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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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According to the WRI’s analysis, above, Iceland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and China are the leading EV adopters after Norway. Demand for battery-powered vehicles has risen steadily as advances in battery technology and production have brought the purchase prices of EVs down. Rapson, a professor at the University of California, Davis.

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Northvolt progressing towards European battery Gigafactory

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The facility will be built in Västerås, outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Northvolt has also initiated a recycling program has been initiated with Chalmers University with the aim to industrialize the recycling process of lithium-ion batteries. Capacity is planned to be 125 MWh/year.

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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The researchers found that focusing on the behavioral aspects of consumers in vehicle purchase decisions is key to encouraging the rapid uptake of plug-in hybrid vehicles, battery-electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Share of EDVs in 2050.

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Why you might be charging your EV wrong – and what to do instead

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Professors Frances Sprei of Sweden’s Chalmers University and Willett Kempton of the University of Delaware are EV technology and usage experts. They interviewed EV users in both Sweden and the US and found unanticipated and previously unreported EV charging habits and ideas.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The big-Mercury universe for 1964 included the top-grade Park Lane , the mid-level Montclair and the might-as-well-be-a-Ford-Galaxie Monterey. If it makes you feel any better, most of the good trim and glass parts from this car were purchased before it got squished and shredded. So, to The Crusher it went.

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AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios

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Andrew Lohn, Georgetown University. Vincent Boulanin , senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in Sweden, warns that major catastrophes can occur “when major powers cut corners in order to win the advantage of getting there first. But they’re no less dystopian.