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Tesla aims to release FSD Beta in Europe this year, Canada launch set for this week

Teslarati

The company will tackle Europe next. Like in the US, things are legal by default, in Europe they’re illegal by default, so we have to get approval beforehand; whereas in the US you can kinda of do it on your own cognizance — more or less.” “Things are a little different in the US.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year. Electric motorcycles breakout.

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GM Proposes Electric Car Plug Standard - GoodCleanTech

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In order for plug-in electric vehicles to become part of the mainstream, a plug-in ecosystem must be in place when vehicles like the Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle hit the market," GM said on its company FastLane blog. A sad, sick and totally failed Capitalist vipers last draw on the pigs trough the American market once was!

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