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Renault presents new Zoe with extended range & fast charging

June 17, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Renault has officially launched the new edition of their Zoe electric vehicle. The model known as Z.E. 50 has a 52 kWh rechargeable battery with a range of up to 390 kilometres. The old battery, however, remains the same. The optically and technically revised Zoe was also fitted with a new electric motor: the self-developed […]

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FIA announces multiple electric racing divisions

June 17, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The FIA World Motor Sport Council has announced decisions on the future of various racing series. The trend – particularly in rallying – is increasingly towards electric drives. The purely electric Formula E has been around since 2014, and the Formula 1 racing cars of Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and Co. are now also equipped with […]

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VW is guaranteeing 8 years of battery life on the ID.3

June 17, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen guarantees that the batteries of the ID.3 and future models of the ID.family will retain at least 70 per cent of their usable battery capacity after eight years and 160,000 kilometres, respectively. The batteries are designed for a charging capacity of up to 125 kW, as VW has now officially confirmed. The future owners […]

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Peugeot starts accepting orders for the e-208

June 17, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The new Peugeot 208 and its all-electric version e-208 can now be ordered from all dealers and branches of the brand in Germany. For the e-208, Peugeot is calling for an entry-level price of 30,450 euros. Deliveries are scheduled to start at the end of this year. After the company had begun accepting non-binding reservations […]

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Evergrande invests 23 billion in EV production

June 14, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

The Chinese real estate group Evergrande Group is investing the equivalent of around 23 billion US dollars in the construction of three plants for electric vehicles and their components in Guangzhou. The plan is to build one production facility for no less than one million electric cars per year and two additional plants for the […]

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Renault Zoe data leak: Soon to have almost 400 km-range?

June 13, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Although the new Renault Zoe will not be presented until next week, there are already some photos and information about the small electric car from Renault is circulating online. Renault’s Zoe is among Europe’s most popular all-electric cars, neck-in-neck with Nissan’s Leaf. Nevertheless, the much loved Zoe is facing a model change – or an […]

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Aston Martin starts production in ‘Home of Electrification’.

June 13, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Aston Martin has started production at its second plant in the UK. In St. Athan, Wales, pre-series vehicles of the SUV model DBX are now rolling off the production line, where the Lagonda all-electric version should start production in 2022. The Welsh plant was named Britain’s “Home of Electrification” last year. Announced in early 2016, […]

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Tesla raises Model 3 charge capacity to 200 kW

June 11, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Since last weekend, Tesla has been installing a new firmware update for Model 3s already delivered in Europe. This means that charging capacities of up to 200 kW are now also possible with third-party suppliers – at least at a few locations. Tesla is currently rolling out an update for the Model 3, which enables […]

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Ford presents their first China EV

June 11, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

With the Territory EV, Ford China presented their first electric car for the Chinese market. The car is the electrified version of an SUV that is already being offered to Ford’s Chinese partner Jiangling – but under a different brand. The electric Ford is based on the conventionally powered Yusheng S330 SUV, but has been […]

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USA: Recalls for the Audi e-tron and Jaguar I-Pace

June 11, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Due to the danger of a battery fire and potentially faulty software in the regenerative braking system, some of the Audi e-tron and Jaguar I-Pace are being recalled to workshops in the USA. A total of over 3,500 vehicles are affected. The voluntary recall of the Audi e-tron quattro affects 540 vehicles in the USA […]

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