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Electric Isetta remake Microlino homologated in Europe

July 16, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

The extra small electric car Microlino has completed homologation, making the Swiss EV street legal in all European countries. Market entry will have to wait a little but the first EVs will enter testing this autumn with production start set before the year’s end. This leaves the Microlino a few months behind schedule and the […]

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Pininfarina will build max. 100 PF0 hypercars

July 15, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

There are new design concepts and details to the electric luxury hypercar planned by Pininfarina, that is planned to go into production in 2020. It will be sold in a small series of around 100 and will bear the name PF0. The company also added some new faces to their board. The 2 million euro […]

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Tesla sets up new R&D center in Beijing

July 15, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Tesla has built a new research and development center in Beijing, which they are calling the Beijing Technology Innovation Center. The registration for the facility with the local government goes back to October 2017. This was stated by Ren Yuxiang, vice president of Tesla Motors, as part of an interview with a Beijing news medium. […]

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e.GO Mobile opens factory in Aachen

July 15, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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The German startup e.GO has opened their first factory to produce their electric city car e.Go Life in Aachen. After production is set up, a target of 10,000 vehicles per year will be produced here, with deliveries beginning at the end of this year. According to the company, the new 16,000 m² facility will serve […]

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Tesla is setting new production goals for Model 3

July 14, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla is known for setting ambitious targets for themselves. The newest goals have now been announced to investors and analysts: The weekly production rate for Model 3s is planned to be increased to 7,000 vehicles per week by the end of the year and to 10,000 per week by mid 2019. The planned milestones were […]

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McLaren switching entire lineup to hybrid

July 13, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The luxury automobile manufacturer McLaren has announced their plans to fit their entire lineup with hybrid motors in the next seven years. The goal is being managed by a £1.2 billion business plan called Track25. The new road map covers the time period up until 2025 and is considered the expansion of McLaren’s Track22 plan […]

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China and Norway continue to lead EV sales globally

July 12, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Electric mobility has picked up speed in some important markets in the first half of 2018. China and Norway remain the leading drivers of global development. In Germany, EVs made up a market percentage of 1.8%. The entire automobile industry is currently undergoing changes. Chinese manufacturers are increasingly becoming serious competition for the established European […]

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Rinspeed founds startup to commercialize Snap concept

July 12, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The Swiss company Rinspeed has announced the founding of their startup called Snap Motion, which will further develop their electric concept “Snap”, and produce it in a small series. The concept is based on the idea to develop an electrically powered and autonomously driving vehicle, which could easily be adapted for different purposes. For this […]

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Tesla confirms 200,000th delivery, tax credit to phase out

July 12, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla has now confirmed their 200,000th delivery in the USA. That means that the US federal tax credit of 7,500 dollars will begin phasing out, and only apply in its full value for vehicles delivered by the end of 2018. Tesla vehicles which are delivered in the first half of 2019 will be subsidized with […]

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Audi to add 15 new EVs to portfolio by 2025

July 12, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

In May, Audi announced their plan to sell around 800,000 BEVs and hybrids in 2025. Now, additional details have surfaced: 15 fully electric vehicles are planned to join the lineup by then. Next to the already announced e-tron, the e-tron Sportback and the e-tron GT, which are built on their own platform, another five Audi […]

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