FAW-VW JV opens new Tianjin factory

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Volkswagen and their Chinese partner FAW have opened a new factory in Tianjin. The factory will serve to support their SUV offensive in China. It will serve as a production facility for Volkswagen and Audi SUVs, including PHEV variants. The daily production capacity is set at 1,200 units, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 […]

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Curtiss Motorcycles Unveils “V8” Electric Zeus

A modern-day V8 will all of the power and none of the gas Curtiss Motorcycles is a fascinating beast. The company originally named Confederate Motorcycles recently changed its branding and adopted “Curtiss”, a name rich with history. The company has also announced that it will be dropping gasoline engines to focus its energy on electric bikes. […]

Sono Motors aims for 200,000 Sion units

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The plans of the Munich-based startup are apparently more ambitious than originally anticipated. Through a contract manufacturer, they intend to produce a total of 200,000 units of the solar electric car Sion. The announcement was made by Sono’s COO Thomas Hausch, who added that the production plans were on schedule for the market launch at […]

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Sila Nanotechnologies Raises $70 Million To Scale Next-Gen Batteries

Sila Nanotechnologies secured financing to scale the next-generation of battery materials Sila Nanotechnologies, the company that develops silicon-dominant anode materials that replaces conventional graphite electrodes (recently also in partnership with BMW), raised $70 million in Series D funding. The latest investment round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Among new investors is the Next47, the […]

Grab To Add 200 Electric Cars In Singapore

Grab purchases 200 EVs and partners with SP Group charging operator in Singapore Singapore-based Grab, a provider of on-demand transportation and a mobile payments platform intends to add 200 electric cars with DC-fast charging capability to its fleet. The first model is the Hyundai IONIQ Electric, although it’s not said that it will be the […]

Pininfarina Confirms Electric Hypercar Launch For 2020

Given the Italian coachbuilder’s past, the hypercar should be a beauty. Pininfarina is generally more famous for its gorgeous designs rather than creating its own vehicles from the ground up, but under the ownership of Mahindra & Mahindra, the Italian coachbuilder looks to become an EV-focused automaker. An electric hypercar arriving in 2020 could be the firm’s first […]

Nissan Teams With Kohnan Shoji To Expand Japan Car-Sharing Service

Nissan is expanding its e-share mobi car-sharing service in Japan, which was launched in January 2018 with the new LEAF and Note e-POWER. The service started in January with 30 stations and is gradually being expanded. Through a new partnership with retailer Kohnan Shoji, Nissan will add 100 new e-share mobi locations by the end […]