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Aug 20, 2018, 5:10 PM

FCA To Manufacture Key Components For Jeep Plug-In Hybrid At Ohio Plant

The Jeep Wrangler PHEV is expected to launch in 2020 and will be one of more than 30 vehicle nameplates with electrified solutions by 2022.

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  car&bike Team | Aug 18, 2018

  Investors Query Funding Costs At A Private Tesla

  Tesla Inc shareholders are concerned that the electric car maker will have to pay more to fund its growth if it becomes a private company and loses the ability to sell new shares to stock market investors.

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  car&bike Team | Aug 14, 2018

  Musk Confirms Saudi Sovereign Fund Wants To Pull Tesla Off Market

  Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk said on Monday that in late July he met with Saudi Arabia sovereign fund representatives to discuss the electric carmaker's possible exit from the stock market. Musk said in a statement posted on the Tesla Web site that the Saudi sovereign fund had first contacted him "at the beginning of 2017 to express (their) interest because of the important need to diversify away from oil.

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  Cyrus Dhabhar | Aug 13, 2018

  Volkswagen's Electric Cars In Trouble Over Cancer Causing Materials

  As if the huge Dieselgate scandal wasn't damaging enough for Volkswagen as an automaker, the German car maker might soon find itself embroiled in yet another scandal. And this time, it is for its electric cars! According to reports, Volkswagen, following a ruling by the German federal Motor Transport Authority, might have to recall close to 1.25 lakh electric and plug in hybrid cars due to a small amount of cancer causing 'Cadmium' which is present in the cars. These cars include the likes of the extremely popular Volkswagen Golf GTE (click HERE to read the review) and other models from the Porsche and Audi lineup too!

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  car&bike Team | Aug 11, 2018

  Ashok Leyland's Subsidiary Optare Wins Order For World's First Electric Double Decker

  This landmark order delivers the largest pure electric double-decker bus fleet in Europe.

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  car&bike Team | Aug 10, 2018

  Infiniti Teases New Electric Vehicle Concept; To Debut At Pebble Beach Concours

  From what we can see, it appears to be the spiritual successor of the Prototype 9, however, unlike the features and aesthetic allure of the latter which was very 1930s, the new EV concept looks much more striking thanks to the sharp design elements.

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  car&bike Team | Aug 9, 2018

  ISRO Receives Response From 141 Companies For Its Lithium Ion Cell Technology

  ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has successfully developed and qualified lithium ion cells of capacities ranging from 1.5 Ah to 100 Ah for use in satellites and launch vehicles.

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  car&bike Team | Aug 6, 2018

  Elon Musk Planning Tesla Mini-Car That Can Squeeze In An Adult

  Elon Musk announced on twitter that the company is currently in planning stage to introduce a mini-car version of its products, which can also, fit an adult.

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  Cyrus Dhabhar | Aug 6, 2018

  Tesla Files Patent To Make Electric Car Batteries Safer

  According to the patent, the new system has a feature or a material that will insulate battery cells from heat generated by surrounding battery cells. The material used will most likely be some sort of new age polymer. The system will also have cooled plates or 'heat pipes' that will help remove the heat generated from battery cells in general and also that generated from damaged battery cells. Other tech will involve air gaps between cells for cooling, a sleeve that will hold the system in place and a feature that will help direct hot gasses discharging from a damaged cell in a particular direction away from other working cells.

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