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Foton Motor and motorcycle leader Piaggio Group partner on development of light commercial vehicles; EVs to come

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The new four-wheel light-duty commercial vehicle products for the European market are based on the present mini-truck product platform of Foton Motor, inherit the advantages of Foton Motor’s mini-trucks in terms of product quality, driving/riding comfort, and fuel-economy. Piaggio Porter.

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Tier 1 Musashi invests in solid-state battery company KeraCel; long-term partnership

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The long-term strategic partnership with KeraCel allows Musashi to have priority rights to produce and to supply solid-state batteries with KeraCel’s 3D printing technologies, to provide power system solutions to electric motorcycle market and to explore other potential market opportunities as well.

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Ultraviolette Automotives: A Force To Be Reckoned With In The 2-Wheeler Market

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Ultraviolette Automotives: Disrupting 2-Wheeler Landscape Ultraviolette Automotives has been making headlines since its inception and we see great potential in the company to disrupt the Indian 2-wheeler EV market. The company is relatively new but a potential player in the energy infrastructure and sustainable mobility sector.

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Hitachi Automotive Systems, Keihin, Showa, and Nissin Kogyo begin operations as Hitachi Astemo; CASE-driven mobility solutions

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As a global mega-supplier, Hitachi Astemo will create advanced mobility solutions in its core businesses of powertrain systems, chassis systems and advanced driver assistance systems for both automobiles and motorcycles.

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BMW Group to build new $1B plant in Mexico; production start in 2019

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The Americas are among the most important growth markets for the BMW Group. We are continuing our strategy of “production follows the market.” Motorcycle sales for the same period reached 2,064 units (+16.6%). —Harald Krueger, member of the BMW AG Board of Management, responsible for Production.

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Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Baua Electric

The company has just announced its first expansion in the Americas, though you may want to brush up on your Spanish. South America will be the first to receive Gogoro’s scooters and battery-swapping network. The first scooters and battery-swapping GoStations in South America will become active in Q2 of 2024.

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Best EV To Own To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

My Energi

Equally, we’ll be telling ourselves why not, and before you ask, no our marketing and content departments haven’t gone slightly wacko during this second lockdown… this is a serious question worth answering! Which is the Best EV to Own to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse? You may be asking yourself, why?

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