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The EV Transition Explained: Local Policies Shape Global Competition

Cars That Think

For example, the UK will stop the sales of new diesel and petrol-fueled cars and vans from 2030 on. The EU has also banned the sale of new diesel and petrol-fueled cars by 2035, while Japan, with 24.5 Volkswagen’s ID.4 4 compact all Electric SUV on a assembly line in their new factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Detroits horsepower jockey insists the Volt will be his crowning achievement--and his swan song. Detroit Free Press ). Batteries not ready.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. AND the Detroit car companies were laughing. The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Let them go bankrupt.

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