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First images of BYD’s Han available

January 16, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

BYD has released the first pictures of its new sedan Han, which will be offered as both BEV and PHEV and will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April. The market launch is scheduled for June. The purely electric version will be offered with either one or two engines, while the plug-in hybrid version […]

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Hyundai & Kia invest in Arrival

January 16, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Hyundai and Kia are investing 100 million euros in the British electric vehicle developer Arrival. The Korean manufacturers want to use Arrival’s platform to develop electric commercial vehicles for various applications such as logistics or ride hailing and shuttle service companies. The investment comes at an opportune time, as Arrival is getting ready to release […]

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Hybrid XCeed and Ceed now available in UK

January 15, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Kia UK opened the order books for the plug-in hybrid versions of the XCeed and Ceed Sportswagon. The XCeed PHEV will start from £30,695, the Ceed Sportswagon PHEV from £29,995 and deliveries are scheduled to start in April. After Kia presented the two vehicles in September last year, this is the first news regarding the […]

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Toyota will begin manufacturing 2nd-gen Mirai in autumn

January 15, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Toyota names new key points for the market launch of the second generation of its Mirai fuel cell model. Accordingly, production of the second model generation will start in Japan this autumn. According to Toyota, the company has sold more than 10,000 units of the first Mirai generation. Its successor, which was presented last autumn, […]

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Kia announces plans for 11 BEVs by 2025

January 15, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

As part of its now presented Plan S strategy, Kia has announced eleven all-electric models up to the year 2025. By then, 25 percent of sales will be accounted for by “environmentally friendly vehicles”. The first fully electric model is to be launched in 2021. As part of this “medium to long-term strategy”, Kia intends […]

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Lightyear wants to build affordable EVs

January 14, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Lightyear, the Dutch start-up company that emerged from the solar team at the TU Eindhoven, is planning a more affordable version of its long-distance solar car Lightyear One, for which a prize of 149,000 euros has been called. The upcoming models are planned to only cost a third of the One. Lightyear now announces that […]

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Tesla distances from German battery production

January 14, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Tesla apparently does not plan to manufacture lithium-ion cells in Grünheide in the first construction phase. This could be due to the tight schedule. Meanwhile, the Tesla Model Y has received certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in the USA. Little by little, more and more details about the planned Tesla factory in […]

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Volvo looking to build electric XC-90 in the USA

January 14, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

According to a media report, Volvo will produce the fully-electric version of its XC90 SUV model at its Ridgeville plant in South Carolina and will also build a plant to produce the battery packs for the model on the site starting this autumn. The battery plant should be completed in time for the company to […]

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CAM study finds USA and China EV markets in decline

January 14, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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In the two most important markets for electromobility, new car sales in 2019 as a whole were down, as the CAM notes in its latest industry study Electromobility Report 2020. Germany, on the other hand, has the highest gains worldwide – if PHEVs are included. In the current evaluation, the team of the Center of […]

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Hummer may announce electric revival

January 13, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The rumors of an electric revival of the post-military brand have been fed by information from two insiders. According to them, the Lobster revival is to be announced at the beginning of February during the Super Bowl by a commercial featuring basketball superstar LeBron James. According to the latest news, the electrically driven pickups and […]

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