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Paice files complaint against VW Group with ITC alleging hybrid patent infringement

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Paice ( earlier post ), an early developer of hybrid vehicle technology, has filed a complaint against the Volkswagen Group with the US International Trade Commission (ITC). and Kia Motors Corp, ending its legal action against those companies.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

That SuperBike topped every internal combustion engine motorcycle en route to a Pikes Peak International Hill Climb win in 2013, on the Colorado gantlet that’s among the world’s highest-profile tech challenges for cars and motorcycles alike. The Lightning holds the landspeed record for street-legal production motorcycles).

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

This is a lot earlier than their 2025 target (which, to be clear, is not a legal requirement yet, more of a soft target agreed upon by Norway’s government). The dotted line shows the trend for these registrations month by month since January 2017 (the y-axis shows the number of registered cars with internal combustion engines).Source:

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

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More mainstream models will come from Kia, Mahindra, Škoda, and Volkswagen. Navigant suggests that, since the automakers have already designed the vehicles that they will be selling in 2018, they will become more vocal in 2014 to push for changes; the firm expects the dispute to escalate, perhaps resulting in legal action.

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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

Drive Electric

Take the incredibly popular Kia E-Niro 2 for example. Since 1st July 2019, it has been a legal requirement for new EVs to be fitted with noise-making devices behind the bumpers. The audible whine imitates the frequency of a traditional internal combustion engine, and adapts to how fast the vehicle is travelling.

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Genesis GV60 review: Compact SUV a milestone for Korean luxury maker

EV Central

It is one of three new Genesis EVs to be launched in September , but it’s the first to be based on Hyundai’s E-GMP EV architecture, which means there’s no internal combustion version of the five-door coupe SUV in existence. In fact, by 2030, Genesis plans to have eliminated ICE completely from its showrooms, Australia included.

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