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Range Rover Evoque will not go far on its fairly tiny battery
Land Rover unveiled the new Range Rover Evoque, which initially comes in conventional and hybrid (48V) versions. In late 2019, also the plug-in hybrid Evoque will hit the market as the third PHEV after the Range Rover PHEV and …read more
Hamburg gets electric buses and parcel deliveries
DPD announced that by the summer of 2019 it will switch to electric vehicles (vans, trucks, bikes and scooters) for its operation in Hamburg, Germany.
Two types of EVs were already revealed – the Volkswagen e-Crafter electric vans and TRIPL electric vehicles. In the case …read more
Must watch interview for those interested in the electric Chevy Camaro eCOPO concept
1320 Video recently caught up with Russ O’Blenes, director of performance parts and motorsports at General Motors. Russ headed up the development of the all electric Chevy Camaro eCOPO concept for GM. So he is able to give …read more
Lithium batteries are not toys.
Rich Benoit of Rich Rebuilds fame had started an awesome new project with his friend, Lee. They had found a sort of princess parade car and decided to convert it to run on battery power. Specifically, Tesla battery power. Nicknamed Daisy, that project has now been …read more
Was it just a play to gain access to tech?
Analysts are saying that the US $2 billion deal to buy a stake in Faraday Future looks like a scheme for China to obtain advanced technology in new energy vehicles.
The trade war between the United States and China is booming. Both …read more
Don’t think of it as a production car.
The Vauxhall GT X Experimental isn’t an electric car anyone can buy. Clearly a concept, one could think of it as a sort of scout. Its mission is to find a way forward as the automotive landscape turns electric. The twinned Anglo-German brand …read more
A lot of thought went into every aspect of this all-electric hypercar
When Rimac Automobili revealed the newest addition to their family, the Rimac C_Two, the automotive world was taken by storm. Everyone who looked at the specifications for this upcoming all-electric hypercar couldn’t stop to be amazed. And now, with …read more
Jaguar I-PACE is truly a drivers car.
The Jaguar I-PACE won the 2018 Professional Driver Car of the Year award from the Professional Driver magazine after more than 100 judges tested over 60 vehicles in two days.
Additionally, the I-PACE won in the Green Car of the Year category too.
According to Professional …read more
The first 15 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro ordered for Berlin.
The Berlin Transport Authority (BVG) placed the largest bus order ever in Germany for 950 Mercedes-Benz Citaro (up to 600 articulated buses and 350 solo buses).
All those buses are diesels, which seems like a missed opportunity, but the company recently ordered 15 all-electric …read more
Almost two-thirds of sales are now all-electric models
Plug-in electric car sales in Germany barely increased in October as many plug-in hybrid models disappeared from the market after the transition from NEDC to WLTP in September.
Total number of new passenger car registrations increased by 6% year-over-year to 5,386 at market share …read more