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Germany December 2020

EV Sales

Open the Plugin Gates! The supreme irony of this, is that by forcing local OEMs to move fast into electrification in order to comply with the CO2 emission targets, EU politicians might have saved the local automotive industry from a future death at the hands of Tesla and Chinese OEMs. in Germany. its sales YoY.

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GM had $6 billion to spend on next-gen EVs, chose stock buybacks | opinion

Baua Electric

Despite numerous delays and mounting competition from Ford, Stellantis, and the Chinese, the GM board decided to take $6 billion and pump its share price instead of investing in the company’s future. Stellantis is serious Europe-only Jeep Avenger plugin SUV; via Stellantis. And that’s saying nothing of the Chinese.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." HDMI is great, but, not future proof, you need something that will still be a standard in 25 years. Same goes for video cables. yay same plug!

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FCVs are the way of the future! 5 days ago AutoblogGreen for 04.17.09 11 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 morgan 9:26PM (4/22/2009) Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a mid 90s car? This is only useful after your on some other renewable source of electricity or using nuclear.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our ENVI electric minivan concepts illustrate Chryslers innovation with electric vehicle technology and show what the future could hold." Chryslers ENVI group leveraged the flexibility of its electric-vehicle strategy to demonstrate an all-electric version of its best-selling minivan.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. 9/11/07 FRANKFURT, Germany -- General Motors will begin testing the revolutionary electric drive system in the Chevrolet Volt concept car on the road in vehicles next spring, company Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said. This is unusual.

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