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BMW details i4 electric car, stresses next-gen advances

November 18, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

BMW provides more details on the all-electric i4 car set to roll off the lines in Munich from 2021 with data regarding next-gen motor power, battery capacity and also first performance data. The electric motor in the BMW i4 generates a maximum output of around 390 kW and allows acceleration from 0 to 100 kph […]

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New details on Tesla Gigafactory 4 near Berlin

November 18, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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According to German media, Tesla plans to invest up to four billion euros to build Gigafactory 4 close to Berlin. The Grünheide site is to produce up to 150,000 electric cars a year once opened. The four billion euros must be taken as a whole, though, meaning Tesla is planning to build in stages. How […]

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Volkswagen to invest €33Bn in e-mobility/ New Audi boss

November 17, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen again accelerates its electric transformation. Planning Round 68 saw the Group increase the investments planned for 2020 to 2024 by 10%, that’s almost 60 billion euros to spend on electromobility, hybridisation and digitisation during this period. The almost 60 billion euros correspond to over 40 per cent of investments in property, plant and equipment […]

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UK: Peugeot to sell electric e-2008 SUV for £32,000

November 15, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Peugeot has opened reservations for the new 2008 range in Britain. This includes the all-electric e-2008 that follows the bestselling e-208. In the UK, the compact e-SUV is to go from £32,000, after the plug-in car grant. The French PSA brand is well on schedule with this latest on-sale for the Peugeot e-2008. This compact […]

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License to build: Tesla electric cars in China + CYBRTRK

November 15, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Tesla has now officially obtained the license to make and sell electric cars at its Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, China. Meanwhile, the EV maker sent invitations for its “Cybertruck Unveil” – the long-expected pickup-truck in LA. First to China, where Tesla had opened the Gigafactory 3 already last month. Production has run only on a […]

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Polestar details new leasing offers for first electric car

November 15, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volvo’s luxury branch Polestar now offers its first electric model with new leasing rates in Sweden and Germany. The Polestar 2 starts from €599 a month in Germany based on 48 months and mileage of 10,000 kilometres per year. Polestar also covers routine maintenance and services, including electric vehicle collection and delivery for the first […]

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Details leaked: Ford e-SUV Mustang Mach-E

November 15, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Although Ford’s electric SUV Mustang Mach-E will only be officially presented on Sunday evening at the LA Auto Show, details have leaked out on the official website. So now that the cat, well the horse, is out of the bag, here it is. The Ford Mustang Mach-E, an all-electric SUV, will hit the markets in […]

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ZF & Danfoss agree strategic partnership for e-drives

November 14, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

ZF Friedrichshafen and Danfoss of Denmark are intensifying their existing cooperation through a strategic partnership for the joint development and production of more robust and efficient power modules for electrified drives. Danfoss will act as the supplier for the power modules, including the power semiconductors ZF is developing in the recently announced collaboration with semiconductor […]

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Continental to provide OTA to all VW ID. electric cars

November 13, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Continental is to supply the central computers for Volkswagen’s ID. Series of electric cars, meaning VW is introducing over the air updates à la Tesla. The server naturally enables a high degree of other networking in MEB electric vehicles as well. Continental thus enables Volkswagen to move away from the many individual control units of […]

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VW breaks ground on US production site

November 13, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

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Volkswagen of America today began construction of its electric vehicle production facility in Chattanooga in Tennessee, USA. Production should begin at the site in 2022 and will be the German carmaking giant’s North American EV assembly base. The expansion of the plant includes a 564,000-square-foot addition to the body shop. Volkswagen intends to build both […]

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