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IDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car

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However, the research within IDTechEx’s “ Semiconductors for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles 2023-2033 ” report shows that trends within the automotive industry mean consumers will soon be caring far more about what chips are in their cars. Semiconductor devices found on autonomous electric vehicles.

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Starting this year, Moscow will only buy electric buses

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Starting this year, by the decision of the Mayor of Moscow, we will not buy diesel buses, except for transportation in a special mode. Only electric buses. We will also install about 200 electric charging spots a year for the development of personal electric transport. tons per year. Earlier post.)

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Who Is Buying Electric Cars Now?

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Who is buying electric cars now? For years, very early adopters were buying them because they were concerned about our growing climate crisis and/or because they were techies who quickly got drawn to the. continued] The post Who Is Buying Electric Cars Now? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Hull To Buy 40 Electric Buses

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Following a successful bid to the Government to fund electric buses in Hull and the East Riding, Hull City Council’s Cabinet has approved plans to enable the purchase of 40 electric buses and the allocation of circa £2 million of funding from the authority for the installation of charging infrastructure.

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Moscow plans to buy 500 more electric buses in 2022

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Moscow, Russia, currently runs 1000 electric public electric buses on 66 bus routes, giving it the distinction of operating the largest e-bus fleet in Europe and America. This year the Government of Moscow plans to buy 500 additional electric buses. Electric buses were launched in the Moscow in 2018.

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Prague buying 20 Solaris bi-articulated Trollino 24 electric trolleybuses

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A consortium comprising Solaris Bus & Coach, Solaris Czech and Škoda Electric has submitted a winning bid in a tender for the delivery of 20 bi-articulated Trollino 24 electric trolleybuses, held by the Prague public transport operator Dopravní podnik. This is the first such large order for vehicles of this type.

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Butts in Seats: Still Top Way To Get People Buying Electric Cars

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Tracking the electric vehicle revolution, it’s sometimes hard to see the trees for the forest, and sometimes it’s hard to see the forest we’re headed into when we’re looking backward at the forest we traversed. Electric vehicle sales have grown enormously in the past decade, as many of us here.

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