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Volkswagen Mobile Robot Revolutionises Electric Car Charging

Volkswagen has developed a robot that can charge electric cars autonomously - effectively allowing any parking space to become a charging point.

Tesla Receives $ 1.29 Billion Loan from Chinese Banks for Shanghai Plant

The electric car maker said it has also signed agreements for an unsecured revolving loan facility of up to 2.25 billion yuan, adding that both the loans will b…

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Turkey Projected to Have 2.5 Mln Electric Cars by 2030 ANKARA

The popularity of electric vehicles in Turkey, along with the world, continues to trend upwards, as the country is projected to have some 2.5 million electric c…

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NTSB Finds Tesla Crash That Killed 2 for Excessive Speed

Batteries like those used by Tesla and other electric cars can catch fire and burn rapidly in a crash, although Tesla has said its vehicles catch fire far less …

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Battery Electric Cars Better than all Alternative Drives on Full Lifecycle Emissions

Earlier studies have suggested that the total purchase, maintenance and operation costs of a battery electric vehicle will be significantly lower than those of …

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Tesla’s Musk Says Solar Energy Storage will Grow Faster than Electric Cars

If so, it is a good time for Tesla to turn its attention to the energy business — encompassing solar and energy storage — that has for long taken a backseat t…

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Elon Musk Says Tesla to Launch Electric ATV in Late 2021

The Tesla all-terrain vehicle (ATV) that was a final highlight of the Tesla Cybertruck launch in November will be available to buy in late 2021, at the same tim…

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Polish Government Wants to Launch a Veritable E-Car State Brand on the Market

Poland is not exactly at the forefront when it comes to electric cars. In August of this year there were 6,672 plug-in cars driving around in Poland.

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New Two-Way Charging Initiatives for Electric Cars

An electric car that not only has to be charged regularly but can also provide power by itself: it’s something we will see more and more often in the coming ye…

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'Magic Crystals' to Enable the Future of Electric Cars

CSIRO and Monash University's Matthew Hill will receive the Solomon Award tonight for developing "magic crystals" with dozens of applications from cleaning gase…

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Electric Cars Might Not Yet Be Green As We Think

Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway.

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Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Could Change the Way We Think About Driving

From battery electric cars and bike share schemes to on-demand taxi services booked via smartphone, the way we move around is changing.

New Generator That Uses Substance to Convert Waste Heat into Clean Electricity

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a generator prototype that uses liquid metal to convert waste heat from sources such as electric cars o…

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VW Electric Cars to be Built in U.S.

In an effort to put “Dieselgate” in the rearview window, VW has reinvented itself as both an American-oriented company and one built on environmental sustaina…

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Uganda and Rwanda Lead East Africa in Switch to Electric Cars

Uganda and Rwanda are racing ahead of their East African neighbours in the global switch to electric motoring, even as infrastructure shortcomings limit investm…