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EV bus sales doubled in 2017 and will double again in 2018
According to Transport & Environment, the number of orders for electric buses in Europe more than doubled from roughly 400 in 2016 to 1,031 in 2017.
As the EV orders stand for 9% of total volume, we can fairly note …read more
It’s a shocking development!
The October Revolution, smashing the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front during the Great Patriotic War, the launch of Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova orbiting the Earth—all monumental events not just in Russian history, but it world history. Now, once again, the Russians stride boldly on to …read more
Read moreBYD increased plug-in electric car sales every month since June 2018
In October 2018, sales of plug-in electric cars by BYD amounted in China to 26,066, which is a new record (over 1,000 more than in September) at an annual growth rate of 121%!
BYD managed to set five straight records for …read more
TESLA’S NEW BOARD CHAIR, ROBYN DENHOLM, SAYS THAT ‘CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICT’ IS IMPORTANT
Questions arose when Tesla announced its new board chair Robyn Denholm. How might the seasoned executive interface with Tesla’s hard-charging CEO Elon Musk? Richard Walters (via Financial Times) reports that “Ms Denholm has always described herself as direct — …read more
This is the electric method of “get them while they’re young.”
A pint-sized electric dirt bike joins the FreeRide E-XC in KTM‘s fleet as the SX-E 5 was introduced at EICMA. It joins the Husqvarna EE5 as a quiet electric option for young riders.
Read moreRange numbers are a good way to compare EVs. But are they real?
When electric cars were introduced eight years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency introduced a new term: miles per gallon equivalent. Applying a term related to gallons of liquid fuel for EV efficiency was immediately criticized for being …read more
Currently Japanese, Korean and Chinese firms dominate battery production
According to Reuters, Germany has earmarked $1 billion euros ($1.2 billion USD) to jump start local production of electric car battery cells. The effort is intended to reduce the reliance of German automakers on Asian battery suppliers.
This investment would help grow a …read more
Miles in, more miles out!
Most electric vehicles have a special superpower. Pull them down the road using another vehicle — rolling down a steep incline has a similar effect — and the regenerative braking function can actually put power back into the battery. Turns out, the Tesla Model 3 is …read more
Subaru’s first plug-in almost goes the distance.
Way back in May of this year, Subaru officially announced its first plug-in hybrid model – the 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid – that should enter the U.S. market near the end of 2018.
No more car swaps with Gen 2.
For the last time ever, we step into the first generation Formula E car for the final car swap for the old before the next phase of evolution for Formula E.