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When Should You Dump Your Gas Guzzler?

Clean Fleet Report

An important question arises: Do the negative environmental impacts of manufacturing EV batteries outweigh the benefits? Recycling EV batteries can be difficult as the design and chemicals vary greatly from one battery to another. Most batteries aren’t even designed to be recycled.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

Wallbox

Compared to the USA, where EVs make up only 2% of new car sales, this gives one a good idea of Norway’s strong leadership position in terms of EV market share. In 1990, a CO2 tax was implemented and the country began to focus on establishing a greener transport system by promoting Norwegian EV production and adoption.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. Around 2025 there’s also a full battery electric version due. The BYD ute will kick off with a plug-in hybrid system that pairs a 1.5-litre

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Daimler and Europcar to Launch car2go in Hamburg in 2011

Green Car Congress

Following pilot launches of car2go in Ulm (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) and Austin, Texas (USA), Hamburg is the first city in which car2go is being introduced as part of the planned international market launch. This all-inclusive price includes fuel, insurance, mileage covered, taxes and all parking charges.

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Why Pure EV not applied for Fame II Scheme Subsidies

Electric Vehicles India

We have registered suppliers across India, China, Taiwan, South Korea, the USA and the UK, which ensures that our product doesn’t slow down even in the case of supply chain disruptions across some specific geographies. In the last 15 months including during the multiple lockdown periods too and facing huge supply chain disruptions ourselves.

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

Plug In India

This investment will be in batteries, vehicle architectures, software and key technologies. Ford is creating Ford Ion Park, a global center of battery excellence comprising more than 150 experts in battery chemistries, testing, manufacturing and value-chain management who will boost battery range and lower costs to customers and Ford.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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