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After more than 1000 charges Volkswagen’s solid-state electric car battery cells retained 95 percent of the original capacity

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According to Volkswagen’s US battery partner QuantumScape the new solid-state batteries withstood more than 1000 charging cycles at the VW-owned PowerCo laboratories in Salzgitter in Germany and still managed to retain a remarkable 95 per cent of its original capacity – a feat no current battery technology would achieve.

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Tesla Vision, the camera-only strategy for Autopilot and FSD, lands in Europe and Middle East

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According to the company’s FAQ page for the Pure Vision approach, the transition to a camera-only system does not affect safety compliance in the context of European regulations. ” Tesla recently opened a new production facility in Germany , which will likely supply Model Y vehicles to the Middle East market. .

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation. Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe.

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Tesla Giga Berlin employees consider a works council with local union’s support

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Tesla employees at Gigafactory Berlin in Germany will erect a works council, according to a German trade union, which stated workers would have a say in their labor to align with the traditional “democratic work culture” in Germany. Credit: Tesla. There will be an estimated 12,000 employees at the plant.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France."

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. 9/11/07 FRANKFURT, Germany -- General Motors will begin testing the revolutionary electric drive system in the Chevrolet Volt concept car on the road in vehicles next spring, company Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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