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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

Baua Electric

ChatGPT and other new AI systems are error-prone, and changing at a far more rapid pace than automakers’ traditional product cycles. Digital technology companies often test technology on customers before it is ready for sale. We’re also changing how our dealers are doing it and everything,” Oestberg said. .

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Renault and Opel join the electric camper van party

EV Central

Not enough to take you deep into the wilds, but adding 170km through optimal charging – it’s able to DC recharge up to 80kW – should take only 30 minutes. Based on the Zafira-e Life and due for sale in 2023, there’s a solid 322km WLTP driving range plus sleeping for four.

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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

Green Car Congress

GE has already invested more than $150 million in developing battery technologies, and the tax credit will supplement GE’s investments in the new product line that will serve the rail, marine, mining, telecommunications and utility sectors. The resulting product will aid domestic battery manufacturing for electric vehicles.

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Think to resume electric car production

Green Cars News

It is an important day for Think, and we would like to thank our creditors and suppliers for their continued support, and to show our appreciation to Think’s very patient and loyal customers – this means we can re-start production of the TH!NK Think began small scale production last year for its Th!nk

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Green Car Congress

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

Because [Ford] can provide the hardware, but ultimately, our country has to decide is this where we really want to go and if so, how are we going to really develop the smart grid in a way that works and allows the utilities to actually speak to each other and trade power, ubiquity of charging and all those things.

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Mazda Australia’s embracing PHEVs, but is it too late?

EV Central

Depending on who you talk to they’re the best of both worlds or the worst of both worlds. ” CX-60 to lead a PHEV charge. Only 100 of the Mazda EVs were brought into Australia, and Mr Doak said: “It’s a niche product, it’s doing the numbers and bubbling along and doing what we wanted.”

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