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Volkswagen and BYD Agree to Explore Partnership for Hybrids and EVs

Green Car Congress

Chinese carmaker BYD and Volkswagen have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the options for partnership in the area of hybrids and electric vehicles powered by lithium batteries. Hybrids and electric vehicles will play an increasingly important role, of course. Hackenberg. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Tesla battery supplier CATL tagged by Washington over security concerns

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Teslas battery supplier in China, CATL, was tagged by Washington as a company that works with the Chinese military. Lawmakers in Washington argue that CATLs ties to the Chinese military may result in security threats. CATL joins a list of other Chinese companies, like tech giant Tencent Holding, with connections to Chinas military.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

That is, PHEVLERs can store electricity whenever sun and wind-generated electricity is plentiful, and then can send stored power back into the smart grid at times when more electric power is needed. PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid.

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European EV deliveries down in November as BMW triumph

Baua Electric

It was recently revealed that the brand could sell its unwanted German factories to Chinese buyers, according to Reuters. This followed strikes across multiple production plants towards the end of 2024, before an agreement was reached between VW, workers union IG Metall and the Works Council. This was a 38.7% It gave the brand a 3.8%

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The reason theyre starting with high priced sports cars is because aiming at that market is the easiest way for them to fund R&D and scale up production so they can make smaller more practical EVs for the masses. The combined electrical storage efficiency of charger and batteries is 85%.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Yet whenever we troublemakers raised this issue, we were told not to worry – it would resolve itself, they said, either because wind is usually blowing somewhere, or through the development of electricity storage in giant battery farms. Energy is not just another product: it’s what makes civilisation possible.

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