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Your EV range anxiety is making the world ugly – just ask the Tesla Model Y | Opinion

EV Central

Until that happens, it seems, we’ve really all got to find some kind of universal drug to treat our range anxiety – Va Va Valium, Mercedes-Benzos perhaps – so that car companies can make EVs look less ugly and boring, or at least that’s what the experts are saying. It would have to be an EV, but, at present, it doesn’t exist yet.

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Bain: Germany’s goal of 1M electric cars by 2020 is unattainable; fewer than 50,000 units on road by end of this year

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The German Federal Government plan to have one million electric cars on its roads by 2020 has failed, according to the analysis of international management consulting firm Bain & Company. Klaus Stricker, Head of Global Automotive Practice Group at Bain & Company. Build the charging infrastructure. Expansion vehicle range.

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Nio ES6 Gen2 won 90 pre-orders in line with pack within the first 72 hours in China

Baua Electric

Chinese language client conduct analysis company 车fans (CarFans in English) revealed a document about buyer conduct in Nio retail outlets within the first 72 hours next the origination of ES6, which is between Might 24 – 27. The pre-orders are legitimate till July 31, next which they’re mechanically refunded if unclaimed.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

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Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). The charging will improve. Earlier post.) —Christian Senger.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. New and used vehicle importers, fleet companies, the electricity sector, other supporting industries and consumers need certainty about government climate and transport policy over the long-term. per cent of sales. Committee Secretariat. Wellington.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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This project, to which Volkswagen contributes along with companies such as UPS, repairs and preserves a ~24,000-acre native redwood forest, increasing carbon sequestration and storage, while also helping to restore the natural wildlife habitat. The carbon offset program is a key element of Volkswagen’s holistic approach to e-Mobility.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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Fritz Henderson, GM’s President and CEO: “ We had a couple of Audi and BMW customers sit in an Equinox and say ‘this vehicle should be priced well above what it is’—Chevrolet should blow people away for what they get for their money. ”. Re-badging is a sensitive topic with the OEMs and their desire to highlight the differences among brands.

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