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Tesla's Electric Cars Arrive in the Home of Cheap Gas

EghtesadOnline: Tesla Inc. is expanding to the United Arab Emirates, making a move to sell its pricey electric cars in one of the world’s largest oil-producing nations.
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Publish Date:14/February/2017 | 05:08

Iran President Test Drives Domestic Electric Car

EghtesadOnline: An updated version of an electric car and two electric motorbikes were unveiled in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani earlier this week at the courtyard of the presidential complex in Tehran. The vehicles are manufactured by domestic knowledge-based firms.
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Publish Date:22/January/2017 | 13:23

China's anti-Teslas: cheap models drive electric car boom

EghtesadOnline: More electric cars are sold in China than in the rest of the world combined, but are mainly locally-branded models that are cheaper and have a shorter range than those offered by foreign automakers such as Tesla and Nissan.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 09:20

Tesla settles Norway lawsuit over car's performance

EghtesadOnline: Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc has reached an out-of-court settlement with 126 Norwegian customers who claimed their cars' performance did not match promises made in the firm's marketing.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 14:43
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Tesla Recalls 7,000 Charging Adapters After Two Overheat

EghtesadOnline: Tesla Motors Inc. said it’s voluntarily recalling about 7,000 adapters for electric-vehicle charging after two reports of overheating that resulted in melted plastic on the plugs. The rarely used item is sold through the company’s online store.
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Publish Date:07/December/2016 | 10:01

Daimler may make electric cars in China to boost sales

EghtesadOnline: Daimler may make batteries and Mercedes-Benz electric cars in China as part of a drive to manufacture more products locally and to try to boost sales, according to board member Hubertus Troska.
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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 11:03

VW’s Moia Brand Goes After Uber, Apple With Electric Shuttles

EghtesadOnline: Volkswagen AG, which is shifting priorities in the wake of the diesel scandal and stepping up competition against the likes of Uber Technologies Inc., plans to launch a business focused on ride-hailing, autonomous driving and electric cars in two European cities next year before expanding to other regions.
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 11:48

Electric Cars Could Take an OPEC-Sized Bite From Oil Demand

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:04/December/2016 | 12:52

BMW eyes 100,000 electric car sales in 2017: Sueddeutsche

EghtesadOnline: BMW wants to boost sales of electric cars by two-thirds next year to 100,000 vehicles as the luxury automaker is offering more battery-powered models, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Harald Krueger.
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Publish Date:14/November/2016 | 06:06

Singulato is China's latest e-car newcomer to rev up with big fundraising

EghtesadOnline: Little-known Chinese electric car start-up Singulato Motors is expected to say this week it raised around $600 million in a second fundraising - the latest such move illustrating China's headlong 'gold rush' into all-electric battery cars.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 05:37

Warming to lithium-ion, Toyota charges up its battery options

EghtesadOnline: Engineers at Toyota Motor Corp say they have tamed volatile lithium-ion battery technology, and can now safely pack more power at no significant extra cost, giving the Japanese automaker the option to enter the growing all-electric car market.
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Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 04:47

Tesla fixes security bugs after claims of Model S hack

EghtesadOnline: Tesla Motors Inc has rolled out a security patch for its electric cars after Chinese security researchers uncovered vulnerabilities they said allowed them to remotely attack a Tesla Model S sedan.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 11:27
Electric vehicle charging stations may have hit critical mass—yet with gas just over $2 a gallon, Americans are still guzzling more than ever.

Is This the Tipping Point For Electric Cars ?

EghtesadOnline: Making an electric car is easy. We’ve been doing it for more than a century. Charging them, however, is tough. It requires infrastructure—a grid on the grid—and presents a chicken-egg conundrum: Who wants a plug-in car when there’s nowhere to plug it in? Who wants to build car chargers, when there aren’t enough cars to charge?
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 10:08

Daimler plans at least six electric car models: source

EghtesadOnline: German carmaker Daimler plans to roll out at least six, and possibly as many as nine, electric car models as part of its push to compete with Tesla and Volkswagen's Audi, a person familiar with Daimler's plans said.
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Publish Date:04/September/2016 | 07:38
A shift is under way that will lead to widespread adoption of EVs in the next decade.

Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis

EghtesadOnline: With all good technologies, there comes a time when buying the alternative no longer makes sense. Think smartphones in the past decade, color TVs in the 1970s, or even gasoline cars in the early 20th century. Predicting the timing of these shifts is difficult, but when it happens, the whole world changes.
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Publish Date:16/August/2016 | 09:18