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Two weeks of training and you become a High Voltage Expert
Electrification brings huge changes to dealerships as electric car service differs from combustion engine cars. One of the main new topics that needs to be addressed is the high voltage system.
In the UK, Volkswagen recently trained 30 new High Voltage …read more
Tesla solar panels become more affordable
Tesla Energy division decided to decrease prices of its conventional solar panels, produced at the Tesla Gigafactory 2 with Panasonic.
According to news, prices will be $3,000-$5,000 lower for average residential installations, which translate to about 10-15% of overall cost. In the case of bigger installations, …read more
A bird’s eye view as this Tesla Model 3 Performance with Track Mode tears up some tires.
Tesla lover, hardcore YouTuber, and amateur racing guru Erik Strait (DAErik) is at it again. Erik produces informational videos to help Tesla owners, builds his own Tesla-related appliances, runs a Tesla inventory site, and …read more
New BMW 330e iPerformance to get a 12 kWh battery.
BMW revealed a few more details about the upcoming 330e iPerformance, scheduled for launch in summer 2019.
The new generation will get a 12 kWh battery (57% more than the previous 7.6 kWh) so the all-electric range is expected to double to …read more
Denmark’s capital will get 27 BYD buses next year.
BYD, the biggest player in the electric bus segment in Europe, received this year its first order from Denmark, which becomes the second new country for BYD after Portugal.
The Danish bus company Anchersen ordered 27 electric buses for its fleet in Copenhagen …read more
Probably not coming to U.S.
The Audi e-tron SUV just made its official debut in September and the automaker will follow that shortly with the reveal of its e-tron GT sedan at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show. With a pipeline product promising 12 all-electric vehicles by 2025, it’s probably no …read more
Manufacturers need to comply with quotas in 2019.
China has skipped its 8% New Energy Vehicle (NEV) credits quotas, but in 2019 and 2020 it will require all manufacturers that produce and sell more than 30,000 cars annually to get respectively 10% and 12% in New Energy Vehicle credits.
The new requirements …read more
You have to consider all of an EV’s long-term ownership costs to determine which is the best deal.
There’s a distinct difference between what it costs to purchase a given vehicle and what you’ll actually pay to own it over time. Electric vehicles are no exception. To determine which would be …read more
Read moreWill accept orders from every state
Early reviews of the Hyundai Kona Electric have been quite positive and we expect there is quite a bit of pent-up demand out there for an all-electric crossover that marries over 250 miles of range with a reasonable price tag. With the initial U.S. sales …read more
While we can’t yet divulge details about Rivian’s upcoming vehicles, to say they’re incredible would be an understatement.
*Check out Rivian’s new video entitled “The Electric Adventure Begins” above.
Aside from Rivian’s upcoming products, what impressed us the most was the size, beauty, level of organization, and overall reality of the Rivian …read more