maintenance and replacement. You have less worry about where you can charge your car.

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Why Businesses Should Adapt EVs to Their Fleet?

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EVs’ initial costs are decreasing as their popularity and numbers grow, and battery costs also keep falling. Several countries, ranging from China to the United Kingdom, have proposed banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars over the next twenty years and some as early as 2025. Maintenance Costs are Reduced.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

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Development work on these continues; Audi, for example, is refining MLB evo—the second-generation of MLB and the foundation for the battery-electric e-tron quattro SUV due out in 2018. Battery costs are making significant improvements. The charging will improve. The MEB extends its open approach to batteries, as well.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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Edwards points out that attitudes like being green arise from values that are usually stable, internalized and emotionally charged and as a result they frequently stay constant over one’s lifetime. We’re always looking for ways to achieve risk reduction and we’re looking for a meaningful life. United States.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

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CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM billion, and spends $60 million annually on Li-ion battery research and development. LG Chem provides the Li-ion battery system for Hyundai’s Blue Gen System.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge. In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.)

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