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MEB electric catamaran, Porsche-inspired sports car, carbon fiber and range: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

A niche EV company teases its skateboard platform with a Porsche 356 tribute. Nissan looks at reducing its manufacturing footprint, and Jaguar Land Rover aims at freeing up more space and weight for an EV range boost. And a product that’s most definitely not for the masses applies VW’s platform for affordable EVs.

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PSA and Total create JV for manufacture of EV batteries in Europe; €5B investment

Green Car Congress

Produce batteries for electric vehicles that will be at the highest technological level in terms of energy performance, autonomy, recharging time and carbon footprint. I would like to pay special tribute to the commitment of the Total/Saft and Groupe PSA/Opel teams who have made this project come true.

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Lamborghini outlines massive $1.8 billion plan to shift to electrification

Teslarati

Known as “Direzione Cour Tauri,” or “Towards Cor Tauri,” the roadmap shows how the Italian automaker plans to begin electrifying its fleet by utilizing its carbon-neutral site at Sant’Agata Bolognese in Northern Italy. The site has been free of CO2 emissions since 2015 and is the location of the Lamborghini Museum.

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Stylish Subaru Sport Mobility Concept gives us a sneaky peek at a future battery-powered BRZ coupe

EV Central

Paying tribute to the early nineties Subaru SVX – designed by legendary Italian stylist, Giorgetto Giugiaro – the new Subaru Sport Mobility Concept (SMC) cleverly evolves the Japanese brand’s design language while still referencing the current BRZ and its twin, the Toyota GR 86.

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Road Test: 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Paying tribute with the signature grille, made-up of dark smoke-chrome vertical bars that emulate the Lincoln logo and–under certain conditions–sparkle. All seats are covered in Bridge of Weir Scottish leather, which is made with a low carbon process. The Face of a Continental. It all works–with practice.

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Lotus unveils $2M electric hypercar Evija (Type 130); 2,000 PS, 1,700 Nm

Green Car Congress

An ultra-lightweight carbon fibre monocoque also makes it the world’s lightest production EV hypercar at 1,680 kg (including the 70 kWh battery pack). It’s a figure set in tribute to the car’s project code, Type 130. The car is built on a one-piece motorsport-inspired carbon fibre monocoque chassis supplied by CPC.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

It’s part of my tribute to him. His basic rule, which I’ve lived by was, “Look I’ll teach you, but you’ve got to promise to teach on. Pass it on. And I said sure, I agree. That’s why I have all those DVDs on line. That’s why I have all those solar installation videos. It’s part of the way I say “thanks.”.

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