At Nissan’s Oppama plant near Tokyo, there are more than 700 automated guided vehicles, or AGVs, which deliver parts to workers in a car factory. Nissan, along with 4R Energy, is now repurposing used EV batteries, which no longer have enough capacity to provide sufficient EV range, to power its AGVs. The first-generation LEAF was… Read more »
GM to build electric Silverado pickup at Factory Zero in Detroit
Chevrolet’s upcoming Silverado electric pickup truck will be built at the company’s Factory Zero assembly plant (the former Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center, now retooled for the exclusive production of battery-electric vehicles). GM plans to deliver more than 1 million electric vehicles globally by 2025. Thanks to its new Ultium Platform, along with modern virtual development tools… Read more »
Porsche And Shell To Partner On Fast Charging In Southeast Asia
Ultra-fast chargers coming to Malaysia’s North-South highway.
Tesla Making Pre-Fabricated Superchargers To Speed Up Install
Tesla is building entire Supercharger setups on concrete slabs for ease of installation.
Mercedes-Benz Cars sold 59,000 EVs in Q1 2021
Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Cars sold around 59,000 electrified cars worldwide in Q1/2021, including more than 16,000 fully electric passenger cars. This corresponded to a share of around ten per cent of total sales; in Europe, the share of electric cars and plug-in hybrids in sales even exceeded 25 per cent. Mercedes-Benz Cars expects the share […]
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Porsche and Shell to establish ultra-fast EV Charging network in Southeast Asia
Porsche Asia Pacific and Shell announced they will implement Southeast Asia’s first cross-border ultra-fast EV charging network. The network comprises 12 charge points at six Shell stations strategically located along Malaysia’s North-South highway. It…
Here’s what the Hummer EV tells us about the Chevy Silverado EV
It’s a pretty safe bet that the fully electric Chevrolet Silverado that was confirmed on Tuesday—due by the middle of 2023, with a range of more than 400 miles—will look like a Silverado. The Silverado is GM’s longtime bestselli…
Tesla says its cabin camera is not active in its China-built cars
Tesla has released a new statement concerning recent developments of security concerns with its China-built cars. Recently, Tesla’s all-electric vehicles underwent a security review from Chinese officials, who were concerned that the cameras on and inside of the vehicle could be used to transmit sensitive government information to the U.S. as relations between the two […]
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See Cupra Born Winter Testing Near The Arctic Circle
The world premiere is scheduled for May.
Tesla Model 3 Poised To Dominate US Used EV Market
The Model 3 has proven itself as the best-selling EV across the globe. Now, we get to watch it tackle the used car market.
