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EV gameplan: Strategic tie-ups, fund raising, the way forward | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

And this wouldn’t be the first time: in the past, the Volkswagen Group has engaged in alliance conversations with Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra; now, the homegrown business of the JSW Group is on its list. Also, alliances such as Renault-Nissan, Skoda-VW and Jeep-Citroen are splitting the huge capital outlay needed to build scale.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion. Jeep BEV – an all-electric Jeep is confirmed for 2023 and it’s likely to be something smaller and city focused. It could kick off with a sleek electric ute.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. There, more than 60 employees and two production lines will have the capacity for 100 conversions a year. Nostalgic 4x4 trucks, including Toyota Land Cruisers and Jeeps, have never been more popular or prized. Each of E.C.D.’s

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Go to petrol pump owners and find out who are people who are big time consumers. With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In Vikram took us around his garage, where he has his Merc and a few jeeps. 5,000 upwards.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. USA Today ) 6/23/06 "General Motors Corp.,

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