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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: China may ease electric car quotas, delay emission rules to help automakers - sources
- Date: 01-04-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is considering temporarily easing quotas designed to boost production of electric cars to help automakers badly bruised by the coronavirus pandemic to revive slumping sales, people familiar with the matter said.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: China Weighs Cuts to Electric-Car Subsidies It Just Extended
- Date: 01-04-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Bloomberg
China, the biggest market for electric cars, is considering a reduction in rebates given to buyers and limits on the models that qualify even as it commits to extending the costly subsidy program for another two years.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Electric car emissions myth 'busted'
- Date: 23-03-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: BBC
Fears that electric cars could actually increase carbon emissions are a damaging myth, new research shows.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: UK deals for vanadium redox flow merger and electric vehicles announced
- Date: 17-03-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: PV Magazine
English partners appear to be in demand with a London-based vanadium flow supplier tying up with a U.S. partner just as an automotive design company in Coventry announces plans for electric and hydrogen vehicle production in the West Midlands.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Thai government announces EV roadmap
- Date: 16-03-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: IHS Markit
The government of Thailand has announced a roadmap to make the country a hub of electrified vehicles in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region in five years, reports the Bangkok Post. Under the roadmap, the government plans to promote electric vehicles (EVs) through state agencies and has set a target to produce 250,000 electrified vehicles, 3,000 electric public buses, and 53,000 electric motorcycles by 2025. The government wants to promote Thailand as the centre of a new gen
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Work starts on 'electric petrol station' in Essex
- Date: 11-03-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: BBC
Work has started on an electric vehicle charging forecourt that will be able to charge 24 cars at once.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: China’s Megacity Drivers Leading New Push to Cheap EV Batteries
- Date: 02-03-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Bloomberg
Electric-vehicle manufacturers in China are seen turning to cheaper batteries to slash costs and meet the needs of drivers in its megacities who don’t need to travel huge distances.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Polestar eyes beyond-vegan interiors
- Date: 12-02-20
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Just Auto
Geely and Volvo Cars owned EV sportscar brand Polestar is eyeing new ways to cut plastic content and lessen waste material with innovative natural and recycled source materials.
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