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The Extreme E racing concept has been presented to nine “very serious” manufacturers, according to championship co-founder Alejandro Agag.
The series, which is backed by Agag’s ABB FIA Formula E organisation, was officially launched on its floating paddock – the RMS St Helena ship – in London on Thursday.
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On January 30, China-based EV startup WM Motor forged a strategic partnership with Meituan Dache, a ride-hailing service platform operated by China’s largest on-demand food delivery service provider Meituan Dianping.
The new battery cell comes with improved chemistry which might result in faster charging and discharging, better longevity, and even lower cost
Coming from the Tesla battery research group, this patent promises an incremental step in improving the current Li-Ion batteries that are used in most electric vehicles. The research group …read more
Statement comes from VW’s financial parent company, but you get the idea.
The company entity known as Porsche SE is not a carmaker. It’s the financial holding company that owns the Volkswagen Group and all its brands, including Audi and Porsche. So it matters a lot what Porsche SE thinks about …read more
January was shy compared to the late months of 2018
U.S. car sales in January 2019 are estimated at over 1.14 million, which means it decreased by about 1%. In such circumstances, the plug-in electric car segment – which improved by almost 43% to 17,109 – is growing super fast. Sure, …read more
Clarity PHEV crowned plug-in hybrid champ in U.S. last month.
Believe it or not, for the second time ever, the Honda Clarity PHEV topped the plug-in hybrid sales chart.
By logging a confirmed sales total of 2,770 units in December 2018, the Clarity PHEV outsold all of the other plug-in hybrids offered …read more
BEVs are the hottest segment in Europe with growth rate of 47%
JATO Dynamics released a general summary of car sales in Europe in 2018 withan interesting comparison of particular powertrains.
Among the 15.6 million cars sold (just 346 more than in 2017, but still the best result since 2007), alternatively powered …read more
The decades-long battle over vehicle emissions standards is heating up again.
As I’m writing this post, two of the most important and powerful players in the EV world are meeting across the hall in a small conference room at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco. Behind closed doors, Andrew Wheeler, …read more
More than half of new cars are plug-ins!
Norway continues its unprecedented rise of electric cars. In January, the total number of new passenger plug-in electric cars amounted to 4,699, which is 27.3% more thaa n year ago at market share of 52.2%! The conventional diesel car sales shrunk below 18%, …read more
Turns out the E2 is the for real deal!
UPDATE: Back in July of 2018, we reported on some renderings from Finnish electric motorcycle startup RMK that showed a totally bonkers, cyberpunky electric bike with a hubless rear wheel. We all went, “Huh, that’s rad.” and promptly forgot about it. Turns …read more
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