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Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

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Self Financial, a fintech company, has compared the running costs of electric and non-electric vehicles in each state. Across the US the average annual cost of running an electric vehicle is $2,721.96, while gasoline vehicles cost an average of $3,355.90 per year to run—a difference of $633.94

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New EV OEM Lordstown Motors buys GM plant, licenses Workhorse IP

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Lordstown Motors Corp. —Rich Schmidt, Chief Production Officer, Lordstown Motors, and former Director of Manufacturing, Tesla, Inc. Lordstown Motors is entering into an intellectual property licensing agreement (IPLA) with Workhorse. Workhorse CEO Duane Hughes.

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The hidden costs of using an electric bike

Baua Electric

But while you’ll see plenty of people espousing the supposed advantages of electric bikes, it’s important to keep in mind some of the hidden costs of owning and using these two-wheeled electric vehicles. Pedal-assist e-bikes (the ones without a hand throttle) require to you to pedal in order to active the motor.

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Tata Motors plans a separate sales channel for EVs

Electric Vehicles India

In response to the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) in India, the country’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, Tata Motors, will become India’s first traditional automaker with a dedicated electric vehicle showroom. To achieve this goal, Tata Motors is strengthening its presence in the EV market.

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GM Quietly Gets Into The Gigacasting Game After Buying Key Tesla Supplier

InsideEVs

The move should help General Motors lower the cost of its upcoming EVs.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs

Charged EVs

Whether it’s a bigger or smaller battery pack size, the type of batteries, the type of motors, you need to have sort of a Lego block design where you can add a thing or delete a thing on the same production line. That’s from the technology side. From the manufacturing side, we’re trying to localize it.

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FPT Industrial to power the first LNG trucks on India’s roads

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FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, and Blue Energy Motors , headquartered in Pune, India, and engaged in the manufacturing of clean energy trucks, have signed an agreement to introduce the first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) trucks powered by FPT 6.7-liter liter engines on Indian roads by the end of 2022.