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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

Blink Charging

This is partially due to the cost of EVs in these countries, but also with a relative lack of charging infrastructure. IEA states that cities that started adopting EVs early may also face electricity grid congestion as electricity infrastructure catches up to the new level of electricity demand.

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Tata Takes On Air

Plug In Partners

The Air Car , developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre, will be built by India's largest automaker, Tata Motors. The Air Car uses compressed air to push its engine's pistons. The cost of a fill up is approximately $2.00. It is anticipated that approximately 6000 Air Cars will be cruising the streets of India by 2008.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Green Car Congress

The DRC’s cost competitiveness comes from its relatively cheap access to land and low engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC, cost compared to the US, Poland and China. However, the raw materials for batteries are, in most cases, imported into China from Africa and refined before being exported to Europe.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. EVs have finally come of age.