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Porsche is gearing up to enter Formula E.
The German automaker will begin its Formula E racing next season.
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Following the successful roll-out of the Porsche Formula E car at the test facility in Weissach at the start of March, the project is now taking its next step, testing at the …read more
New Zealand approaching 2% market share for plug-ins
The volume of plug-in electric car sales in New Zealand is rather low, but the proportion to ICE is growing noticeably. After March, market share of new sales increased to 1.8%, compared to 1.4% for the year 2018.
EV Sales Blog reports 149 sales …read more
…and it’s dirty!
The Honda CR electric prototype is seen in action for the first time in this maddeningly brief video posted to YouTube.
This seems to be a “demonstration run” of Honda’s prototype electric dirtbike. Our sources tell us the rider is Kazumasa Masuda. The video description says “The electric motocrosser …read more
Volkswagen will give its I.D. R electric prototype a Formula 1-style Drag Reduction System for its electric lap record attempt at the Nurburgring Nordschleife this summer.
VW announced its intention in January to challenge the benchmark set by Peter Dumbreck and the NIO EP9 electric supercar, off the back of Romain …read more
Read moreThe road that would power the car… sounds too good to be true
The Smart Road Gotland consortium won the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket)’s tender for demonstration road system with dynamic wireless power transfer on the island of Gotland.
The project includes retrofitting of 1.6 km (1 mile) out of 4.1 km …read more
In terms of BEV, sales China is second to none
The Chinese plug-in electric market, and all-electric in particular, gradually expanded to a level that is now totally out of reach for the U.S. and Europe, even if we combine the two. In fact, China can now overcome the entire world …read more
With EZ-FLEX, Renault tries to imagine the future of urban delivery
Renault will present at the upcoming VIVA Technology fair (from 16 to 18 May 2019) at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (France) its all new electric delivery van Renault EZ-FLEX.
It’s designed for the last-mile urban deliveries (50 km per day …read more
AESC to increase production capacity from 7.5 GWh to 27.5 GWh annually
Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), Nissan‘s subsidiary recently sold* to Envision Group, is going to more than triple its lithium-ion cell manufacturing capacity.
* according to Bloomberg, Nissan still holds about 20% stake in AESC.
Under the new Chinese owner, AESC …read more
During the past 12 months, Jaguar delivered over 11,000 I-PACE
Jaguar I-PACE sales reported by the manufacturer increased in March to a near-record level of 2,044, which turns out to be 8.4% of total volume for the brand globally.
Hopefully, the output will continue to increase or at least stay above 2,000 …read more
Alternatively-fuelled vehicles are doing well on the second-hand market.
These days more than 70 percent of used car buyers are considering an electric car when it comes to their next purchase.
Battery-powered vehicles are so popular these days in fact that the Nissan Leaf – the best selling electric car in the …read more