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The Japanese automaker is only building 50 of these carbon-fiber-bodied EVs.
You might remember the Aspark Owl electric hypercar from its debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. Development is still underway on the Japanese-built machine, and the company now says that a run at the Nürburgring record could be under …read more
Read moreVolkswagen Group’s electrified sales were up 30 percent in 2018.
According to Volkswagen Group, it sold some 100,000 electrified vehicles in 2018. Of those cars, about one-third were battery-electric, while the remaining models were plug-in hybrid electric vehicles like the Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid.
Oh what a week it was.
There’s never a dull moment in the world of electric cars and this week was no exception to that rule.
Rivian In Aspen
Looking back, the most notable electric car event of the week was no doubt the appearance of a pair of Rivians in Colorado. Not …read more
Charging schedules can save you money on EV charging.
FLO electric vehicle charging stations have become known for being high-quality, durable and packed with features not available on many other EVSEs. Savvy EV owners understand how having an EVSE with smart-charging features not only adds convenience, but can also save them …read more
MEB platform could be adopted by several manufacturers?
According to German paper Tagesspiegel, Volkswagen admits that the company is in talks with other manufacturers over opening its all-electric MEB platform.
We already know about Ford, which entered in an alliance with VW and is considering joint EV projects. The question is who …read more
Lucas di Grassi has called for the “very stupid” rule he broke to get disqualified from qualifying for ABB FIA Formula E’s race in Santiago to be immediately revised.
The Audi driver had claimed pole position for Saturday’s race by 0.526 seconds ahead of Nissan e.dams driver Sebastien Buemi, but was …read more
Read moreThe charging infrastructure needs to grow a few times to support the expected EV fleet in 2025
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) in one of its latest reports tried to quantify the EV charging infrastructure gap across U.S. markets from what was deployed through 2017 to what’s needed by …read more
It turns out Tesla is not discontinuing Model S and X with less battery capacity.
Tesla recently announced that it will discontinue its Model S and Model X vehicles with the “smaller,” 75-kWh battery pack. This meant that the least expensive vehicles jumped drastically in price. The automaker also admitted that …read more
Chevron will be engaged in battery energy storage for EV chargers?
Interesting news comes from Chevron, which through Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) made a strategic investment in Natron Energy (formerly Alveo Energy) – an energy storage company that is developing a new high power, long cycle life, low-cost battery.
Area of interest …read more
Compared to the Tesla Model S and X, the Model 3 current collector design is quite different.
Why?
We have a reason that we will explain later in the article, but, for now, let’s just review what Tesla did to the current collector design in the Model 3. Then we can speculate …read more