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Battery recycling, Hyperloop competition, Driving From Your Phone: T.E.N. Future Car News 19th June, 2015

June 19, 2015

Welcome to T.E.N! Short for Transport Evolved News, T.E.N. is recorded every Friday to help your weekend get off to a flying start by making sure you haven’t missed the big future transport news stories of the week.

Weekly show about future cars and future car technology. This week news about: Tesla secures a $500 million line of credit; Volvo launches an electric bus in Gothenburg; how Tesla’s new superchargers are supercool; Nissan and GM both launch programs for reusing old electric car battery packs; Honda plans to build two new plug-in models in the near future; Hyundai struggles to sell the Tucson FCV; SpaceX launches a Hyperloop pod-designing competition; James Bond becomes reality thanks to Jaguar Land Rover

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* Taking the Credit (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/15/tesla-motors-opens-500-million-line-of-credit-for-working-capital-general-purposes/) - Tesla secures a $500 million line of credit
* Electric Swede (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/15/volvo-helps-gothenburg-launch-all-electric-rapid-charging-buses-on-route-55/) - Three all-electric buses begin driving Route 55 in Gothenburg
* Supercool, Supercharged (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/17/video-teslas-new-liquid-cooled-superchargers-pave-the-way-to-even-faster-charging/) - Tesla's new liquid-cooled Superchargers
* Life after EVs (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/18/following-nissan-general-motors-announces-second-life-program-for-electric-car-batteries/) - Nissan and GM launch battery recycling programs for used electric car battery packs
* Honda’s play (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/16/honda-dumps-cng-hybrid-civics-plug-in-hybrid-accord-plans-h2-plug-in-hybrid-electric-future/) - Honda promises all-electric, plug-in hybrid products in the future
* Tucson Flop (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/18/after-one-year-hyundai-shifts-just-273-tucson-hydrogen-fuel-cell-cars/) - Hyundai sells just 273 Tucson FCV cars in two years.
* Hyperloop Competition (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/16/spacex-elon-musk-officially-announces-hyperloop-pod-competition-for-june-2016/) - SpaceX announces a Hyperloop Pod Competition for 2016
* James Bond is Real (https://transportevolved.com/2015/06/17/jaguar-land-rover-brings-james-bond-technology-to-life-with-range-rover-you-can-drive-from-your-cellphone/) - Jaguar Land Rover makes a car you can drive from your cellphone