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Hong Kong launches first battery-electric taxi fleet with BYD e6; new charging stations

Green Car Congress

BYD announced the launch of Hong Kong’s first all-electric taxi fleet using the BYD e6 electric cross-over sedan. BYD also announced that the e6 “Taxi version” and e6 “Premier” sedan were now officially on sale in Hong Kong. The 5-passenger BYD e6 offers a range of up to 300 km (186 miles), according to BYD.

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The world’s first semi electric truck with 1,000 kWh capacity is plowing snow in Norway like a boss

Baua Electric

Photo: Eli Ramstad/Norwegian Public Roads Administration For the first time, Norway has used a semi electric truck with 1,000 kWh battery capacity to clear heavy snow on challenging mountain passes. That’s why we wanted to test plowing with an electric truck on the E6 over Dovrefjell.” The total weight is 21.6

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BYD U7 EV revealed | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

BYD U7 styling The styling of the U7 adopts cues already seen on the U9, including C-shaped headlamp graphics, structured flanks and full-width tail-lights. litre four-cylinder petrol engine with four electric motors and a 49.1kWh lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery and develops 1,195hp. The REx system of the U8 combines a 2.0-litre

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EPA Trends on EVs and PHEVs; beginning of a “measurable and meaningful impact” on new vehicle fuel economy and emissions

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In this tally, the BMW i3 counts as an EV in its battery-only configuration and as a PHEV when equipped with a range extender.) of overall light-duty vehicle production in MY 2013), this increase by a factor of about 100 in three years is both notable and significant. —EPA 2014 Trends report. —EPA Trends report.

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Driving the Tata Tiago.ev electric car from Mumbai to Pune - A Test Report

Plug In India

Our 165 kilometer journey to Pune is with this Tiago.ev, which has a 24 kilowatt hour battery pack out of which 22.1 J ust the wH/km has come d own drastically to 123 wH/km, due to my light foot and big news - the regen has kicked in! These are lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries cells so they have no issues charging up to 100%.

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Electric Car Watch #11: Hyundai's Electric Car Plans for India

Plug In India

We have heard of Indian Kona owners facing battery issues, which resulted in battery replacements that took many weeks as Korean teams had to remotely diagnose issues and there were no Indian RnD teams. Also, the replacement batteries had to come all the way from Korea. We are glad Hyundai India is seeing the light now at least.

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BYD to announce US launch plans for EVs and PHEVs at NAIAS

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BYD will present its “Three Green Dreams” strategy, which focuses on renewable energy generation (solar power); environmentally friendly energy storage (Li-ion iron phosphate batteries); and energy consumption (plug-in vehicles). These characteristics make the e6 ideal for daily commuters and in-town driving, BYD suggests.

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