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Electric car sales rising again in France

July 9, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

After sales were off to a slow start earlier this year, June has been a strong month for electric car sales in France. Particularly the commercial vehicle segment is growing and so is the number of sales of plug-in hybrid cars, according to Avere. Overall, plug-in car sales have risen to now account for 18,000 […]

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Siemens to exit electric motor JV with Valeo

July 9, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

In future Valeo will be solely responsible for all business of the Valeo Siemens eAutomotive joint venture that they had founded together with Siemens back in 2016. Valeo’s main man in Germany, Derrick Zechmair, confirmed an end to the JV that had been in-built from the start. Already when Siemens formed the 50:50 joint venture with Valeo […]

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Elon Musk: “Norwegians are right to be upset with Tesla.”

July 8, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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In Norway, where once Tesla was first to satisfy a stirring hunger for electric cars, Norwegians now complain about delays and slow service. Elon Musk has admitted problems but points to Norway’s regulation as being responsible. The issue may run deeper though. It is not the EV incentive policy the Tesla CEO has trouble with. […]

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Women most likely to buy electric cars – if asked right

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Women make smarter choices a new study suggests. Researchers looked at how perceptions and attitudes towards electric vehicles differ by gender and other variables in Scandinavia and found that highly educated women would make an ideal target group for EVs. Yet they are largely overseen. Researchers at the University of Sussex and Aarhus University in […]

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Seat teaming up with Rimac for CUPRA e-Racer

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Since Seat decided to get into electrification of their performance segment, they found a powerful partner. Croatia’s super car maker Rimac Automobili will drive the technology behind the Cupra e-Racer in order to “introduce a whole new E TCR category,” says CEO Mate Rimac. Rimac Automobili is taking this responsibility seriously. After all, they see […]

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Electric beige cabs by LEVC kicking-off in Germany

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

A bit of Britain has come to Germany today as LEVC launches their range extended cab in the country. The TX will cost just short of 60,000 euros and LEVC chairman Carl-Peter Forster believes the taxi will soon make it on “many significant markets” worldwide. In Germany, LEVC found a first client in a north […]

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GM to speed up production of 2019 Chevy Bolt EV

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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GM announces to increase production rates of the Chevrolet Bolt EV by 20 percent in the last quarter of the year. Meanwhile, the Chevy Volt receives a few upgrades and may now charge twice as fast as before. Just today you could read in our email newsletter that GM is far behind with deliveries of […]

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Sono Motors reenforces Executive Board

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

EV startup Sono Motors secures support from two experienced executives. New COO will be Thomas Hausch, last responsible for e-mobility at Nissan with previous roles at Daimler and Chrysler. Isa Krupka joins as Chief Communications Officer (CCO). The electric car startup from Munich expands their board from four to now six members. Both Hausch and […]

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Berlin: VW affirming I.D. family, plans electric car sharing

July 4, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

The I.D. Vizzion premiere today in Berlin saw a confident Jürgen Stackmann, member of the board for the Volkswagen brand, affirming their electric mobility schedule. He also announced the launch of an all-electric car sharing with I.D. vehicles based on the new VW platform WE. “The clock is ticking,” was the opening line of Jürgen […]

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Tesla urges Model 3 holders to put capital where mouth is

July 4, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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When closing a critical quarter, the pressure was on Tesla to present numbers that speak of potential profitability. The company thus urged Model 3 reservation holders in North America to configure their car Bloomberg suggests. But there are more substantial numbers too. In light of 420,000 outstanding reservations specified in Tesla’s latest production results it […]

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