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Hyundai & Grab Want To Accelerate EV Adoption In Southeast Asia

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The two companies plan to also push battery-as-a-service and EV financing forward. Although operational costs of […]. Down in Southeast Asia, the duo are partnering to offer more electric cars as rentals. But that’s not all!

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Hyundai Motor Group deepens partnership with Grab to accelerate EV adoption in Southeast Asia

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The Group—including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation—and Grab will further develop new pilots and initiatives that lower the barriers of entry for Grab driver and delivery-partners to adopt EVs, such as lowering the total cost of ownership and reducing range anxiety.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. The cost of fossil-fuelled motoring, is going only one way – up.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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This has been due to two factors: the decline in upfront costs of the vehicles—driven by falling battery prices—and changes in predominant duty cycles of vehicles sold in developed economies (Europe, US). The year also saw the largest single solar park ever funded, the 2GW Al Dhafrah in the United Arab Emirates, at a cost of $1.1

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