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Is the Ford Mustang Mach-E the Best Thing To Happen to the EV Industry?

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Is the Ford Mustang Mach-E the Best Thing To Happen to the EV Industry? Opinion: The Perception of EVs Was Changed by the Mach-E This article may contain affiliate links. This targets a market the EV industry has been trying to hit for some time. This highlights a huge opportunity for other manufacturers in the auto industry.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars.

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Better Place gets $350m from banks, investors

Revenge of the Electric Car

Better Place’s concept is for battery-swapping stations to complement a network of charge spots so that electric cars like partner Renault’s <RENA.PA> planned Zoe can extend their range without the need of an additional back-up engine that burns fossil fuel.&#. ID:nLD574217].

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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BrightDrop offers a fascinating window into the breadth of GM’s EV plans, though even many people in the auto industry know little about it. We leverage the best of two worlds: the innovation, agility, and focus of a technology startup with the engineering and manufacturing might of GM.”. The BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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Bosch Powers the Automotive Sector Toward an Electrified Future

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This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. Their gleaming galleries feature many historic and influential cars, almost all of them powered by petroleum-fueled internal combustion (IC) engines. The German automotive sector, along with its global counterparts, is doing so by developing elektrische autos. “It

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

At the end of this article, Prof. By reducing wind resistance and weight, the company’s engineers effectively are reducing the amount of work an electric engine will have to perform to get the car up to driving speeds, which in turn conserves battery power.&#. by: Michael Kanellos.

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Electric Car Watch #13: The OLA Electric Car Concept Revealed

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Video: ​ Ola Electric Car Revealed | Our Thoughts Design Observations Bhavish Agarwal, the founder of OLA Electric, tweeted an image of the OLA Electric Car Concept, and it created quite a sensation on twitter. They announced the setup of the Ola Futurefoundry, a global center for advanced engineering and vehicle design.