electic car

Two 'electic car' stories February 2016 - September 2016

Smart officially debuts ‘built for the city’ 17.6 kWh, 96hp Fortwo and Forfour electric vehicles

Sep 29 2016 - 5:04 pm PT

It was a busy, busy day for Daimler AG at the 2016 Paris Auto Show. Along with announcing their all-electric Mercedes ‘Generation Q’ SUV, they also debuted three new variants of their smart electric vehicles: fortwo, fortwo cabrio, and forfour. These new EVs are being positioned by the company as “Built for the city. Perfect for escaping it.” [but not terribly quickly and only about 100 miles out]…

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Nevs (Saab) is acquiring electric vehicle production capacity in China

Fred Lambert Feb 18 2016 - 3:23 pm PT

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National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs), the China-backed firm that bought Saab’s assets out of bankruptcy in 2012, has signed a framework agreement to take a 50% stake in Chinese vehicle manufacturing company New Long Ma (NLM). The company has a factory with production capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year in the Fujian province.
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