News aggregator on electric cars and electric vehicles (cars, motorcycles, boats, planes).

News aggregator on electric cars and electric vehicles (cars, motorcycles, boats, planes).

Elon Musk In Tesla Email, This Is Most Intense Delivery Week Ever

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 15:07 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

Hopefully, Tesla can stop these ridiculous quarter-end delivery surges in the near future. More…

Polestar is the latest electric car company to go public

By electrek.co 09/27/2021 - 14:56 08/28/2023 Electrek

Polestar, an all-electric car brand that spun out of Volvo, announced that it is going public through a SPAC More…

US: Tesla Asks New Buyers To Wait For Model Y LR Until April 2022

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 14:51 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

The order backlog exceeds half a year now. More…

Industry Develops 3.75 MW Charging System For EV Trucks

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 14:36 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

The goal is to charge large battery packs in 15-20 minutes. More…

Geely rolls out battery-swapping stations in China

By electrive.com 09/27/2021 - 14:08 09/27/2021 Electrive

The Chinese car company Geely wants to set up 5,000 battery swapping stations for electric cars in China by 2025. The associated service is called E-Energee. E-Energee’s first battery-swapping station went live in Chongqing in September 2020. Since then, the service has been expanded to ten Chinese provinces. Geely says it has the goal of […] More…

Europe: Plug-Ins Outsell Diesel In August 2021 (First Time Ever)

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 14:07 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

The overall market was down, but the plug-in segment expanded 61% year-over-year. More…

China: Plug-In Car Sales Reach New Record In August 2021

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 14:07 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

Almost every fifth new car registered last month was rechargeable. More…

With Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis’ battery venture for Europe more than doubles

By greencarreports.com 09/27/2021 - 14:00 09/27/2021 Greencarreports

Mercedes-Benz announced Friday that it plans to join Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the venture between Stallantis and TotalEnergies, creating “a European battery champion for electric vehicles.” With the new stakeholder, ACC will aim for a 120-gigawatt-hour annual capacity, more than doubling the previous target, and boosting the… More…

Karsan expands electric bus lineup with solo and articulated buses

By electrive.com 09/27/2021 - 13:42 09/27/2021 Electrive

The Turkish bus builder Karsan has presented its new electric bus family e-ATA, which is offered in lengths of ten, twelve and 18 metres. Production has already started. There is also a first order for a total of 66 units of the new buses from Romania. The e-ATA models complement the company’s existing electric minibuses. […] More…

Serial version of the UrbanRebel to release in 2025

By electrive.com 09/27/2021 - 13:36 09/27/2021 Electrive

The production version of the ‘UrbanRebel Concept’ by the Seat brand Cupra, planned for 2025, is to cost around 25,000 euros, which is around 5,000 euros more expensive than the VW offshoot of the planned electric small car family. With the ‘UrbanRebel Concept’, Cupra had shown its own idea of a sporty electric small car. […] More…

VW And Art Students Imagine Future Long-Distance Mobility Concepts

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 13:26 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

The students who created these design sketches were awarded scholarship funds by Volkswagen Group of America. More…

VinFast is coming to Europe in 2022

By electrive.com 09/27/2021 - 13:15 09/27/2021 Electrive

The Vietnamese car manufacturer VinFast gives more details about its European strategy. According to this, the company’s first two electric cars, the VF e35 and the VF e36, are to make their market debut in three European countries in 2022. VinFast currently develops and manufactures exclusively electric scooters and electric buses in its own production […] More…

Polestar closing in on SPAC merger for IPO

By electrive.com 09/27/2021 - 12:38 09/27/2021 Electrive

Polestar is apparently close to completing the proposed SPAC merger with investment firm Gores Guggenheim that was first leaked in July. The official announcement could be made in the course of today, Monday. Reuters news agency, citing sources familiar with the planned US IPO, reports that the merger with Gores Guggenheim could give the proposed […] More…

Elon Musk: ‘This will be Tesla’s (TSLA) most intense delivery week ever’

By electrek.co 09/27/2021 - 11:59 08/28/2023 Electrek

Elon Musk said that this week will be Tesla’s (TSLA) “most intense delivery week ever” in a new email to employees More…

Op-Ed: Opel Mokka E Looks And Drives Great, Lacks Je Ne Sais Quoi

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 11:51 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

It’s a pleasant and competent vehicle, but it won’t really make you covet one. More…

Nissan’s New Townstar Electric Van Is A Rebadged Renault Kangoo

By insideevs.com 09/27/2021 - 11:20 08/29/2023 Insideevs (en)

As with the Kangoo E-Tech Electric, the Townstar EV features a 44 kWh battery; the projected range is 285 km (177 miles). More…

Nissan presents the e-NV200 successor ‘Townstar’

By electrive.com 09/27/2021 - 11:19 09/27/2021 Electrive

Nissan presented first details on the successor of its small van NV200 and its electric variant e-NV200. The new model is called Nissan Townstar and also gets a purely electric offshoot. It is based on the CMF-C platform developed together with alliance partner Renault. The Townstar will go on sale as a commercial vehicle and […] More…

German city to raise parking fees for EVs

By electrive.com 09/27/2021 - 11:01 09/27/2021 Electrive

In Tübingen, parking fees for residents will be significantly increased. Particularly heavy cars such as SUVs are being targeted, however, the fee increase will also affect the comparatively cleaner electric vehicles as well due to their comparatively high weight. The way the new regulation works is that owners of heavy combustion vehicles weighing more than […] More…