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Should we all embrace Japan’s kei car model – small, cheap, but not exactly safe?

Electrek

A new breed of electric vehicles is drawing inspiration from Japanese kei cars , tiny cubes-on-wheels that are highway-legal but not likely to pass muster with US or EU safety standards. more… The post Should we all embrace Japan’s kei car model – small, cheap, but not exactly safe? appeared first on Electrek.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Reviver Auto is making the so-called Rplates, and they aren’t cheap—the plates are listed at US $700, plus an $8 a month subscription fee. [ Update 14 Oct.

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This cheap electric half-car/half-truck looks like a botched Alibaba El Camino

Baua Electric

The last time I bought an electric mini-truck from China, it ended up costing over 4x the list price to actually land it in my driveway in the US. And that’s if you can even get it into the country – these things aren’t exactly street-legal in the US. In fact, they’re exactly not street-legal.

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Mercedes-AMG teases first look at its sporty electric supercar poised to rival Porsche, Lucid

Baua Electric

Mercedes-AMG previews new electric supercar testing Days after Porsche revealed the Taycan Turbo GT , its most powerful road-legal vehicle yet, Mercedes-AMG is previewing its first standalone EV. Performance EVs Horsepower 0 to 60 mph Starting Price Porsche Taycan Turbo GT 1,093 2.10 performance platform.

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Ride1Up Prodigy V2 review: An affordable Brose mid-drive e-bike for the common man!

Baua Electric

The company has always sought to provide most of what you can get from higher-priced electric bike models, yet at a much more affordable price. This is probably more bike than most Ride1Up customers are used to, especially since the price tag is twice what most of Ride1Up’s models cost. Don’t believe me?

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Volkswagen Group invested €11.5B (US$12.9B) in R&D in 2014; ongoing focus on electromobility and digitalization of vehicles

Green Car Congress

Winterkorn also emphasized that Volkswagen remains committed to its environmental goals, and noted that the present low level of oil prices would not change that. Oil will not be as cheap as it is at the moment for ever. The CO 2 limits apply irrespective of fuel prices. The second half will be tougher than the first.

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PBL Study Finds Developed Countries Proposals for Copenhagen Fall Short for Reaching 2 °C Climate Objective

Green Car Congress

At the same time, this helps to limit mitigation costs for developed countries, as it is relatively cheap, and generates income for developing countries. If sold, it would lead to a lower carbon price, but not to any actual reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. This surplus is called hot air.

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