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Tesla celebrates 50,000 Supercharger installation worldwide

Teslarati

In Europe, the Superchargers open to non-Tesla EVs appear evenly spread out among the countries in the European Union and the United Kingdom. Various legacy automakers and EV charging providers have widely accepted the company’s North American Charging Standard (Tesla NACS) connector and charge port.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

International evidence demonstrates that a Clean Vehicle Standard and Clean Vehicle Discount, including the feebate mechanism, should rapidly accelerate the uptake of zero emissions vehicles in New Zealand. New Zealand should use Europe, not Australia, as the source of homologation vehicle standards in this Bill.

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SAE CRP: growing high level of confidence that R1234yf can be used safely; “disappointment” with departure of Daimler, BMW and Audi

Green Car Congress

This approach has been recommended and employed by numerous public and private organizations including the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Energy, the International Electrotechnical Commission, the European Union Joint Research Centre and the United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive.

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Lux: future use of wide bandgap materials in power electronics will reduce EV cost

Green Car Congress

As silicon struggles to meet higher performance standards, WBG materials are benefiting critically from evolving battery economics. The US, Japan and the United Kingdom, among others, are funding research and development in power electronics. Based on the TRL road map, SiC diodes will be adopted in vehicles by 2020.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

Toyota, Honda and Hyundai are all bringing fuel cell vehicles to market in the US in the 2014-2015 timeframe—Toyota perhaps the most enthusiastically ( earlier post ). Germany, the United Kingdom, several Nordic countries, Japan, and South Korea are continuing to pursue their hydrogen infrastructure roadmaps.

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Lamborghini Breaks Historic Sales Record

The Truth About Cars

While companies building fewer than 10,000 vehicles annually weren’t subject to the same emissions standards as the big boys, they’re still supposed to prepare for electrification if they want to continue doing business in Europe.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Because of Hondas different architecture (the engine runs whenever the motor runs), aftermarket conversion of Hondas are unlikely. Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe.

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