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Nissan Sylphy electric car available to order in China

June 28, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Nissan’s Sylphy Zero Emission is now available to order in China. First presented in Beijing this Spring, the EV Nissan built with Dongfeng owes much to the Leaf but is longer and has a range of 338 km. Prices start at 22,000 euros after incentives. Buyers can order the Sylphy Zero Emission through Nissan joint […]

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Renault enables termination of battery lease

June 27, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Renault electric vehicle owners holding a lease for the battery of their Zoe or even Twizy may now end their contract and buy (or resell) the power pack instead. The move follows the option to buy batteries of Renault EVs that had been open for new owners and now applies retroactively. For years buyers of […]

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Tesla Model 3 becomes cheaper & available faster

June 27, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla updated the Model 3 configurator, revealing new options and price changes as well as adapted delivery times. The biggest change is the price for the Model 3 with dual motor and the performance version that now cost less. Tesla added several option and made changes to the Model 3 design studio, essentially making the […]

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Eaton launches eMobility business unit

June 27, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Power management company Eaton creates a new business division called eMobility to to develop high-voltage technologies for hybrid and electric vehicles. Solutions will include supercaps, converters or transmissions for heavy-duty EVs and Eaton earmarked 500 million dollars to spend over the next 5 years. Eaton bases their decision on a global vehicle electrification market they […]

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Belectric lends life to thousands of electric car batteries

June 26, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Belectric says it has commissioned three large projects in the UK and Germany based on thousands of electric car batteries, both used and new. The batteries from different manufacturers have a total capacity of 40 MWh and are providing frequency response services to grids in Europe. Belectric is a PV and battery storage specialist and […]

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Evergrande Health buys 45% of EV maker Faraday Future

June 26, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Faraday has found yet a new future as Hong Kong’s Evergrande Health Industry Group acquires a 45 percent share in the EV startup for $1.2BN. Evergrande will buy the stake off Season Smart, that had promised to invest 2BN dollars into FF. The 2 billion dollar deal still stands, only now it will be on […]

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JLR increases spending to offer electric cars across board

June 26, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Jaguar Land Rover is increasing investment by about a quarter in order to offer electrified versions of its entire model range. By 2025, the British brand plans to include hybrid and electric versions for every car, although the EV variant will depend on demand. For the recent raise in spending, Bloomberg quotes from a presentation […]

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Audi cancels e-tron world premiere

June 26, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Audi has cancelled the premiere of its first electric car, the e-tron quattro set on August 30 and 31 in Brussels, claiming “organisational issues” which are namely Rupert Stadler, Audi’s CEO who had been arrested last week. The delay will not affect the on sale date though according to our sources. Reports first came in […]

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Nissan to spread the Note e-Power across SEA

June 25, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Nissan want to extend the reach of their e-Power technology as used in the Note beyond Japan. First markets to benefit from the unusual hybrid are countries in south east Asia such as Thailand and others with weak charging infrastructure. Once they launch in Thailand, it would be the first time Nissan applies the e-Power […]

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JLR to set up battery assembly or else face bottlenecks

June 25, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Jaguar Land Rover will not (yet) produce battery cells but plans to set up their own battery assembly. CEO Ralf Speth told Manager Magazin that a looming shortage of batteries could hit deliveries of the I-Pace otherwise. In the interview that was published in the print edition of Manager Magazin, CEO Speth said: “We want […]

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