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Volvo plans to test wireless fast-charging with XC40 Recharge taxis

Green Car Reports

Volvo Cars has announced that it will be testing electric taxis equipped with wireless charging, in “a live city environment” to evaluate the potential of the technology.

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Fuel-cell Defender; Lordstown upheaval; taxi battery swapping; Ford, Rivian, and VW: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

electric taxis soon. Land Rover is working on a hydrogen fuel-cell version of its Defender SUV. Battery swapping might come to U.S. Ford still sees Rivian and VW an important part of its EV strategy. And Lordstown Motors’ CEO is out, as it grapples with tight funds and a report about misleading order numbers.

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Paris votes to triple SUV parking fees – and this includes electric ones

Baua Electric

Photo by Vincent Rivaud on Pexels.com Parisians have voted to triple the parking costs for SUVs – including heavier electric ones and hybrids. SUVs account for 15% of the 1.15 Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo sees the move to curb SUVs in the city as “a form of social justice,” with road safety and air pollution the main targets of the vote.

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Just bring them: Toyota’s electric future just got sexier

EV Central

.” Showcasing the brand’s next generation design language, a BZ3C small/medium coupe-styled crossover SUV and BZ3X five-seat medium/large SUV were unveiled – both based on Toyota’s BZ concepts shown at 2023’s Shanghai Motor Show. ” Lovely.

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Ford adding hybrid F-150 & Mustang, PHEV Transit, new BEV SUV by 2020; $700M for Flat Rock for EV production; cancels $1.6B Mexico plant

Green Car Congress

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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50 by 20: Wireless EV Charging Hits Key Benchmark

Cars That Think

By 2020, we noted , a partnership had been worked out between Jaguar , Momentum Dynamics , Nordic taxi operator Cabonline , and charging company Fortam Recharge. That group set out to outfit 25 Jaguar I-Pace electric SUVs with Momentum Dynamics’ inductive charging receivers. times that range.

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Volkswagen to invest ~$18B in China through 2022 on e-mobility, autonomy, digitalization, mobility services; new JAC-VW electric SUV

Green Car Congress

With Didi Chuxing, Volkswagen Group China is entering the first phase of a partnership by exploring mobility projects as well as smart city, autonomous driving and robo-taxi projects. SOL E20X electric SUV. The battery-electric SUV is aimed at the volume market in China and has a NEDC range of more than 300 km (186 miles).

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