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How electric vehicles are helping gig delivery riders | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Most importantly, a delivery person does not have to face the harsh impact of ever-so-often fuel price hikes. EVs will be the preferred mode of commute for them considering the low cost per kilometer, ease of riding and low maintenance costs.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

Accelerated Development and Deployment of LowCost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Advances for the Production of LowCost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Description. Federal funding. United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC. Description. Federal funding. General Motors.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

Teslarati

Porsche’s 800V high-voltage architecture is more vulnerable in this regard than a low-voltage architecture such as Tesla’s 400V, or what other manufacturers use. Porsche has cut costs for its premium Taycan BEV, which poses a risk to customers, according to the whistleblower.

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DOT to award up to $60M for advanced transportation and congestion management projects; V2X, ITS and mobility services

Green Car Congress

Infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, and condition assessment. Infrastructure Maintenance, Monitoring, and Condition Assessment. Projects funded under this initiative will deploy advanced transportation and congestion management technologies, including: Advanced traveler information systems. Rural Technology Deployments.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus ES 300h Hybrid F Sport

Clean Fleet Report

This is your car, so personalizing and outfitting it to your specifications will make ownership an even more enjoyable experience. Maintenance Plan – Two years/25,000 miles. This truly premium midsize sedan is priced competitively, especially when considering the low cost of ownership due to the appealing fuel efficiency.

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Daimler wraps up eMERGE EV 2-year fleet trial, launches larger eMERGE2 with EVs and PHEVs

Green Car Congress

Increasingly low-cost battery systems will enable us to offer our customers ever more attractive prices in future. The study found that the decision in favor of an electric car was down mainly to reasons of image, whereas personal environmental awareness was of minor importance.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

In 1979 the Macintosh personal computer existed only as the pet idea of Jef Raskin, a veteran of the Apple II team, who had proposed that Apple Computer Inc. make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Somebody like Burrell Smith would design a computer on paper and people would say.

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