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CapGemini: 87% of global consumers prefer personal vehicle to ensure safe travel, up from 57% in April 2020

Green Car Congress

Almost half of global consumers (46%) are considering purchasing a car in the next 12 months, an increase from 35% in April 2020. This reflects a continuous shift in consumer preference towards personal mobility, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, as car ownership today is seen as a safeguard against the risk and spread of infection.

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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

My lifetime tally is 231 mpg, which means I’ve used less than 80 gallons of gas over the car’s 42 months on the road. California’s plug-in vehicle sales tally is impressive: 663,014 battery electrics (62.9%). Sales just topped a quarter-million with Tesla’s four models accounting for more than half of the overall sales.

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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

Green Car Congress

The report says that reordering the US transportation system through policy and spending shifts to prioritize public and active transit while reducing car dependency can also ensure transit equity, protect ecosystems, respect Indigenous rights, and meet the demands of global justice. 2°C of warming.

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Powertrain doubts and sales concerns: Toyota Prado Hybrid Aussie chances decline

EV Central

Sean Hanley, the Toyota Australia executive who suggested Prado hybrid could be here sooner rather than later, is the same person now winding back expectations. But he watered that down at a recent media conference called to announce Toyota was going hybrid with eight of its passenger car and SUV lines. 2024 Toyota Prado. “We

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

Cars That Think

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. Soon, though, the world began embracing little computers by the millions, with IBM dominating those sales. With that, the preeminent U.S. and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,

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Indian Battery Electric Vehicle Sales Climb

CleanTechnica EVs

Within a surging Indian car market, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are starting to make significant gains. India is the world’s fourth largest car market. September 2022 was the best month in the history of the personal vehicle market in India, with 354,744 cars sold. Two-wheeler […].

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All-electric Ford Explorer completes record-setting drive around the world, goes on sale in Europe

Electric Cars Report

Adventurer Lexie Alford set the official record of being the first person to circumnavigate the globe in an electric vehicle using the new all-electric Ford Explorer.