VW Group Faces Large Cadmium Recall Tied To Electric Car Charger

The recall might envelop nearly as many as 124,000 electric and hybrid cars from VW, Audi, and Porsche The report about the possible recall was first published by German a magazine Wirtschaftswoche, and later confirmed by the company itself. Volkswagen stated that they are currently in discussions with Kraftfahrtbundesamt (KBA), the German road authority, over the potential recall arising […]

Check Out This Audi With A Tesla Powertrain

Using Tesla guts seems to be the preferred method for conversion these days. Audi hasn’t yet released an all-electric car (we’re not counting the limited R8 e-tron here), but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some techies out there who haven’t converted Audis to electric on their own… Here is the project of converting an Audi S5 to […]

Audi E-Tron Spied Testing In Colorado

The road to reality runs through Colorado. The all-electric crossover from Audi, the E-Tron, is decidedly on its way to showrooms. Sure, we had hoped to see it begin shipping in 2018 as had been promised when the concept was revealed at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, but with U.S. reservations kicking off this September, we suppose that’s […]

Audi PB 18 E-Tron Concept To Preview Next-Gen R8 E-Tron?

We want to believe. Rarer than a Bugatti Chiron, the R8 E-Tron is one of the most exclusive cars ever made by Audi, but this wasn’t intentional. The original fully electric supercar based on the first-gen R8 never actually saw the light of production day while its successor was axed after being on the market […]

July 2018 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card

July was a new breakout month for U.S. electric car sales. July marks the 34th month of consecutive year-over-year monthly sales gains for plug-in vehicles. Every month InsideEVs tracks all the plug-in EV sales/deliveries for the United States by automaker and brand. To say that 2018 has been an interesting year would be a massive understatement. January came and put a bit […]

Poisonous cadmium found in VW’s EV charging plugs

After the suspicion became public that poisonous components were potentially being used in EVs, the investigation has yielded first findings: A supplier delivered charging components infected with cadmium to VW, Audi and Porsche. The chargers were installed over the past six years, affecting the majority of both battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles by VW, Audi […]

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July 2018 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales: What To Expect?

Will July 2018 be the new breakout month for U.S. electric car sales? July will mark the 34th month of consecutive year-over-year monthly sales gains for plug-in vehicles. Every month InsideEVs tracks all the plug-in EV sales/deliveries for the United States by automaker and brand. To say that 2018 has been an interesting year would be a massive understatement. January came and […]

Green Motorsports: Formula E Electric Car Racing Series Closes Season 4

The Saturday and Sunday Formula E finale doubleheader race crowned a new drivers’ champion after Saturday’s race and awarded the Teams’ Championship on Sunday.

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Green Motorsports: Formula E Electric Car Racing Series Closes Season 4

Season 4 of the FIA Formula E Championship came to an end with a doubleheader race last week on Brooklyn, New York’s waterfront, crowning a new drivers’ champion after Saturday’s race and awarded the Teams’ Championship on Sunday.

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