France’s revamped EV incentives favor European-made EVs and exclude those from China, a list of qualifying vehicles shows. Reuters reported Thursday that 65% of EVs sold in France will still qualify for a rebate of up to 7,000 euros (approximately $7,600) under new rules that went into effect Friday. The list includes the Tesla Model Y… Read more…
Xpeng sees price competition continuing until traditional OEMs can’t profit on ICEs
Xpeng believes that expanding volumes is critical, and will continue to prioritize volumes into 2024, as well as improving profitability through cost reductions. Read more…
Senegal launches 100% electric BRT service in Dakar
Dakar Mobilité has taken delivery of 121 electric buses. The e-buses ordered from Chinese manufacturer CRRC last autumn are destined for a mega project in Senegal to operate an exclusively electric BRT network in the capital. Read more…
Sirius Aviation introduces hydrogen-powered VTOL
Sirius Aviation AG has announced a vertical take-off and landing business aircraft with a hydrogen-electric drive and a range of up to 1,850 kilometres. Read more…
Nissan Ariya completes the Pole to Pole odyssey
We are having quite a start for a week – first Nio’s ET7 achieved a remarkable range thanks to the first semi-solid battery. And now, Chris and Julie Ramsey, the dynamic duo of electric adventures, have successfully navigated their all-electric Nissan Ariya on an epic 30,000 km journey from the Arctic to the South Pole. It’s an audacious feat and… Read more…
IM Motors gets permit to test L3 self-driving vehicles in Shanghai
IM Motors is applying to the Chinese industry regulator for L3 product entry, with its models expected to be among the first to begin L3 self-driving pilots. Read more…
Maryland adopts electric truck quota from 2027
The US state of Maryland has signed up for the Californian ‘Advanced Clean Trucks’ regulation, which requires manufacturers to gradually increase the sales proportion of electric trucks, vans and pickup trucks by 2035. Read more…
Delhi now boast 1,300 electric buses built by Tata
Delhi’s electric bus fleet is growing again. The city government flagged off another 500 electric buses just months after adding another 400 to the fleet. Delhi now boasts 1,300 zero-emission buses and is yet a little off target. Read more…
Renault Trucks to improve ergonomics and efficiency of electric trucks in project DOLPHIN
Renault Trucks has launched research project DOLPHIN with multiple partner labs. They will work towards an “electric laboratory vehicle” to find improvements in aerodynamics and energy efficiency of the entire assembly. Other factors are road safety and onboard comfort. Read more…
Germany cuts the EV purchase premium Umweltbonus with immediate effect
The purchase bonus for electric cars in Germany is history. On Saturday, the Federal Ministry of Economics announced that it would not accept any new applications after 17 December. That was Sunday. Today, the sudden cut was met with critique. Read more…
BREAKING: Nio announces $2.2 billion strategic equity investment from CYVN
CYVN will increase its stake in Nio to about 20 percent with its latest investment, after finishing a roughly $1.1 billion investment in July. Read more…
Nio ET7 real life test sees it cover 1,044 km with the new 150 kWh battery
In a feat of electric vehicle endurance, Nio ET7 sedan equipped with the latest 150 kWh semi-solid battery pack covered an impressive 1,044 km on a single charge. The drive was conducted by none other than Nio’s CEO himself, who was keen to prove that the age of range anxiety is coming to an end. The 150 kWh battery pack… Read more…
Mercedes-Benz gets L3 self-driving test permit in Beijing
Last week BMW said it was licensed to test vehicles with L3 self-driving features in Shanghai. Read more…
EV battery maker Rept makes HK stock market debut with market cap above CALB
Rept’s latest market capitalization of HK$42.4 billion overtook CALB as the highest lithium battery maker listed in Hong Kong. Read more…
DiL system cuts physical testing
Horiba MIRA has opened a driving simulator centre in the UK with driver-in-the-loop technology (writes Nick Flaherty).
The £4 million centre aims to help established car designers, start-up vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers to develop new vehicles. Read more…
Neta, LK Technology to jointly develop ‘world’s largest’ die-casting machine
Neta and LK Technology will jointly develop a die-casting machine in the 20,000-ton class, which is expected to reduce the manufacturing time of vehicle chassis from 1-2 hours to 1-2 minutes. Read more…
Xpeng offers $1,400 limited-time discount on G6
G6 delivered 8,750 units in November, contributing 43.66 percent of Xpeng’s monthly deliveries of 20,041 units. Read more…
Xiaomi CEO has high hopes for 1st EV model with heavy R&D investment
Xiaomi’s EV unit will use proven technology, as well as invest ten times more than the industry, to ensure success, according to Lei Jun. Read more…
Nio finishes 150-kWh battery range challenge with 1,044 km
After 1,044 kilometers of driving, the Nio ET7 has a remaining charge of 3 percent or 36 kilometers of remaining CLTC range. Read more…
The first-ever drive from North to South pole is complete – and it was all-electric
After nearly nine months on the road, an all-electric Nissan Ariya has become the first vehicle ever, gas or electric, to drive all the way from North to South pole, piloted by Chris Ramsey of Plug in Adventures and his wife Julie. Read more…