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Why the Tesla and electric car boom could be good news for the grid
2016-06-18 16:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Earlier this year, breathtaking numbers of pre-orders for the Tesla Model 3 not only shocked the auto industry, but also suggested that a transition of the U.S. and world auto fleet toward electric vehicles could happen faster than expected. There are still only a little more than 400,000 electric vehicles on the road in the U.S., or just 0.16 percent of all cars. But predicted growth rates could have them at more than a third of new car sales globally by 2040, according to Bloomberg New Energy...
The outlandish Rolls-Royce self-driving concept car of the future: Vision Next 100
2016-06-17 15:46:54| Extremetech
Rolls-Royce imagines the future car for the powerful and affluent: zero emissions, fully self-driving (no steering wheel), a single sofa seat of the finest silk, and ivory wool carpet. Remember to wipe your feet.
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VW shifts focus from diesels to EVs, plans 30 electric car models by 2025
2016-06-16 17:30:33| Extremetech
VW Strategy 2025: Generate 25% of sales from EVs within 10 years. That's 2-3 million EVs. 2015 EV sales were 100,000.
Daimler to unveil long-distance electric car in October
2016-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's Daimler will lift the curtain on its much-anticipated long-distance electric car at the Paris Motor Show in October, as the automaker gears up to compete with Tesla Motors Inc's Model X sport-utility vehicle (SUV). The company will display a prototype of an electric-powered Mercedes car with a 500-kilometre (310 miles) range, Chief Development Officer Thomas Weber said this week in Stuttgart at an event for journalists. "The structure is ready, the teams are working and the initial...
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Fiat Argentina withdraws 'misogynistic' car manual
2016-06-10 10:27:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A car manual which refers to women as "co-pilots" and men as "alpha males" has been withdrawn by Fiat Argentina after complaints.
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