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Hyundai Reportedly Building N Vision 74

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Reports from South Korea are claiming that Hyundai will build a limited number of the N Vision 74, pegging the production figure at just 100 units. Hyundai claims that the 74 was inspired by the brand’s 1974 Pony Coupe concept designed by Goigetto Giugiaro (above). The next step may be building a supercar.

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. GM has a goal of 125 MW renewable energy. MWh/vehicle in 2010.

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CTT Outlines International Expansion Efforts At Tokyo Motor Show; $400M in Orders for 38,000 EVs

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South Korea-based electric vehicle maker CT&T outlined the company’s expansion efforts during a press briefing at the Tokyo Motor Show and announced $400-million, 38,000-units in sales and distribution agreements. for the concept of the RAS system. Source: CT&T United. Click to enlarge.

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BaaS: Improving the EV Experience through Battery Swapping

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Electric vehicles (EVs) have lower operating costs than conventional automobiles, but their initial cost is greater than their ICE cousins.  This also allows the buyer to replace the battery in the same automobile shell with a new battery. The cost of an electric car’s battery is around 30 to 40% of the total vehicle cost.

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Lamborghini Breaks Historic Sales Record

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Lamborghini has broken its own sales record by delivering over 10,000 automobiles in 2023. But it has started to move away from the scheme and is still planning to force all manufacturers to stop building everything but all-electric vehicles by 2035. The theory here could be applied to companies like Lamborghini, however.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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Every time there is a conversion of energy from one form to another there are efficiency losses – a concept known as ‘energy vector transition’. Why not simply use the electricity directly to charge electric cars via the already available distribution network – the electricity grid?

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

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GM says it is already looking ahead to the next generation of Volt-based vehicles — it unveiled the Cadillac Converj concept in January — and says costs will come down as the technology spreads to more models. One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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