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April 2023 – Great month for the Volkswagen ID family in Germany

Push EVs

The German auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.5% Full electrics, however, saw increased share, though were outweighed by a halving of plugin hybrid share, a result of recent policy adjustments. April’s combined plugin result of 20.5% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). share in April, significantly down from 24.3%

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DOE’s Manufacturing Institute to award $35M to support R&D in recycling, reuse and remanufacturing

Green Car Congress

The REMADE Institute also announced the selection of 9 projects for negotiation dedicated to improving the competitiveness of US Manufacturing and advancing the circular economy. The second objective is the creation of a software plugin for mainstream CAD software to enable design for remanufacturing consideration of high-value components.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

So now finally we have the technology to deliver everything to customers and with things like plugins you don’t have the range anxiety so that does kind of relieve most of the tradeoffs, certainly. “ We do need a national energy policy. Significant cost reductions in battery technology have already been achieved.

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