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Seat coming to China with VW gearing up for growth

July 10, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen’s Spanish subsidiary Seat will enter China by hooking onto the JAC Volkswagen joint venture. Together the three plan to establish a R&D centre for electric vehicles. Development is to culminate in a dedicated electric car platform for China and beyond in 2021. The new MoU signed by Seat, JAC and Volkswagen specifies a R&D […]

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Breaking: Tesla signs Gigafactory deal in Shanghai

July 10, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Elon Musk has been busy in Shanghai today as he inked the deal with the city to build a new battery production facility. The construction of Gigafactory 3 is to “begin in the near future,” says Tesla so that they may start production of both electric cars and batteries two years from now. Tesla’s China […]

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BMW & Brilliance expanding China venture BBA

July 10, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

BMW and its partner in China, Brilliance, agreed to expand their BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture. BBA aims to increase capacity at both local facilities in order to produce 520,000 BMW a year from 2019. Moreover, the BMW iX3 may hit markets outside the People’s Republic. BMW and Brilliance signed their agreement early this […]

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Polestar appoints Gregor Hembrough to lead in the USA

July 9, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volvo’s all-electric performance brand Polestar is driving their global expansion. A new subsidiary in the States has found a new leader. Gregor Hembrough is to lead Polestar Automotive USA Inc. building on 25 years of experience in the automotive industry. Gregor Hembrough is moving to Polestar from Volvo Cars North America. His task is to […]

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Electric car sales rising again in France

July 9, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

After sales were off to a slow start earlier this year, June has been a strong month for electric car sales in France. Particularly the commercial vehicle segment is growing and so is the number of sales of plug-in hybrid cars, according to Avere. Overall, plug-in car sales have risen to now account for 18,000 […]

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Siemens to exit electric motor JV with Valeo

July 9, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

In future Valeo will be solely responsible for all business of the Valeo Siemens eAutomotive joint venture that they had founded together with Siemens back in 2016. Valeo’s main man in Germany, Derrick Zechmair, confirmed an end to the JV that had been in-built from the start. Already when Siemens formed the 50:50 joint venture with Valeo […]

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Elon Musk: “Norwegians are right to be upset with Tesla.”

July 8, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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In Norway, where once Tesla was first to satisfy a stirring hunger for electric cars, Norwegians now complain about delays and slow service. Elon Musk has admitted problems but points to Norway’s regulation as being responsible. The issue may run deeper though. It is not the EV incentive policy the Tesla CEO has trouble with. […]

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Women most likely to buy electric cars – if asked right

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Women make smarter choices a new study suggests. Researchers looked at how perceptions and attitudes towards electric vehicles differ by gender and other variables in Scandinavia and found that highly educated women would make an ideal target group for EVs. Yet they are largely overseen. Researchers at the University of Sussex and Aarhus University in […]

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Seat teaming up with Rimac for CUPRA e-Racer

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Since Seat decided to get into electrification of their performance segment, they found a powerful partner. Croatia’s super car maker Rimac Automobili will drive the technology behind the Cupra e-Racer in order to “introduce a whole new E TCR category,” says CEO Mate Rimac. Rimac Automobili is taking this responsibility seriously. After all, they see […]

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Electric beige cabs by LEVC kicking-off in Germany

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

A bit of Britain has come to Germany today as LEVC launches their range extended cab in the country. The TX will cost just short of 60,000 euros and LEVC chairman Carl-Peter Forster believes the taxi will soon make it on “many significant markets” worldwide. In Germany, LEVC found a first client in a north […]

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