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Tesla invited to build battery facility in Indonesia’s giant 30k-hectare industrial area

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Tesla’s potential battery facility in Indonesia will likely be built on one of the country’s most ambitious integrated industrial areas to date, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. At up to 30,000 hectares (115.8 “This is groundbreaking.

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Volvo PHEV review, EV insurance cost, cable theft, Big Oil pushback: Today’s Car News

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The oil industry is speaking up against EPA standards—and filing court cases. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Thieves are looking at fat charging cables as a fat paycheck (but they’re not). And we plug in Volvo’s plug-in hybrid sedan and see why it’s pointing to EVs. In a review of.

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Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019: Tesla Model 3

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The Tesla Model 3 is Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2019. ” But that was the Model S—the shock to an auto industry that had dismissed its very premise. It’s the second time a Tesla product has won our annual award, which was captured by the Tesla Model S in 2013.

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UK to invest $841M from 2015-2020 to boost ultra low emission vehicle industry

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The UK government announced plans to invest £500 million (US$841 million) between 2015 and 2020 to boost the ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) industry and help drivers both afford and feel confident using electric cars. The automotive industry is worth £11.2 billion (US$18.8 billion) to the UK economy, the government said.

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European Automotive Industry Outlines RD Priorities for EU Green Car Initiative

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European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7

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Australian auto manufacturing industry collaborating on electric vehicles; launch of EV Engineering Ltd.

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Leading companies in the Australian automotive manufacturing industry are collaborating on the design and engineering of electric vehicles with the launch of EV Engineering Ltd. represents the first industry collaboration on large, powerful, zero-emissions vehicles. the future of the Australian car manufacturing industry.

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2015 Volkswagen Golf: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2015

Green Car Reports

Our Best Car To Buy award can go one of several ways here on Green Car Reports. Sometimes it goes to a moonshot car, like the first Nissan Leaf (in 2011) or the Tesla Model S (in 2013). Those are cars that radically redefined what green transportation could be, changing the auto industry forever.

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