Autoguidovie, a transport company operating in northern Italy, has reportedly launched a tender for the procurement of 120 battery-electric buses. The buses are scheduled to start service in early 2023 and will be the first electric buses that the company has put into service. Bids will be accepted by Autoguidovie until noon on 27 May […] More…
BP orders a thousand Tritium fast chargers
Australian charging infrastructure manufacturer Tritium has signed a multi-year contract with BP for the supply of DC charging stations and associated services. BP is placing an initial order with Tritium for almost 1,000 fast charging stations for the UK, Australian and New Zealand markets. The charging stations will then be achieved and operated under the […] More…
Penske Truck Leasing orders 750 Ford E-Transit
Ford has received another large order for its E-Transit electric van in the US. Penske Truck Leasing has ordered 750 E-Transits to rent and lease to its customers. The first units of the Ford E-Transit for Penske Truck Leasing are scheduled to be delivered to Southern California in the coming weeks, before the E-Transit is […] More…
Ubitricity charging points for Le Havre Seine
Ubitricity has won a tender from the French municipal association Le Havre Seine for 534 public AC and DC charging points at 172 locations across Normandy. The installation of the first chargers will start in summer, with the rest expected to be in place by the end of 2024. This summer Ubitricity will install 22 […] More…
Tesla Orders Starting April 17 Won’t Include Mobile Connector: Report
According to multiple reports, beginning April 17, people will have to pay extra for the Tesla Mobile Connector. More…
Check Out This Extreme Tesla Model S Widebody Kit Coming To SEMA 2022
It’s the work of a company called Competition Carbon and it completely transforms the look of the Model S. More…
Tesla vehicles can no longer be bought at the end of their lease
With used-car prices skyrocketing, Tesla is no longer allowing customers to buy cars at the end of leases. “All Tesla vehicles delivered on or after April 15, 2022, are not eligible for purchase,” according to new language on the company’s website first spotted by Electrek. “Third-party dealerships and third-party individuals are not eligible to… More…
Mercedes-Benz officially unveils details of upcoming EQS SUV, arriving in US late 2022
Following two years of teasing the public, Mercedes-Benz has finally pulled the entire sheet off its EQS SUV. When it arrives at dealers toward the end of this year, the new model will be the first SUV on Mercedes’ EQ line to arrive in the US. There’s lots to unfold here, so let’s dig in. More…
Watch Kia Soul EV Battery Degradation Test After 7-Years/60k Miles
It’s the first generation of the car, which appears to suffer from substantial range reduction. More…
Volvo Plug-In Car Sales: Almost 50,000 In Q1 2022
The company struggles with semiconductor supply. More…
Tesla Restarts Production At Giga Shanghai, Workers Sleeping At Factory
Tesla is employing a closed-loop system where employees will eat and sleep at Giga Shanghai amid lockdowns. More…
BP Enters Into Multi-Year Contract For DC Fast Chargers With Tritium
Close to 1,000 chargers will be ordered under the framework agreement. More…
China: Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV Notes Close to 100,000 Sales In Q1 2022
Time passes by, while the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV remains the best-selling EV in China. More…
BMW Says Tesla’s Electric Vehicle Dominance Is Over
BMW Group sales boss Pieter Nota believes Tesla had a unique selling point for quite some time, but “that’s over.” More…
Ford has stopped accepting US orders for the Mustang Mach-E
Ford has put an order freeze on all variants of the current model year of its all-electric Mustang Mach-E in the US – due to high demand, according to the manufacturer’s website. As Ford writes in the note on the model website, the current model year is no longer available for retail order. “Limited inventory […] More…
Audi presents large electric concept for China titled ‘Urbansphere’
With the Urbansphere Concept, Audi has presented another concept car for an electric model of the future. The interior in particular is designed for “traffic in the megacities of China” – with the largest and most spacious interior of any Audi to date. According to the Ingolstadt-based company, the focus of the concept was on […] More…
Tesla rumoured to delay volume production in Berlin until 2023
According to a media report, Tesla will only produce around 30,000 vehicles in the new factory in Grünheide by the end of the year. Currently, around 350 Model Ys are coming off the production line in Grünheide each week. Tesla wants to increase production to 1,000 per week by the end of April, as Automobilwoche […] More…
Mercedes EQS to release in three variants
Mercedes has presented the EQS SUV, the first SUV model based on the electric EVA2 platform. There will be three drive variants of the luxury SUV at the market launch – more are likely to follow. Originally, the premiere of the EQS SUV was planned for the Beijing auto show – China is likely to […] More…
VW raises electric vehicle deliveries by 65%
The Volkswagen Group increased its deliveries of fully electric vehicles by 65 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Despite supply bottlenecks for semiconductors and wiring harnesses, 99,100 BEVs were handed over to customers by the end of March. This compares to 60,000 units in […] More…
Audi Urbansphere Concept Debuts As Self-Driving Electric Minivan
The roomiest Audi ever measures 216.9 inches in length and 133.8 inches between the axles but only seats four, so what gives? More…
