Kandi, an important electric vehicle manufacturer in China, is officially entering the US market with two new electric vehicles launched in Texas last week.
Recently a news pop out about an agreement between IDRO (Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran) and AVASS Group of Australia regarding a 100 million Euro investment and transfer of EV technology along with helping Iran with production of EV s. The agreement is kind of as Iran government has always gave EV s and hybrid vehicles a cold shoulder.
The news about rising import tariffs of hybrid cars and commuting ban in low-emission zone (LEZ) was very frustrating. Nowadays, there are some news around producing domestic hybrid and electric cars, which is promising and shows that the statesmen and officials are thinking about environment.
For Polestar, the last few years brought on a drastic change. With their turn to electricity, the company went from painting a target on the back of Mercedes-Benz AMG and BMW M to acquiring completely different high-level targets. With their path to electrification clearly laden, the company sees itself going toe-to-toe with Tesla and the increasingly EV -oriented Porsche.
According to a new report by Energeia (commissioned by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), both federal green banks), electric cars are expected to become more like internal combustion engine cars in terms of range and recharging time by 2024. That would help push the path of fast growth.
Even electric cars have gotten bigger over the years. However, if you want something compact yet still totally practical, there's the Renault Zoe, which now has a more powerful engine.
BMW has become the first manufacturer to offer factory-backed wireless charging for one of its electrified vehicles, launching an inductive charge pad for the 530e iPerformance.
Well, it’s safe to say no one saw this coming. As real as yesterday’s weird Honda Civic Type R Pickup Truck, the Nissan Leaf Open Car is what happens when you take the electric five-door hatchback and chop off its roof along with the rear doors. Why in the world would Nissan do such a thing? To celebrate a pretty important sales milestone at home in Japan where deliveries of the pure electric hatch have reached the nice round number of 100,000.
Kia has whipped the covers off its production Niro EV at the International Electric Vehicle Expo in Korea, ahead of a wider market launch later in the year.
Being seen to be green is important, especially as air quality is such a hot political topic these days. It can make economic sense, too, with alternative fuel vehicles benefiting from incentives to buy, along with exemptions from road taxes, congestion charges and parking fees.
MINI intends to begin production of the all-electric MINI E in late 2019, though it may not necessarily be the first production B EV from Mini, as there are now hints of a second EV .
As one place after another makes moves to ban gasoline-powered vehicles in the next few decades—Norway, the Netherlands, the UK, India, China, California, Paris—it gets harder and harder to deny that the future is electric.
When Porsche Mission E owners first pull up to the fast-charging power pump, they will be reminded that the price of the juice needed by their premium EV was not included in the original invoice.