Chinese EV firm Nio is considering a line of smartphones in response to demand from tech-savvy customers, CEO William Li said in an interview with China-based news service Sina published Friday. Customers want a phone that connects better to Nio’s vehicles, Li said. He indicated that a Nio phone wouldn’t be about making money or competing directly… More…
Hertz announces it is ordering up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Polestar
Fresh off its order of 100,000 Tesla vehicles, Hertz announces that it is growing its EV fleet with a new order of up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Polestar. More…
German-Made Tesla Model Y Compared To China-Made Model Y
Is it easy to spot the differences? Which is better? More…
Uber expands EV options to the whole of London
Uber has announced that its passengers can now request an EV from anywhere in London, as its fully electric ride-hail option, Uber Green, has been expanded from Zone 1 to the whole of London. Since its EV-only option called Uber Green first launched in 2021, the company has tripled the number of EVs available on […] More…
All-electric bus services to start in Senegal
Infrastructure investor Meridiam is implementing a large bus project in Africa with its partners Keolis and Fonsis. The concession contract now signed provides for a total investment of more than 135 million euros for the operation and maintenance of an exclusively electric bus public transport network in Senegal’s capital Dakar. The concession runs for a […] More…
Meridiam, Keolis & Fonsis to start all-electric bus services in Senegal
Infrastructure investor Meridiam is implementing a large bus project in Africa with its partners Keolis and Fonsis. The concession contract now signed provides for a total investment of more than 135 million euros for the operation and maintenance of an exclusively electric bus public transport network in Senegal’s capital Dakar. The concession runs for a […] More…
US: Nissan LEAF Sales Cruise Above 4,000 In Q1 2022
Over 170,000 LEAFs were sold in the country so far. More…
Unknown All-Electric Volkswagen Crossover Spied Posing As A Tiguan
It looks like the current Tiguan, but if you look more closely, you will notice the different proportions. More…
Italy’s BEV Market Down In February 2022: Waiting For New Incentives
The Italian government has been discussing new incentives ever since the previous package expired and the market began to deteriorate. More…
Klaus Zellmer to take over as chairman at Skoda
Klaus Zellmer will become the new Chairman of the Board of Skoda Auto on 1 July 2022. The VW brand’s board member for marketing and sales succeeds Thomas Schäfer, who will take over as chairman of the board of the Volkswagen brand on 1 July. It was already clear that Schäfer would be moving from […] More…
To support EV battery production, Biden turns to Defense Production Act
As part of a series of actions being taken to address gas prices and energy affordability, the Biden administration last week turned to a wartime tool to help ramp up the availability of critical materials needed for electric vehicles, sooner. According to a White House release, the Defense Production Act will be authorized to support lithium… More…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk buys near 10% stake in Twitter
A new SEC filing revealed that Elon Musk, better known as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, invested almost $3 billion in Twitter and now owns almost 10% of the social media platform. More…
Norway registered 13,983 new BEVs in March
A total of 13,983 new electric passenger cars were registered in March in Norway. This corresponds to a market share of 86.1 per cent of all new passenger car registrations in the month. In addition, there were 947 new plug-in hybrids. In terms of models, Tesla dominated in March. After a weaker start to the […] More…
BYD quits the combustion engine
BYD has announced they will only produce electric cars and plug-in hybrids from now on. Without much notice, the Chinese manufacturer has discontinued the production of petrol cars: The last pure combustion engine apparently rolled off the production line in February. BYD announced that it had stopped the production of fuel vehicles “in line with […] More…
Tesla (TSLA) is up on record deliveries despite Giga Shanghai extending its shutdown
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is up in pre-market trading on Monday after releasing new record delivery numbers this weekend, despite investors learning that Gigafactory Shanghai is unable to restart production today. More…
Tesla achieves delivery record in Q1 of 2022
Tesla delivered 310,048 electric cars in the first three months of the year, more than in any previous quarter. Production fell minimally from the fourth quarter of 2021 to 305,407 vehicles. But the second quarter is starting off with difficulties. Let’s first look at the figures for the first quarter: of the 310,048 deliveries, 295,324 […] More…
Take a look at UPS’s cute little electric delivery vans powered by an electric bike motor
UPS is testing out a new tiny electric delivery van, though calling it a “van” is a bit of a stretch. Technically considered a quadricycle, it’s basically a highly efficient van-shaped four-wheeled electric bike that can make urban deliveries in crowded areas. More…
XPeng More Than Tripled EV Sales In March 2022
The latest results are not far from all-time records. More…
US: Toyota Plug-In Cars Sales Down 20% In Q1, 200k Limit Almost Reached
The plug-in hybrid Toyota RAV4 Prime sales nearly doubled year-over-year. More…
US: Porsche Taycan Sales Remained Stable In Q1 2022
The brand noted a significant year-over-year decrease in its total sales volume though. More…
