Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry has been able to develop all-electric models as the ...
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More than 300,000 small, pure electric cars were sold in China last year. Perhaps surprisingly, the best seller was not Tesla Model S. Instead the top sellers were mini electric cars. Shifeng Group, in Shandong province, had the ...
General Motors is planning to build its Chevrolet brand’s $30,000 electric car Bolt at a small-car plant at Orion Township in north of Detroit. The company previously unveiled the car at the Detroit auto show and has set a ...
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Luxury car maker Porsche is reportedly planning to enter into the electric car market with the ‘baby version’ of its existing Panamera S E-Hybrid. The car nicknamed 'Pajun', is expected to compete with Electric car maker ...
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Tesla’s Model X SUV is expected to be launched in the summer of 2015, Ellon Musk told reporters at the Automotive News World Congress. The seven seater electric car is designed to provide space and functionality of an SUV and it ...
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General Motors is planning to introduce new electric vehicles in the market by 2017 that are expected to give competition to Tesla Model 3 in terms of price and style. The company is planning to launch Chevrolet Bolt, a $30,000 car, ...
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Chervolet reportedly has an all-electric car up its sleeve to rival the Tesla Model III. Called the Chevrolet Bolt, it will be capable of driving 200 miles on a single charge. That's four times as far as the company's Volt hybrid car ...
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The increase in the availability of electric vehicles has the potential to disrupt the fuel retail operations of supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. Fuel retailers such as ...
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Audi is planning to launch an all-electric family car in 2017 which is expected to compete against Tesla Model S. The car is expected to provide an all-electric range of 280 miles and will feature technologies found in its other flagship ...
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The nation’s first operational, all-electric car share service launched in Golden, Colo. eThos Electric Car Share will provide the Golden and Denver-metro area with American-made, all-electric sedans (EVs) for short-term rental. "We ...
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The market for gallium nitride (GaN) packaged LEDs in automotive applications will reach $1bn this year for the first time, rising by 11% from $943m in 2013 to $1.05bn in 2014, forecasts the LED Intelligence Service of IHS Technology in a ...
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The market for GaN packaged LEDs in automotive applications is forecast to reach the US$1 billion mark in 2014 for the first time, according to IHS. Industry revenues are projected to grow 11% from US$943 million in 2013 to US$1.05 ...
Tesla Motors has chosen Orange Business Services to provide wireless connectivity for its fleet of Tesla Model S vehicles in France. Model S owners in France will be able to get a connected car experience, with Orange's mobile ...
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Even though graphite companies have been ever increasing blips on investors’ radar screens over the past couple of years, the space got a massive visibility and validation boost when the already iconic Tesla Motors announced its ...
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Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) are best positioned to address emerging power electronics performance needs in electric vehicles (EVs), with SiC displacing silicon as early ...
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