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Reuters: Tesla Has Ditched Its Affordable EV Efforts in Favor of Robotaxis

The Truth About Cars

Earlier today, Reuters reported that the automaker had ditched its efforts to develop the car and would look instead at developing autonomous taxis on the platform that would have underpinned it. It now seems that Tesla is following suit, despite repeated promises that it would develop a mass-market EV at a reasonable price.

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BYD: Autonomous Vehicles Are "Basically Impossible"

The Truth About Cars

Of course, automating jobs in Chinese factories isn’t as exciting as self-driving cars, but we’re a lot close to that reality than any sort of human-free taxis roaming freely.& & [Image: Robert Way via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

This is a blog and findings from his trip and the interview. Western / Chinese battery materials are optimised for performance in a temperature range of 15 to 30 C. To the extent that their Chinese supplier wants to use IIT Madras technology now. The Chinese government has an energy density based subsidy on batteries.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

12 ] Shock of Range Anxiety: The highs and lows of driving an electric car - SFGate Blog 28 July 2015. [ Frank (2012) Electrification of Taxi Cabs in Major Chinese Cities with Range Extended Electric Vehicles. - Energy Intelligence April 2016. [ 11 ] Level 1 Charging of EV Batteries - EAA-PHEV Wiki. [ MIT News 15 Jan 2015. [

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I’m going to blog about Sokol later this week—he is a big believer in renewable energy.) car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. Sokol did most of the due diligence on BYD for Berkshire, and he now sits on the BYD board. government is going to help U.S.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Hence the potential bonus point is gone.

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