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Nanjing, China orders more than 1,000 BYD electric buses and taxis

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The city will be taking delivery of more than 600 BYD K9 battery-electric Buses, 50 of which were delivered for the city’s Youth Olympic Games in August 2014. Authorities also placed an order for 400 of BYD’s all-electric e6, a 5-passenger cross-over utility vehicle, some of which have already hit the streets.

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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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The City of Bogota, Colombia, has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in Bogota’s center-city taxi fleet. Bogota’s electric vehicle taxi project is a significant achievement, which demonstrates, once again, the city’s clear commitment to transform its transportation sector.

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Electric Car Watch #11: Hyundai's Electric Car Plans for India

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​ Ultimately, Hyundai can’t treat India like a 3rd world car market and keep dumping pollution cars on it this decade. billion electric vehicle battery plant in Indonesia. It's management at last seems to have woken up to the fact that there is a serious threat to their market share in India.

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BYD reports plug-in fleet test results; rapid charging not diminishing capacity

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BYD all-electric e6 Taxi in service in Shenzhen. In conjunction with the one-year anniversary of its all-electric vehicle Taxi fleet test, BYD announced high-level results of several pilots of its plug-in electric vehicles—the F3DM, e6 and eBUS-12—in fleet testing across the world.

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Mahindra Electric’s Greenwashing With SUV Monstrosities | Community Reaction

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Video: ​Mahindra Electric’s Greenwashing With SUV Monstrosities | Community Reaction One of the goals of ‘Electric Car Watch’ series, is to see through the PR fluff sprouted by BIG Car companies in the media and understand what their real intentions are for electric cars.

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