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Oct 18

Are Diesel Cars on the Way Out?


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The senior executives of automobile manufacturing firms, such as Germany’s Daimler AG and the Renault Groupe of France, say that exposure to diesel vehicles will have to be reduced by their companies as the cars are unlikely to be compelling in the business sense in the years to come. Apprehension about the future of diesel cars has also been expressed by the CEO and chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, Carlos Ghosn, and the head of Mercedes-Benz cars and Daimler’s board of management chairman, Dieter Zetsche.

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Apr 18

Is Superfast Charging for Electric Cars Going to Happen?


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A proposal has been made by the National Grid for a new ‘superfast’ charging system, which could result in 90 percent of all owners of electric vehicles living no further than fifty miles away from the closest charging station. The Financial Times says that the proposal would create nearly a hundred high powered chargers to be situated alongside current networks located beneath the motorways of the UK. The news is particularly exciting for the owners of electric cars, due to the amount of power that the new chargers are expected to be able to deliver.

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