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BMW, Ford, Honda to Form New EV Charging Company

The Truth About Cars

Ford, Honda, and BMW have announced plans to create a new “vehicle-to-grid company” that’s aimed at standardizing vehicle charging via a singular platform. The company is still pending regulatory approvals, as we used to be concerned about corporate monopolies and are bound by tradition to pretend that still happens.

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Hydrogen Council study: hydrogen could contribute to 20% of CO2 emissions reduction targets by 2050

Green Car Congress

—Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation and co-chair of the Hydrogen Council. The Hydrogen Council has identified seven roles for hydrogen, which is why we are encouraging governments and investors to give it a prominent role in their energy plans.

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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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While all van manufacturers respected their specific emission targets in 2017, three car manufacturers (Automobili Lamborghini, Mazda Motor Corporation and Société des Automobiles Alpine), representing together 1.4% BMW AG, Renault, Daimler AG, Volkswagen together sell more than 50% of the new electric vehicles in the market.

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France December 2020

EV Sales

Looking at last month Best Sellers, if the winner was the usual Renault Zoe, below it, there was a surprise, with the Peugeot models taking the month off, as the French brand had already complied with the EU's 2020 CO2 rules, the 208 EV runner-up spot was up for grabs, and the taker of it was the VW ID.3, Mmmm.discuss.

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Vitesco’s copper welding is going inexperienced

Baua Electric

German powertrain provider Vitesco Applied sciences, taking a look to grow to be a greener corporate, is popping to inexperienced lasers to support it just do that. You don’t see as much splatter with a green laser, and you have less CO2 consumption,” Goth stated. “You don’t have as much contamination.

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Green BMW 5 Series on the way!

Green Cars News

Not a car you usually find on TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk, however things are about to change as BMW announce details of their sixth generation iconic 5 Series which includes a variant with a fuel economy figure above 50mpg and CO2 emissions of around 130g/km. Tags: BMW 5 Series 520d BMW 5 Series. Powered by a 2.0

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. BMW CEO Officer Oliver Zipse is set to announce the plan alongside its annual report on March 17, the person said.

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