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AlixPartners finds limited consumer willingness to pay for autonomous vehicles but enthusiasm for robo-taxis

Green Car Congress

When asked if they’d be willing to consider switching from personal-vehicle ownership to using autonomous-vehicle ride-hailing services, or “robotaxis,” if the monthly cost were from 40% cheaper to even 20% more expensive than vehicle ownership, 44% to 84% across the six countries said they would. male and 49.5%

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Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai is as busy as ever as Model Y orders open in UK

Teslarati

A recent drone flyover of Tesla China’s factory revealed that the site remains a hub of activity, which may be just right, considering that the facility could soon be exporting the Model Y to the United Kingdom. . Gigafactory Shanghai has already exported its vehicles to foreign territories such as Europe and Asia. .

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Nevertheless, China, Europe and the United States also represent around two-thirds of total car sales and stocks, meaning that the EV transition in these markets has major repercussions in terms of global trends. Chinese car makers can undercut rivals in Europe because their production costs are heavily subsidised.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear. MB of data. Clones, in a sense, are marvelous….it

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

Cars That Think

After graduating in 2005 from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , with a doctorate in physics, Agrawal decided to move to the United Kingdom. “I Speakers also presented on their optics research and shared their personal journeys. “It Fighting for Diversity and Inclusivity in STEM. The committee collaborated with the U.S.

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Deloitte Survey finds only 4% of global consumers likely to be satisfied with current EVs despite increasing consideration and willingness to buy; higher ICE fuel economy reduces interest in EVs

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Chinese consumers appear the most willing to pay a price premium, but even still, 44% indicate they will not pay anything extra. Consumers in the United Kingdom and Belgium are the most sensitive to paying a price premium with 71% opposing.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

EV Connect

In the last 6 months alone, the United Kingdom, California, New Jersey, Quebec, and Massachusetts have announced a ban on the sale of internal combustion vehicles within their borders by 2035. billion spend in the Golden State. Many other governments have expressed a desire to achieve similar goals in future years. Already, the U.S.