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Electric Car Buyer’s Guide: 7 Steps to Find The Best EV for Your Life

EV Life

There’s never been more interest in electric cars. Electric vehicles (EVs) are safer, greener, and cheaper to drive than gas vehicles. According to a recent study , the average American driver saves $1,117 per year on fuel and maintenance costs when they switch from a gas car to an electric one.

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Bcomp closes US$35M Series B with mobility and impact venture capital

Green Car Congress

Bcomp, a leading manufacturer of high-performance components made from natural fibers, has closed its oversubscribed Series B financing round of CHF 32.4 Volvo Cars first worked with Bcomp in 2018 for the Volvo Ocean Race Recycled Plastics Demonstrator Vehicle, followed by its most recent concept car, the Volvo Cars Concept Recharge in 2021.

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Could Big Oil Be Lobbying For Hydrogen Cars To Delay Electrification?

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Michael Liebreich, who founded BloombergNEF (originally New Energy Finance), is passionate about helping the environment, and thus humans. He recently said that the oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars because it wants to delay electrification.

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California Startup Aurica Motors Trying to Keep NUMMI Plant Open for Manufacturing Electric Cars, Battery Swap System

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Startup electric car company Aurica Motors announced a plan to keep the NUMMI plant, which employs 4,700 people, from shutting down when Toyota leaves on 31 March. Planned production would be 5,000 cars in the first year of production, moving up to 50,000+ within three years. Aurica envisions a battery swap in 3 minutes or less.

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Porsche increases stake in electric sports car company Rimac to 15.5%

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—Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche AG and Member of the Executive Board responsible for Finance and IT. Founder Mate Rimac started developing his vision of a fast, electrically powered sports car in a garage in 2009.

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EV Life Product Updates – August 2020

EV Life

We’ve completely reimagined EV Life’s vehicle page design to help you shop for electric cars, understand charging, plan trips, estimate incentives, and save $200/mo on an EV Climate Loan—all in one place. (A EV Life makes it easier to find and finance your electric car. Home Charging. Public Charging.

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Ford CEO doubles down on affordable EVs after BYD, China’s EV bet is paying off

Baua Electric

According to Farley, Ford’s next wave of electric cars will be “competitive with the best in the business.” After China’s strategic “bet on EVs” has “paid off so far,” Farley said in an interview with Yahoo Finance , Ford looks to replicate some of the success on US soil.