By Laurence Frost and Edward Taylor PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Time is running out for European carmakers, which have waited until the last minute to try to meet ambitious EU emissions targets and face billions in fines if they fail to comply. Manufacturer…
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Month: September 2019
Carmakers near CO2 cliff-edge in electrification race
By Laurence Frost and Edward Taylor PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Time is running out for European carmakers, which have waited until the last minute to try to meet ambitious EU emissions targets and face billions in fines if they fail to comply. Manufacturer…
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Volkswagen bets big on electric. Will consumers buy in?
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) Volkswagen is rolling out what it bills as the breakthrough electric car for the masses, the leading edge of a wave of new battery-powered vehicles about to hit the European auto market. The cars are the result of massive investments i…
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Why No One Is Beating Tesla’s Range
I made a mistake this week. I tweeted. I tweeted that, while I like the Porsche Taycan, I was disappointed that it couldnt beat the range of the Tesla Model S years after it came out. And while I stand by the opinion that the Taycan isnt fundamentally changin…
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Tesla battery researcher unveils new cell that could last 1 million miles in ‘robot taxis’ – Electrek
https://electrek.co/2019/09/07/tesla-battery-cell-last-1-million-miles-robot-taxis/Not just anybody but [lithium-ion battery pioneer] Jeff Dahn released a paper detailing cells that “should be able to power an electric vehicle for over 1.6 million kilometers …
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