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Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric hatch; deliveries of Tiago.ev start in January

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Tata is offering special introductory prices starting INR 8.49 Bookings for the Tiago.ev Customers can reserve their car by paying a booking amount of INR 21,000 (US$254), at any authorized Tata Motors dealership or on the website. Equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, Tiago.ev will start on 10 October 2022.

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GM Webchat with Chris Borroni-Bird on Reinventing the Automobile, Friday 2pm EDT

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EDT, with Christopher Borroni-Bird, GM’s Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts and co-author of the book Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21 st Century. Establish dynamically priced markets for electricity, road space, parking space, and shared-use vehicles.

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Former president of Shell Oil calls for aggressive action on alternative fuels to break oil monopoly on transportation

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In his 2010 book Why We Hate The Oil Companies, Straight talk from an energy insider , Hofmeister suggested that Americans would be facing the beginning of gasoline lines in the 2016-2020 timeframe. Since writing the book, economic growth has been “ stunted ”, and China’s growth reduced. It’s not going to happen. It’s inevitable.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Dodge Opens the Order Books for the Electric Charger Daytona

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If so, you’ll be excited to learn that Dodge has opened the order books for its upcoming Charger Daytona R/T. They also receive personal help during the order and delivery processes, and Dodge will issue a letter confirming the vehicle’s authenticity as a First Call Charger. Do you think electric muscle cars are cool?

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BMW providing 10 pre-owned i3 EVs to UC Davis for 18 months

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We also want to learn how fleets can incorporate used electric vehicles, which are available at a lower price than newer generations. We’re moving toward a transportation system of reduced personal car ownership. We’re trying to help the campus electrify. We are learning more about how to integrate electric vehicles with the grid.

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Mercedes-Benz launches new private car-sharing scheme: Croove

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Not long after launch though, there will also be an Android version in the Google Play Store, along with a desktop website for booking a vehicle. Owners create an online profile with the details of their vehicle including any optional equipment and enter their asking price—the app helps them with this, too.

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