Electric Cars
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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Parked Electric Cars Earn $1,530 From Europe's Power Grids
EghtesadOnline: Electric car owners are earning as much as $1,530 a year just by parking their vehicle and feeding excess power back into the grid.
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Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to Market
EghtesadOnline: Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk keeps getting the green light to do what it takes to bring electric cars to the masses, regardless of how much it’s going to cost.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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China, Europe drive shift to electric cars as U.S. lags
EghtesadOnline: Electric cars will pick up critical momentum in 2017, many in the auto industry believe - just not in North America.
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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…
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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…
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Power surge: Chinese electric car battery maker charges for global market
EghtesadOnline: A dusty village on the outskirts of Ningde, a third-tier city in China's southeast, seems an unlikely place for the headquarters of a potential global leader in future automotive…
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Uber launches first electric car fleet in Madrid
EghtesadOnline: Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies launched in Madrid on Thursday its first fleet of electric cars.
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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…
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The limited notice to customers only applies to plugs sold in the U.S.
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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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,…
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Tesla buys Germany's Grohmann Engineering to help ramp up electric car production
EghtesadOnline: Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc has agreed to buy Germany's Grohmann Engineering GmbH, which develops automated manufacturing systems for batteries and fuel cells, as the California…
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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.