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BBC: Electric Cars Will Be “Biggest Revolution In Motoring” Since 1913

CleanTechnica EVs

Many observers are forecasting that the world’s transition to electric cars will take place much sooner than expected. Now, BBC is also joining the fray. Originally published on EVANNEX. “What makes the end of the internal combustion engine inevitable is a technological revolution.

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The UK Might Allow “Self-Driving” Cars On The Roads This Year

CleanTechnica EVs

There’s a chance that self-driving vehicles will be allowed on the roads in the UK by the end of this year, the BBC reports. This technology controls the position and speed of a car in […].

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

Blink Charging

Clara played a significant role in popularizing electric vehicles before the First World War. She drove a Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham model car , as electric cars were considered safer than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the early 20 th century, which had a tendency to experience occasional explosions.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . and Chrysler. .’s

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. The factory was quite clean. I wonder if Bhavesh uses an electric car himself! Go Electric yourself. The Nagpur Ola Mahindra E20 experiment flopped, but with better cars coming in - Ola , the cab company, should revisit their EV strategy.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year.

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