News from Inside EVs blog.
It’s reversible! Change to electric after 50 years… then back to gas after another 50?
In 2018 Aston Martin announced that it will offer conversions of its classic cars to electric and recently Fully Charged’s Jonny Smith had the opportunity to see the 1970 DB6 Volante mk2 EV.
The car, worth £1.5 …read more
Fruits of hard work appear quickly
Here is one of the latest videos of the Tesla Gigafactory 3 under construction in Shanghai, which shows a little more detail and progress because it was recorded from the air on April 6, 2019.
As we can see, the construction of the main building progresses …read more
It turns out GM is offering discounts following the federal tax credit reduction.
A few weeks we reported that Chevrolet had no plans to reduce MSRP on its Bolt EV despite the halving of the federal EV tax credit. However, the automaker did say it would work with dealers on discounts. …read more
Can the Model 3 do more than one lap at the Nurburgring?
There’s only one way to find out.
Teslas aren’t typically known for the ability to sustain high rates of speed for a long period of time, but the Tesla Model 3 Performance is more suited for this than the Model …read more
XPENG expands EV offering.
Chinese EV startup XPENG Motors will unveil at Auto Shanghai 2019 a new all-electric coupe dubbed P7 (internally code-named E28) that features the startup’s in-house next-generation autonomous driving and intelligent-connected technologies.
According to photos released by the startup, we can see that the P7 adopts a concise front …read more
Carlos Ghosn hints at a conspiracy within Nissan
Carlos Ghosn (former Nissan CEO and leader of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance as well as the man behind the Nissan LEAF) who was arrested on November 19, 2018 and kept in detention in Japan since then (with a short period of being on bail before …read more
The 2020 Soul EV aims for efficiency rather than excitement.
The 2020 Kia Soul EV was unveiled only a few months ago, but the upgraded model is getting close to launch. The South Korean automaker has made several major improvements over the first generation Soul EV. The most obvious is the …read more
The deadline for the Tesla Maxwell merger is fast approaching.
Tesla’s move to acquire Maxwell Technologies is perhaps the smartest thing that the company has done since breaking ground for Gigafactory 1. If successful, the acquisition will give Tesla a near-term competitive edge, keep Tesla relevant for the near future, and …read more
Formula E has had six races this season, and none have disappointed thanks to an ideal format that promotes close racing. But one factor threatens to sour the show unless the FIA clamps down on it.
There was a moment in last Saturday’s Sanya E-Prix where there was a possibility that …read more
Read moreModel 3 is a driver’s car
Since the Tesla Model 3 deliveries went full swing in Europe, AutoTopNL had a chance to test drive the Performance version of the Model 3 with a focus on performance.
The Point Of View (POV) video includes a general overview of the car as well as …read more