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Race to break the $30K barrier: Volkswagen will launch ID.1 budget-buy in 2027

EV Central

The iD1 is designed to help the German brand fight off the invasion of cheap Chinese imports such as the MG2 and rival European cars like the incoming Renault Twingo and the Dacia Spring EV that’s already on sale. READ MORE: Baby Volkswagen ID.2-based 2all concept previews sub-$40,000 electric hatchback for 2025 Confirming the ID.1

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People Will Buy Electric Cars If They're Cheap, Privileged, And Convenient

Green Car Reports

If sales in Norway are any indication, that will happen when electric vehicles become inexpensive, easy to own, and confer certain privileges. Electric cars may be growing in popularity, but they still make up just a tiny percentage of the U.S. auto market. When will things take off?

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. The conference attendees heard the now familiar if increasingly impassioned representatives of the utility industry trumpet the benefits of electricity for transportation. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C.,

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Ham Radio Inspired This Scranton University Student to Pursue Engineering

Cars That Think

He captained one of the university club’s teams that participated in the Micro Mouse competition held during the October IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference , hosted by Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. If we can make them cheap enough, we could get ham radio operators to set them up and increase data points.” “I

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Nissan and ENEL announce V2G system, launch smart grid trials in Europe

Green Car Congress

At the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris this week, Nissan announced the development of a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) system which will allow drivers to operate as individual energy hubs with the ability to store, use or return electricity to the grid.

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Eat This Drone

Cars That Think

At the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ( IROS ) conference in Kyoto last week, researchers from EPFL presented a paper describing a drone that can boost its payload of food from 30 percent to 50 percent of its mass. It’s a process that’s fast, simple, and cheap.

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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

Green Car Congress

The announcement follows the signing of a partnership agreement between Nissan and Enel in Paris in December 2015 during the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) to trial V2G technology in Europe. Earlier post.) A trial comprising 40 V2G units began in Denmark in January 2016.

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