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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

Green Car Congress

For example, the new IDTechEx report, “Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021” forecasts more than 91,000 hybrid electric buses being made in 2021. After all, they are already seen in some buses and aircraft and a Suzuki two wheeler and they are in trials on many other platforms.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

When it was over, all the British and Italian motorcycle brands were wiped out, leaving the field to one US brand—Harley Davidson—and four Japanese brands—Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha. In the 1950s, over 100 companies in Japan started making motorcycles, sparking a “wild, untamed, often unscrupulous and dazzlingly innovative” melee.