Jaguar I-Pace delivered to Germany in limited volume

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Jaguar has begun delivery of it’s I-Pace e-SUV to German customers. The manufacturer has specified, that there is a limited volume of vehicles available during the first year in the German market. Additionally, Jaguar has specified the prices for their charging cooperation with Plugsurfing. The Brits announced their German launch of the I-Pace with a […]

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Germany Will Reach 1 Million Plug-In Cars Two Years Later Than Expected

There will be a million plug-in electric cars in Germany, but when? The German government was once hopping for million plug-in electric cars on the roads by year 2020, but a slow start in the early years of EV revolution makes that impossible now. According to latest reports by the German National Platform for Electric […]

Plug-In Car Sales In Germany Increased In August To Nearly 6,000

Thousands of Germans park new plug-ins in their garages each month. August was an ordinary month without any sensations in Germany as growth of passenger plug-in car sales amounted to 23% to 5,888 at 1.86% market share. BEVs: 2,457 – up 13% at ≈0.8% market share PHEVs: 3,431 – up 31% at ≈1.1% market share […]

VW presents MEB platform pushing ‘Electric For All’ plan

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Volkswagen presents their dedicated platform for electric vehicles, MEB, at their ‘Gläserne Manufaktur’ in Dresden today. The launch is underway with the motto: “Electric For All”, meaning affordable electric cars, that are to turn VW into a volume EV manufacturer. It has taken VW some time to digest the diesel-scandal and to jump onto the electric […]

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Borgward’s German factory in question, new HQ in USA

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The Chinese investor behind the potential comeback of Borgward has questioned the set-up of the factory in Bremen, while a new HQ was set up in Silicon Valley and a safety platform prototype for autonomous driving was introduced. 50 years after the namesake Carl F.W. Borgward went bankrupt, the return of the company to Bremen […]

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Mercedes EQC premiere in Stockholm

Mercedes Benz has presented their first electric SUV today with the EQC. This puts the Swabian car manufacturer in direct competition with Tesla. The vehicle is not exactly revolutionary in design, however. An overview. The 2.4 tonne BEV is equipped with a completely newly developed drive system attached to an electric drivetrain on the front […]

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Chery plans to sell e-SUV in Europe starting 2020

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The Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery plans to offer their electric SUV, which was initially presented at the IAA 2017, on the European market starting in 2020, according to CEO Chen Anning. Furthermore, Chery is planning on opening a research centre in Frankfurt, Germany. “Several hundreds of employees” will be working there, focusing on technology and […]

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Mercedes Assumes Fake Name To Make Off With DHL Streetscooter

Deutsche Post DHL tracked down its StreetScooter in Daimler’s lab Deutsche Post DHL’s all-electric vans, called StreetScooter, are currently the top-selling BEVs in Germany, so it’s not strange that the automotive industry is jealous. A few months ago, the company held a demonstration event for potential customers, showing the van. According to German newspaper Der Spiegel, […]