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Pike Research forecasts China plug-in market to reach 152,000 units/year by 2017, falling short of government targets; BEVs to dominate

Green Car Congress

The Chinese government initially overestimated consumer demand for electric vehicles, and has made adjustments to its incentive policies. The HEV cars were sold mostly to individual consumers while PHEVs were sold to taxi fleets in Shenzhen and Beijing, as well as to some. Municipal vehicles composed the remaining 10%.

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China announces new national standards for wireless EV charging; incorporating WiTricity technology

Green Car Congress

For the past four years, WiTricity has been actively involved in the Chinese EV wireless charging standardization process through its work with China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) and the CEC.

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Plugless: first wireless charger to provide 1 million charge hours for PEVs

Green Car Congress

Plugless continues to be the only wireless EV charger for sale to consumers in the world. 1 st wireless EV charger installed on a production fleet of driverless shuttlebuses. In 2016 Plugless was installed on a fleet of a leading fully autonomous shuttlebus company based in Europe.

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Ballard Power signs deal for production of fuel cell stacks in China; est. $168M over 5 years; buses and commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

Our China strategy and business model is simple—we engage strong Chinese partners to localize fuel cell production in China to reduce costs, drive scale, mitigate market risk, avoid capital investment, and protect our core intellectual property.

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Opinion: GM Shooting Itself in Foot By Killing Chevrolet Malibu

The Truth About Cars

On the other hand, Q1 sales for the car were down 13 percent year-over-year. And I am sure some Malibus were being bought by fleets, not Joe and Jane down the street. But again, the company is ceding a part of the market to its competitors instead of, you know, at least trying to fight for sales. And soon, perhaps, the Chinese.

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Uber and BYD team up for EVs and autonomous vehicles

Baua Electric

while skirting retail sales Uber’s targeting a zero-emissions platform by 2040 and going all-electric by 2030 in some markets Uber on Wednesday announced a partnership with BYD to bring 100,000 of the Chinese automaker’s EVs to its ride-hailing platform—laying the groundwork for BYD EVs to reach the U.S. While the U.S.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. Coda Automotive , with its warmed-over Chinese sedan, has departed, but Fisker (now Karma) Automotive has revived its high-end plug-in hybrid under new Chinese ownership. Fleet To Electric?