Toyota’s first purely battery-electric passenger car model bZ4X has been made available for reservations online. The entry-level version costs from £41,950. Pre-sales are to start in April 2022, with the first deliveries scheduled for early summer 2022. Now, Toyota has also published the homologated WLTP ranges and fuel consumption figures. Toyota stated that the bZ4X, […] More…
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QEV to build electric transporters at former Nissan plant
Spanish company QEV Technologies, which specialises in the development and production of electric vehicles, will move into the former Nissan plant in Barcelona and has unveiled a new brand of electric vehicles that will be produced there from 2023. The QEV brand is called Zeroid and will offer a range of electric vans and electric […] More…
QEV to build electric vans at former Nissan plant
Spanish company QEV Technologies, which specialises in the development and production of electric vehicles, will move into the former Nissan plant in Barcelona and has unveiled a new brand of electric vehicles that will be produced there from 2023. The QEV brand is called Zeroid and will offer a range of electric vans and electric […] More…
NHTSA pushes fines up for carmakers violating fuel economy rules
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration significantly increases the penalties for car manufacturers with fleets that do not stay within emission regulations. For the model years 2019 to 2021, NHTSA nearly tripled the penalty and announced further increases for 2022. Manufacturers whose cars violate national fuel efficiency rules could face hundreds of millions of […] More…
Magna to build battery housings for Ford in Ontario
Magna International has announced establishing a factory in Chatham-Kent in Ontario, Canada. The automotive supplier will build battery housings for the all-electric F-150 Lightning there for customer Ford. The 170,000 square foot (about 15,800 square metres) plant is expected to create up to 150 new jobs, according to Magna. No new plant will be built […] More…
HyPoint says fuel cell aircraft could reach 4x times the range of planes
Hydrogen aviation company HyPoint has agreed on a deal with Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories (GTL), an aerospace engineering firm. HyPoint will integrate GTL’s ultra-light carbon tanks into its aeroplane fuel cell system, and numbers suggest the combination could dramatically increase range. This is because GTL puts the hydrogen storage rotation at 50 per cent – the weight […] More…
CircuBAT to analyze battery supply chains
The CircuBAT research project aims to close the loop between the production, application and recycling of lithium-ion batteries from mobility. To this end, seven Swiss research institutions and 24 companies are jointly looking for optimisation options for more sustainability in all stages of the battery’s life. The aim of the project is to establish a […] More…
Taiwan to ban ICE car & scooter sales as of 2040
Taiwan’s government has set a target that all new passenger cars and scooters will be electric by 2040. The share of new electric cars in Taiwan is to increase to 30 per cent by 2030 and 60 per cent by 2035, while the share of new electric scooters is to increase to 35 per cent […] More…
UK: 50,000 EV chargers to be installed at schools and universities
In the UK, charging infrastructure provider EO Charging and energy service provider eEnergy announce plans to install at least 50,000 charge points for electric vehicles at schools, colleges and universities by 2030. They want to start with 200 units this April, rising to 2,000 by the end of 2022. The push comes on the heels […] More…
Fastned wins next tender for fast-charging along French motorways
Fastned has won another tender for equipping French motorways with fast-charging stations. Following earlier bids, it is the first time Fastned will be working for the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l’Est de la France (Sanef), a French toll road operator. The new contract will see Fastned develop and operate 18 new fast-charging […] More…
Stellantis rumoured to build 4 new EV models in Italy
Four new electric models based on the STLA Medium platform are rumoured to be built at the Stellantis plant in Melfi, Italy, from 2024. Media reports have speculated about specific models, including an Opel. Stellantis has not confirmed the information, but the plans seem concrete. The portal Automotive News refers to requests for quotations to […] More…
De Lijn to buy up to 1,250 electric buses within 6 years
The Board of Directors at De Lijn has agreed to procure up to 1,250 electric buses to take up service in Flanders over the next six years. The new tenders include zero-emission vehicles, from midi-buses over city buses to extra-long double bendy buses and run parallel to another tender issued last year. De Lijn, in […] More…
Canada sets interim emissions reduction targets
The Canadian government has presented its “2030 Emissions Reduction Plan”, which also includes a number of e-mobility investments. The goal announced last year of bringing forward the phase-out of internal combustion engines for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles by five years to 2035 is confirmed and supplemented by interim targets. By 2026, at least […] More…
BMW introduces the i3 eDrive35L for China
BMW has officially unveiled the all-electric 3 Series, which will be launched exclusively in China in May 2022. The model is called BMW i3 eDrive35L and will be manufactured at the BMW Brilliance Automotive plant in Lydia, a district of Shenyang. The electric car has an output of 210 kW and a battery with a […] More…
Three steps forward, two steps back – Tesla raises prices, loses rebates
Tesla’s two most popular EVs are no longer eligible for California’s biggest plug-in rebate. A representative for the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) confirmed to Carsdirect that the Model 3 and Model Y have been excluded from the program after the recent price increases that pushed both EVs above California MSRP caps. The California […] More…
Tesla raises prices, loses rebates
Tesla’s two most popular EVs are no longer eligible for California’s biggest plug-in rebate. A representative for the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) confirmed to Carsdirect that the Model 3 and Model Y have been excluded from the program after the recent price increases that pushed both EVs above California MSRP caps. The California […] More…
Volvo Trucks equips UK dealerships with chargers
Volvo Trucks has partnered with Swarco Smart Charging and Clarke EV to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure at 27 of its wholly-owned dealerships in the UK. The charging infrastructure project is part of a million-pound investment to support the move to an electric courtesy car fleet. While customers’ trucks are being serviced, they will have […] More…
Blue Bird takes order for 30 electric school buses in California
The US bus maker Blue Bird has received an order for 30 electric school buses from Modesto City Schools in California . The order will enable the school district to convert nearly half of its diesel-powered bus fleet to clean energy. The Blue Bird electric buses purchased by Modesto City Schools are called All American […] More…
Carrefour expands charging to all stores
The French retailer Carrefour is expanding the development of charging infrastructure to all of its shops. By 2025, a total of 5,000 publicly accessible charging points are to be put into operation at over 700 Carrefour stores in France. Carrefour already commissioned Allego to install a total of more than 2,000 fast charging points with […] More…
Performance Team orders 110 Volvo VNR Electric
Logistics company Maersk has ordered 110 Volvo VNR Electric trucks from Volvo Trucks in North America. The order complements an earlier order and marks the largest single commercial order for Volvo’s electric trucks to date. The order was placed by a Maersk Group company, Performance Team. The company says that the Class 8 electric trucks […] More…