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Iran Designs Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric Cars

In a bid to help the country achieve self-sufficiency in the field of lithium-ion battery cells used in electric vehicles, the Iran Space Research Center succeeded in designing and manufacturing the first such battery cells in Iran.
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Publish Date:08/January/2024 | 15:53

Iran to roll out Mideast’s first electric cars

EghtesadOnline: Iran is to become the first Middle Eastern country to launch electric vehicles, with Mitsubishi Motors’ plug-in hybrid Outlander SUV expected to hit Iranian roads as early as fall.
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Publish Date:19/August/2017 | 10:44

A Tesla in Iran: First Driverless Car Experience

EghtesadOnline: A Swiss couple Magdalena and Benedikt, traveling across Europe and West Asia, are attempting to demonstrate that electric cars are a viable alternative to gasoline-fuelled vehicles.
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Publish Date:11/June/2017 | 07:33

Oil Majors Facing Electric Car Threat

EghtesadOnline: Many carmakers, and not just Tesla, have been developing electric vehicles, betting on the expected continuous rise of battery-powered cars in the future. Now it’s not only carmakers that predict that EVs will make up a substantial part of new vehicle sales in a decade or two—oil majors are admitting it too.
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Publish Date:01/May/2017 | 24:22

Will This Ex-Tesla Executive Help Dyson Sell an Electric Car?

EghtesadOnline: There are idyllic corporate campuses, and then there’s the thing Dyson Ltd. built. Nestled in the English countryside are massive research and development centers, top secret labs and various toys that founder James Dyson collected over the years, including a helicopter in the parking lot and a jet plane in the cafeteria.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 14:37

Electric Cars May Take an OPEC-Sized Bite From Oil Use

EghtesadOnline: A boom in electric vehicles made by the likes of Tesla Motors Inc. could erode as much as 10 percent of global gasoline demand by 2035, according to the oil industry consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 11:40

Jaguar Land Rover to Make EVs in UK

EghtesadOnline: Britain’s biggest carmarker Jaguar Land Rover said it planned to build electric cars in Britain, just two days after the government promised 390 million pounds ($484 million) of funding to support greener technologies.
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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 20:49

Troubled Chinese Billionaire Reveals Cash Crunch at LeEco

EghtesadOnline: The billionaire chairman of China’s LeEco has admitted his technology empire is running out of cash to sustain a headlong rush into businesses from electric cars to smartphones.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 11:29

Tesla trims up to $14,000 off Model X in China after tariff cuts

EghtesadOnline: Tesla Inc has slashed up to $14,000 off its Model X in China after Beijing announced major tariff cuts for imported automobiles, a potential sales boost for the U.S. firm as the world’s largest auto market pivots towards electric cars.
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Publish Date:23/May/2018 | 10:44
While consumers must wait until 2018 for a $35,000 electric car, efforts to fix bottlenecks are sapping resources elsewhere in Elon Musk’s empire.

Model 3 ‘Hell’ Is Burning Tesla’s Other Projects

EghtesadOnline: There will be no $35,000 Teslas in 2017. The electric carmaker updated its website for customer reservations on Wednesday, including a table that shows the base Model 3 won’t be available until some time next year.
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Publish Date:04/November/2017 | 24:06

One Metal Will Be Transformed by the Electric Car Boom

EghtesadOnline: Glencore Plc and Trafigura Group Pte are often at loggerheads, but one thing they agree on: the nickel market will be transformed by the rise of electric cars.
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Publish Date:31/October/2017 | 15:06

Tesla's Musk hands over first Model 3 electric cars to early buyers

EghtesadOnline: Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday the Model 3 had over half a million advance reservations as he handed over the first 30 to employee buyers, setting the stage for the biggest test yet of the company's strategy to become a profitable, mass market electric car maker.
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Publish Date:29/July/2017 | 05:51

Geely's Volvo to go all electric with new models from 2019

EghtesadOnline: Geely-owned Volvo Car Group said on Wednesday all new models launched from 2019 will be fully electric or hybrids, spelling the eventual end to nearly a century of Volvos powered solely by the internal combustion engine.
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Publish Date:05/July/2017 | 05:31

Tesla Said Close to Agreeing on Plan for China Production

EghtesadOnline: Tesla Inc. is close to an agreement to produce vehicles in China for the first time, giving the electric-car maker better access to the world’s largest auto market, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Publish Date:20/June/2017 | 04:13
Why a no-frills postal van spells disruption for the auto and oil industries.

Even Germany’s Post Office Is Building an Electric Car

EghtesadOnline: This boxy, bare-bones van has no air conditioning or radio, no passenger seat and a top speed of less than 50 miles an hour. Yet the electric vehicle’s success has irked the likes of Volkswagen AG.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 06:24