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Oil Exec Says Electric-Car Batteries 'Not Ready for Primetime'

Green Car Reports

It's always good to hear the arguments against electric cars. Some are valid, some are idiotic, and some simply betray a lack of knowledge about how the auto industry really works. Colton, ExxonMobil’s vice president for corporate strategic planning. At least 10 years away In an.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. Battery metals vs. oil as a source of tension and instability. The total global reserves are estimated at 14 million tons – which corresponds to 165 times the production volume in 2018. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

On the other end of the spectrum, there were no announcements by electric car pioneer Mahindra Electric, in 2020. Their electric car launches were postponed to 2021. The electric motorcycle scene has disappointed. And 2020 was not good for Electric car fleet companies.

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Electric vehicles trends in India

Electric Vehicles India

Nearly 23,000 electric vehicles were registered in Delhi from a period of August to October. From July to September, 422 electric cars and four electric buses were registered. In the August-October period, the numbers grew to 1,415 electric cars and 30 buses. million electric cars on the road by 2030.

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

Wallbox

This growth is no small feat considering overall car sales have been falling in the past two years. Furthermore, a BCG report from earlier this year even predicted EV sales to overtake internal combustion engine (ICE) car sales by 2030. last month, but battery electric vehicle sales decreased by only 58.1%.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. Battery metals vs. oil as a source of tension and instability. The total global reserves are estimated at 14 million tons – which corresponds to 165 times the production volume in 2018. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Bailouts and Beemers

Plugs and Cars

A generation of deregulation has culminated with free-market ideologues and corporate chieftains begging for salvation from the federal government once-despised as mettlesome. None can deny the importance of the auto industry to the American economy, but no one was in the mood to pay obeisance to the once-powerful supplicants.