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Audi sets sights on electric sedan Artemis as new flagship

August 26, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Details are now available on the Artemis task force for highly automated electric cars by Audi. The first project will be a luxury class electric sedan, which will be developed under the working title ‘Landjet’ and will be positioned above the current top model A8 – possibly as A9. As the German Handelsblatt reports, Audi […]

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Byton to resume operations in September

August 26, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

There is news about the electric car start-up Byton, which has been temporarily suspended since 01 July. Chinese media now report, citing insiders, that the company is ready to resume full operations in September 2020. The media reports also say that Byton intends to go public: Byton has applied for registration of a new technology […]

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Ford setting up new production facility for electric F-150

August 26, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Ford is building a new facility next to its truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, for the production of the electric version of the F-150 pickup truck, with prototype production scheduled to begin next year before sales of the electric Ford F-150 start in 2022. This was reported by the news agency Bloomberg with reference to […]

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BMW expands i3 production while Golf looks to the e-Golf

August 26, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

In Germany the increased purchase premium is boosting demand for electric cars. BMW and VW have now responded to this by expanding production of the i3 in Leipzig, while the VW e-Golf will continue to be built in Dresden until Christmas, contrary to original plans. This was concluded in a report published in Automobilwoche. According […]

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Polestar delivers the first Polestar 2 in Germany

August 25, 2020 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

After Polestar started European delivery of the purely electric Polestar 2 at the end of July in Sweden and Norway, customers in Germany are now getting their turn. In first Polestar 2 has now been handed over in Germany at one of the seven centres in Germany that Polestar operates with its partners from the […]

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Classic car firm Lunaz remakes two electric Rolls-Royce (gallery)

August 21, 2020 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

British company Lunaz has two new addition to its family of converted classics – the Rolls-Royce Phantom V and the Silver Cloud now comes with pure electric drive. The range is impressive enough too but so are the prices of the limited editions. Lunaz claims a range of 120 over 300 miles (480 km) for […]

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GM to electrify and localise its China business

August 20, 2020 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

General Motors is struggling with declining market shares in China and therefore wants to focus on electric mobility and autonomous driving in the future. The Americans plan to invest more than 20 billion dollars globally in these two areas by 2025. To make the transition, GM intends for over 40 per cent of the new […]

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VW ID.4 production kicks-off in Zwickau

August 20, 2020 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Production of the VW ID.4 has kicked-off at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Saxony today. VW thus starts serially making the e-SUV before officially launching it at the end of September. Germany is just the start of the production cycle with plants in China and the US to follow closely. The VW ID.4 as such […]

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BMW iNext to be called the BMW iX

August 18, 2020 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Almost two years ago, BMW presented Vision iNEXT, a preview of its purely electric, highly automated and fully networked technology flagship, which will be built at the Dingolfing plant starting next year. As the BMW Blog now reveals, the series model will be called BMW iX and will go into production from July 2021. The […]

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Tesla construction sites in Texas and Brandenburg

August 18, 2020 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

In Germany, the Brandenburg State Office for the Environment has now granted permission for an early start to a further construction phase of the Giga Berlin plant. In the USA, construction on the Giga Texas site is progressing rapidly. At the Grünheide site in Brandenburg, Germany, the permission now granted permits, among other things, the […]

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