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ADB leads $135M climate financing package for VinFast e-bus fleet and EV charging network in Vietnam

Green Car Congress

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) mobilized a $135-million climate financing package for VinFast Trading and Production Joint Stock Company (VinFast) for manufacturing Vietnam’s first fully-electric public transport bus fleet and first national electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

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Hyundai Motor Group deepens partnership with Grab to accelerate EV adoption in Southeast Asia

Green Car Congress

The pilot programs will start in 2021, beginning in Singapore, and expand to Indonesia and Vietnam. The pilots saw the deployment of 200 Hyundai Kona EVs in Grab’s GrabRentals fleet in Singapore, which has consistently recorded a high utilization rate. —Russell Cohen, Group Managing Director of Operations, Grab.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

In a short five years VinFast has gone from an idea to entering the North American market with the first-ever cars built in Vietnam by a Vietnamese company. VinFast invited Canadian and American automotive journalists to California to drive the 2023 VF 8, an all-electric midsize two-row SUV. The company exudes confidence and optimism.

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EVs market share continues to grow in Norway

Push EVs

February saw Norway’s plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow to 90.1%, from 86.1% All the growth came from full electrics, whilst plugin hybrids lost share. full electrics (BEVs), and 7.0% Norway’s entire auto fleet is around 2.8 year on year. Overall auto volume was 7,439 units, down some 9% YoY. February’s 90.1%

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TSMC’s Energy Demand Drives Taiwan’s Geopolitical Future

Cars That Think

On this expanse of reclaimed land outside Taichung, Taiwan’s second largest city, 80 wind turbines, a pair of gas-fired power plants, and 4.3 square kilometers of solar farms generate electricity for Taiwan ’ s grid. Next year TSMC’s share of Taiwan’s electricity could hit 12.5 percent —twice the fraction it consumed in 2020.

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Pando’s minimalist solution allows more EV charging in less space at less cost

Charged EVs

Back in the previous century, we had to stop at gas stations to fuel our cars. Pando Electrics solution for multifamily properties provides simple, compact boxes equipped with standard NEMA 240-volt receptacles, and requires drivers to use the portable charging cables that come with their cars. Well, maybe not. It does not work.