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Introducing Citroen’s first fully electric hatchback eC3 in India

Electric Vehicles India

The interior of the Citroen eC3 differs from the petrol car with no tailpipes and new charging ports in the front fenders. Otherwise, the new EV looks like a petrol car from the inside. The Citroen eC3, like petrol cars, comes in two variants: Live and Feel. And the product will be available in its showrooms starting next month.

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ECE / Featured / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hearts and minds But he admits that lack of awareness is not the only thing preventing a sceptical public from seeing EVs as a feasible alternative to the petrol and diesel cars they know and love. Let the first dealer give them away for free with every EV, or the utility could be wise enough to do this.

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

Plug In India

Ford held a presentation called ‘Delivering Ford+,’ during which they highlighted a new strategy centered around electric vehicles, a new dedicated commercial business, and connected services. million vehicles to dealers and distributors worldwide. No one wants to pay Rs 100 to 200 per liter of petrol.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Even before I could get into the walkway which connects the bus stations, I found a bus going to Hosur via Electronic City. The check in was at 1330 hrs - and there were no unsanitized rooms available, so we decided to take an Ola to go to Kropex Motors, the Tata Motors dealer at Singasandra. The ticket was a reasonable Rs.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Even in the Chinese market where smaller EV sales are booming, profits are not. However, how long it takes to hit the break-even point depends on many factors , like the cost differential of a comparable ICE vehicle, depreciation, taxes, insurance costs, the cost of electricity/petrol in a region, whether charging takes place at home, etc.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. But Fukui said he saw no significant value in researching plug-in hybrid models, which can be recharged by connecting to a power plug.

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