electric vehicles
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Iran to Import 2,500 Electric Vehicles by Yearend: Official
The director of electric cars’ project at Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade said 2,500 electric cars will be imported into the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year…
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MAPNA, IKCO Form Alliance to Produce Electric Vehicles
EghtesadOnline: The global electric vehicle race has reached Iran, as the domestic engineering and energy giant, MAPNA Group, and major automaker Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) are gearing up to…
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SAIPA, Sharif Univ. Commence Collaboration to Produce EVs
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s major automaker SAIPA and Sharif University of Technology have started collaboration to design and develop electric vehicles.
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Iranian Carmaker Eyes Local Tech Potentials for Developing EVs
EghtesadOnline: Domestic carmaker Iran Khodro is interested in utilizing the potentials of Iranian tech firms and knowledge-based companies to develop electric vehicles.
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Tehran Eyes Electric Cabs
EghtesadOnline: Tehran’s Taxi Organization is in talks with the government to accelerate the long-awaited plan to gradually induct electric vehicles into the capital's taxi fleet and establish…
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E-Vehicles on Mashhad University Campus
EghtesadOnline: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad has commenced a plan to use electric vehicles as transport services moving students inside the campus.
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China to Ban Sale of Fossil Fuel Cars in Electric Vehicle Push
EghtesadOnline: China will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles, a move aimed at pushing companies to speed efforts in developing electric vehicles for the…
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German Carmakers Urged to Challenge Tesla by Senior Merkel Aide
EghtesadOnline: German automakers must invest more in electric vehicles and take on Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff said Saturday.
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Toyota takes stake in Mazda, links up for $1.6 billion U.S. plant
EghtesadOnline: Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it planned to take a 5 percent share of smaller Japanese rival Mazda Motor Corp, as part of an alliance that will see the two build a $1.6 billion…
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Toyota eyes mass EV output in China as early as 2019: report
EghtesadOnline: Toyota Motor Corp is likely to begin mass production of electric vehicles (EVs) in China as early as 2019, the Asahi daily reported on Saturday.
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Germany says Tesla should not use 'Autopilot' in advertising
EghtesadOnline: German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt has asked Tesla to stop advertising its electric vehicles as having an Autopilot function as this might suggest drivers' attention…
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Electric Vehicles May Get a Boost From OPEC Decision
EghtesadOnline: Electric car makers may breath a sigh of relief from OPEC’s decision to curb oil output, which if it holds may help tilt the argument in favor of greener transport.
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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…
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How Many of Our Vehicles Could Be Electric? How Does 87% Strike You?
EghtesadOnline: With all the limits on electric vehicles—battery life, cost, the availability of charging stations—you might expect that at most 50 percent of the vehicles on U.S. roads could…
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Mercedes Is About to Unveil an Entire Fleet of Electric Vehicles
EghtesadOnline: Mercedes-Benz is planning its own distinct line of electric vehicles, challenging BMW and Tesla Motors Inc. in a bet that alternative-fuel cars have the potential to become profitable.