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ETAutoTS: Software, sustainability, cybersecurity to define the future of auto industry – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Gone are the days when the auto industry used to be hardware oriented.” Talking about the staggering demand of electric vehicles ( EVs ) globally, Henrik Fisker, Founder and CEO, Fisker Inc in his Keynote Address reassured that as the vehicles are going electric, there is not going to be a going back from here on.

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Nissan and Honda confirm new EV partnership as they look to play catch up with Tesla, BYD

Baua Electric

Nissan and Honda form EV partnership to keep pace Yesterday, Electrek reported that Nissan and Honda were considering partnering up to introduce more affordable EVs. The new partnership comes as both automakers (and the Japanese auto industry) quickly fell behind EV leaders like Tesla and BYD. Could it still be Nissan?

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137. BATTERY MANAGEMENT IS DISRUPTING THE VALUE CHAIN IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES: THE CHANGING SUPPLY CHAIN — PART 2

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At a market capitalization exceeding $700 billion, Tesla enjoys a unique financial position among all auto manufacturers to expand its investments in electric vehicles and infrastructure. The result is an accelerating race to deliver electric vehicles with increasing performance, affordability, and choice.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Leaf is just the first of several all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles about to come on the market. Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. Americans who have been waiting for an affordable, all-electric car won’t have to wait much longer.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. Whats more, mainstream consumers wont be able to buy it when it comes to market. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Batteries not ready.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And what we want to do is make sure we launch the car well, that we get the maximum learning from it, that its successful in the market so that when we get to Gen 2, weve got the most cost out of it we can." " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it.

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