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ACM Adaptive presents modular BEV ‘City One’

June 29, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

With the ACM City One, ACM Adaptive City Mobility GmbH is showing a preview of the series version of the modular electric vehicle and the associated ecosystem, which was created with funding from the German government. The ACM City One can be converted in two simple steps to carry either up to four passengers besides […]

Polestar 3 to be manufactured in the USA

June 16, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Swedish electric car brand Polestar announces that its first SUV model, called Polestar 3, will be produced locally for customers in the US, at Volvo Cars’ Ridgeville manufacturing centre. Production of the Polestar 3 is expected to begin globally in 2022. Not much is known about the Polestar 3 yet – the current announcement does […]

JLR reveals hydrogen-powered Land Rover Defender

June 15, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is developing a fuel cell-powered prototype of the Land Rover Defender, which is due to start testing in the UK later this year. The H2 off-road vehicle is being created as part of Jaguar Land Rover’s research and development into future technologies. The development project represents one aspect of the company’s […]

Renault launches street tests with an electric Mégane

June 8, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Renault is sending the first pre-production vehicles of the all-electric Mégane on the road. 30 of them will be on public roads this summer for test drives with Renault engineers. In October 2020, Renault had presented the electric concept Mégane eVision for the first time as a preview of the future production model. The French […]

Rumours abound regarding Honda’s second BEV

June 7, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Rumours that Honda plans to launch a second all-electric model in 2022 have been given new fuel by a report from Japan. According to the report, prototypes have been seen driving in and out of Honda’s headquarters in Tokyo. As the Japanese portal Car Sensor writes, the development of the series version of the Honda […]

Saeitta Group unveils in-wheel platform

June 1, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Saietta Group, an engineering company based in Oxfordshire, England, has unveiled a smart mobility platform to demonstrate the feasibility of in-wheel motors for inner-city electric vehicles. The electric drive system is split across all four wheels and located at the four corners of the platform. The company claims their AFT 140 in-wheel electric motors provide […]

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Opel reveals technical data for the Manta GSe ElektroMOD

May 18, 2021 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Following the first teaser in March, Opel is now showing its Manta GSe ElektroMOD electric study in full. The German carmaker now gives technical data that deviates from the 100 kW drive of the new cars from the retrofit solution. The power of the electric motor is to be 108 kW, the maximum torque 255 […]

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Mercedes presents EQT concept as small electric van

May 10, 2021 Chris Randall Uncategorized Comments Off

Mercedes-Benz presented the Concept EQT, a near-production preview of the upcoming T-Class and the EQT electric model. The smaller van below the EQV is being developed together with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi. Still, the new Mercedes van clearly towers above its platform brother Renault Kangoo. At the presentation of the design study just passed, the company offered no […]

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Porsche begins street testing the electric Macan

May 10, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Camouflaged prototypes of the all-electric Macan have now left the factory for the first time after initial test drives at the Porsche Development Centre in Weissach. Porsche also announced that the e-Macan will be launched in 2023. As before, Porsche makes no statements in the press release about the start of production of the electric […]

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Opel considers an electric Manta

May 7, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Opel CEO Michael Lohscheller is thinking aloud about a possible return of the Manta as an electric car. The feedback on the Manta GSe ElektroMOD study presented as a rendering in March had been so “overwhelming” that Opel’s market research would certainly play through a potential series version. Opel had published a teaser image and […]

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