Plug-in car sales boom globally
With sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles increasing year-on-year, there are now more than 10 million of these vehicles on the road around the world. According to EV Volumes, the total is now 10.8 million worldwide. In 2020 there were around 3.24 million global sales of both battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles
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Chinese driverless bus enters France for the first time
A 12-meter-long self-driving bus produced by CRRC Times Electric Vehicles Co (CRRC EV) recently passed road trial in Paris, France. It’s the first such public road test in France and the first Chinese driverless bus operating in the domestic market, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday. Based on smart driving, intelligent power and Internet
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China completes maglev prototype, fastest land vehicle with peak speed of 620 km/h
A prototype of a high-temperature superconducting maglev train, dubbed as a “super bullet maglev train” with a maximum speed of 620 kilometers per hour, rolled off the production line on Wednesday in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The train is the first of its kind, in that it uses high-temperature superconducting maglev technology,
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