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Op-Ed: How A $14,000 Electric Kei Car Became Japan’s Best-Selling EV & Saved Nissan
While Tesla and BYD (not in that order) dominate EV headlines globally, Japan’s EV sales success for three consecutive years is a tiny 11-foot-long kei car that costs roughly $14,000 after subsidies and offers just 112 miles of range. The Nissan Sakura has become more than a sales success—it’s arguably … [continued]
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The EU’s 2035 Target IS The Certainty That The Industry Needs
Some car execs suggest a return to the combustion engine will restore Europe’s competitiveness. They couldn’t be more wrong. By William Todts, Executive Director Henry Ford apparently once said, “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” A hundred years on his successor, Ford CEO … [continued]
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Volkswagen ID. Polo on the Road to Series Production — Reinventing a Bestseller
New entry-level mobility — The ID. Polo is the first of four new Volkswagen electric models in the small car and compact segment, which will be launched from 2026 onwards Wide choice — The ID. Polo will initially be available with three power outputs (85 kW, 99 kW, 155 kW), two battery … [continued]
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Eurovignette for Ukraine: Truck Tolling to Save Ukrainian Roads & Environment
This report looks into how Ukraine could pilot infrastructure charges, or tolls for trucks based on their impact on the road surface and environment. Tolling trucks is a technical solution to implement the “user” and “polluter pays” principles. Toll revenue could help ease budgetary pressures Ukraine faces and optimise EU funds allocation. If Ukraine … [continued]
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Full Page Open Letter Calls on Amazon, Google, Meta, & Microsoft to Stop Fueling Climate Change with Data Center Demands
INDIANAPOLIS – A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the Indianapolis Star calls on the country’s largest technology company CEOs — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella — to power their data centers with clean energy, or risk failing to meet their own … [continued]
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