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The French announces ban on petrol…
France’s new environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, has announced a series of measures today aiming to make France a carbon neutral country by…
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Tesla’s Musk Tweets Model 3 ready…
Last night Tesla’s Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted that the Model 3 passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks…
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Volkswagen to invest €15 billion in…
The Volkswagen Group has invested some €3 billion in “alternative” drive technologies over the past five years, and plans to…
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The French announces ban on petrol and diesel cars in 2040 – moving to pure EV world
France’s new environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, has announced a series of measures today aiming to make France a carbon neutral country by 2050. The most radical one is a ban on petrol and diesel cars in 2040. That’s still over 20 years away and a great deal can and will happen in that time. Several countries have suggested…
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Tesla’s Musk Tweets Model 3 ready for production
Last night Tesla’s Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted that the Model 3 passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule. ”Production grows exponentially, so Aug should be 100 cars and Sept above 1,500,” Musk said on Twitter. “Looks like we can reach 20,000 Model 3 cars per month in Dec.” “Expecting to…
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Volkswagen to invest €15 billion in advanced powertrains over next 5 years
The Volkswagen Group has invested some €3 billion in “alternative” drive technologies over the past five years, and plans to triple this amount over the next five years, said CEO Matthias Müller at the company’s Annual General Meeting in Hanover. By our calculation three times €3 billion is about €15. billion. That’s a lot of money. “The…
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Mad LEAF idea of the week
Electric vehicle advocate Plug In Adventures has created a specially modified Nissan LEAF that will be the first all-electric car to enter the Mongol Rally, driving 10,000 miles from the UK to Mongolia this summer. Dubbed the LEAF AT-EV (All Terrain Electric Vehicle), the vehicle is based on a standard 30kWh Nissan LEAF Acenta, which offers…
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Another Tesla model 3 caught in the wild
Another day, another sighting of an Alpha Model 3. This one spotted by Charlie Cho (via Tesla Model 3 Facebook group) yesterday has a more production-looking finish and a new charge port door that is not completely blacked out like the last one caught. But like the previous sighting, it also features the ‘Tesla’ badging front…