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Shell to divest 1,000 retail locations, and also expand EV charging. Coincidence? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Shell Recharge, our public charging network, currently operates in around 33 countries.” Shell obviously thinks so: “We have a major competitive advantage in terms of locations, as our global network of service stations is one of the largest in the world. Are existing gas stations good sites for charging hubs? Coincidence?

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U.S. EV adoption is happening faster than anticipated

Teslarati

He added that battery electric vehicles cost too much and that the infrastructure isn’t ready for recharging the batteries away from home. “I “Since 2018, the decrease in cost flattened out, and even over the last year, it increased somewhat because of the supply chain difficulties and global issues.

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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

Green Car Congress

Although lithium-ion cell and pack costs are expected to fall sharply by 2020, they are unlikely to drop enough to support widespread adoption of fully electric vehicles without a major breakthrough in battery technology, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s Point 2: I disagree with Sean @ 12.

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