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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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Peugeot E-Expert walk around and first drive

Drive Electric

Here’s the Peugeot lion with a dichroic treatment on it to signify that it’s electric, apparently the badge changes colour according to the light and angle, to me from here it looks blue. Coming round the front you’ve got your automatic lights and alloy wheels. The CCS connector is your public rapid charge port.

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Charley Boorman: myenergi HQ

My Energi

The smart electric vehicle charger is now situated comfortably in Charley’s eco home in London. The major differences on the SR / S over the SR / F are the addition of the more relaxed riding position (through re-positioning of the bars and pegs.) Livewire Charging At myenergi HQ with 7Kwh zappi. lithium-ion battery.

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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

Cars That Think

Born in 1791, he received only a barebones education at church school in his village of Newington, Surrey (now part of South London). At heart, Faraday was an experimentalist, so in order to write a thorough account, he re-created Ørsted's experiments and tried to follow Ampère's reasoning. He teamed up with.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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The e-Golf (“Das e-Auto” earlier post ), the Volkswagen brand’s second series production battery-electric vehicle after the e-up!, Put another way, Volkswagen’s goal, based on its strategic approach, is for the e-Golf to deliver the performance and handling of a Golf which happens to have a battery-electric powertrain. The e-Golf.

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Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Lithium — the ultra-light metal used in electric-vehicle batteries — has plunged more than 80% from a late-2022 record, as the market whiplashed from shortage fears to a mountain of surplus inventories. Battery metals have been a bright spot for the mining industry in recent years. Chemaf Resources Ltd. and General Motors Co.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. We will own the battery. We will always own the batteries,&# said Mr. Thesen. Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said.

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