News from Inside EVs blog.
Meet “BYTON Place”
BYTON took another big step to legitimacy today as they celebrated the grand opening of the first “BYTON Place” retail store in Shanghai, China. This announcement comes off the mobility startup’s successful appearance at CES a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas, where they were one …read more
South America sets an example for North America… sort of
BYD won its largest order for electric buses in Colombia, and the second-largest fleet in Latin America. The city of Medellín will get 64 BYD’s 12.5-meter K9G buses in August.
According to the press release, the buses will be capable of covering …read more
Imagination knows no bounds
The wonderful thing about electric motorcycles is just how creatively funky some designers get when it comes to giving the segment a shot. After all, the usual components such as the clutch and transmission levers, the exhaust system or the multiple fluid conducts aren’t in the way, …read more
Read moreGoing global.
China’s GAC Group unveiled a research and development (R&D) center in Detroit, the biggest city of Michigan. This is the third R&D center the automaker has built in the U.S., the other two are located in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.
Success at the Nürburgring is important to spread the word about EVs even further.
This summer, Volkswagen will try to set a new all-time record of Nürburgring Nordschleife race track (called also “Green Hell”) with its I.D. R racing car, which won the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado.
First …read more
Every car has some issues in the winter.
Electric cars, in particular, are prone to some cold-weather problems. The Tesla Model 3 is no exception to that rule. But did you know several of the issues can be fixed by following some simple tips?
The e+ continues Nissan’s path of CHAdeMO and no liquid battery cooling
Here is a short summary of what we know about the upcoming Nissan LEAF e+ (with a comparison to the current version that will remain on the market), released by Sean Mitchell. Worth watching for sure, but don’t expect …read more
Supercharging has gotten more expensive.
Tesla implemented several changes to the Supercharging network in recent months and the latest one is a global price increase, which seems to amount to about one-third (33%).
The increase is combined with the change from state/country pricing structure to individual pricing at each Supercharging station, which …read more
Organic growth led Denmark to levels from 2015, driven by incentives
Denmark finally shows signs of increased demand for plug-in cars. In 2018 some 4,583 were sold, which is 261% more than year ago, and the best results since 2015.
The market share also improved to 2.0%, close to a record of …read more
More charging points to be accessible using a single provider
As in the U.S., also in Europe we see progressing consolidation and collaboration between charging operators. One of the latest partnership is between Allego charging network and GIREVE on an integrated platform for charging operators.
According to the press release, GIREVE customers …read more