EVs
AAA: Cold weather can cut electric car range over 40%
Tesla disputed the AAA study results.
GM proposes nationwide zero emissions vehicle sales mandate
Will drive the scale and infrastructure investments needed to allow the US to lead the way to a zero emissions future: Ruess
Tesla delivers on Elon Musk’s 3Q profit pledge
The company earned US$311.5 million during the three months ending in September.
Dyson to build electric car in Singapore, aiming at China
Facility to be completed in 2020 and is part of a US$3.2 billion investment in new technology globally.
Tesla will be included in rebate program wind down after court defeat: Ontario
Ontario gov will not appeal court decision.
European automakers claim cutting emissions could cost jobs [UPDATED]
ACEA warns against overly stringent CO2 targets, and unrealistic sales quota for battery electric vehicles.
Chinese firm Weichai Power to acquire stake in Ballard Power Systems
Will establish a joint venture in China with the BC hydrogen fuel cell technology developer.
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Electric vehicle sales growing, but barriers are supply, lack of knowledge
And they still only account for one out of every 50 vehicles purchased in Canada.
Tesla burns $739.5M in cash on way to record Q2 loss
Musk expects the company to avoid returning to the markets for capital and to be “essentially self-funding on a go-forward basis.”
BMW to make electric MINIs in China
The German automaker has formed a JV with Chinese SUV maker Great Wall Motor.
Only hybrid, or electric cars for cabinet as Ottawa aims to cut emissions
Goal is to cut them at least 80% compared with 2005 levels by 2050.
Toyota planning 10 purely electric vehicles by 2020s
By about 2025, every model the Japanese automaker sells will have some kind of “electrified” version.
Ontario won’t meet 2020 electric vehicle target: analysts
Electric vehicles represented less than 1% of all passenger vehicle sales in Ontario.
Amid global electric car buzz, Toyota bullish on hydrogen
The automaker’s goal is to sell 30,000 fuel-cell vehicles a year by about 2020.
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Electric vehicle subsidies: MEI says they’re expensive and ineffective
Subsidizing EV costs up to 29 times the carbon market price per tonne of GHGs eliminated.
