News from Inside EVs blog.
Battery pack and electric motor production secured.
In about a year, around November 2019, BMW Group will launch an all-new electric car based on the MINI Electric Concept, which will be assembled in Oxford, South England.
The battery packs and traction motors will be supplied from Dingolfing and neighboring Landshut plants in …read more
They will tax us one way or another.
As electric cars in the UK gain popularity, so returns the topic of how to finance the maintenance of roads.
Currently, most funds come from fuel duty (£28.3 billion expected this financial year in the UK), but all-electric cars are not using fuel (plug-in …read more
95% of valuable battery materials can be recycled
Audi, in partnership with Umicore, develops closed-loop battery recycling, which means that valuable battery materials will be recycled for use in the same application in a new battery pack.
The research in small-scale was done using batteries from the A3 e-tron plug-in hybrids and …read more
Total feels it’s time to prepare for changes.
Total Gas & Power has entered into a partnership with ChargePoint to expand its gas and electricity to charging stations in the UK as forecasts say that the mass adoption of electric mobility is coming.
According to the press release, it’s a reseller partnership, …read more
New Tesla Roadster toy warranty is “guaranteed for life”
Hot Wheels launched an updated version of their ’08 Tesla Roadster miniature toy. This newest version is based off Elon Musk’s personal Roadster that was launched into space earlier this year by SpaceX. Adhered to the Roadster’s dashboard was the original 1:64 …read more
Performance Upgrade is now standard equipment.
The fully equipped Tesla Model 3 Performance becomes $5,000 cheaper as Tesla included the $5,000 Performance Upgrade package as standard equipment in its top-of-the-line version.
The base price still starts at $64,000, but that’s a far more attractive price than the $69,000 previously after selecting the …read more
Navigate on Autopilot has arrived.
Tesla officially launched its latest and most advanced Autopilot feature – Navigate on Autopilot – for customers in the U.S. (who use Tesla cars with Enhanced Autopilot or Full Self-Driving Capability packages). Other countries are to follow.
Navigate On Autopilot is defined as an active guidance feature …read more
BMW 330e to get electric range increased by a third.
BMW unveiled at the 2018 Paris Motor Show its all-new 3 Series Sedan (ICE), which will hit the market on March 9, 2019. At first, there will be available only conventional versions (320i, 330i, 318d, 320d, 320xDrive and 330d), but the …read more
Uniti One – “Designed in Sweden, built for the world”
New company – Uniti Sweden AB – is developing an all-new electric two-seater Uniti One, which reminds us a little of the Commuter Cars – Tango EV from the past (Wiki).
The Uniti One is envisioned as an affordable city EV, priced …read more
Dendrobium, unlike Dyson, prefers the UK over Singapore.
Dendrobium Automotive Limited announced that in contrast to Dyson, which intends to produce electric cars from 2021 in Singapore, it is fully committed to producing the Dendrobium D-1 electric hypercar in UK.
It’s interesting especially since Dendrobium’s roots are in Singapore, where the project …read more