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BMW to offer 12 EVs by 2025

Germany’s Autohaus: BMW CEO Harald Krüger promises 12 straight up electric vehicles and a further 13 plug-in hybrids by 2025.

He further said:

We will soon be able to offer every model with every powertrain.

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BBC: Mexico City Man converts cars into EVs

… so Mexican, so great:

“Hector Ruiz has made it his mission to convert old cars in Mexico City to run on electricity.”

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39195705 (2:23 min. video)

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4 million Driverless Cars by 2025?

Autovista Intelligence quoting Juniper Research:

Initial demand is expected to be focused on car sharing because it will take time for consumers to adapt to purchasing driverless cars for their personal use.

I think we have seen really amazing adoption curves recently, eg. on iPhone or iPad. It will be a question of price but also how convenient the technology is in the end.

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EVs on the rise

Autovista Intelligence:

European governments yesterday agreed to increase the share of electric vehicles (EVs) on their fleets as part of a global deal that could lead to orders for up to 300,000 EVs by 2020.

The Government Fleet Declaration was signed by France, Norway, Sweden and the UK as well as Canada, China, Japan and the US.

Germany is an interesting omission in that. And, I wonder how much that constitutes of the total governmental car park in those countries.

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Autonomous cars are the future

The Oatmeal:

All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and each car now collectively possesses 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.

Nice article on why autonomous cars will matter a great deal.