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Mazda plans its own electric platform for 2025

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Mazda has revealed its new technology and product strategy up to the year 2030. Between 2022 and 2025, the Japanese automaker is planning three purely electric models, five plug-in hybrids and five hybrid models with Toyota technology based on the ‘Skyactiv Multi-Solution Scalable Architecture’. Until now Mazda has managed to get one electric model, the […]
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Rumours abound regarding Honda’s second BEV

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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 […]
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Nissan postpones ‘Ariya’ launch due to lack of chips

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Nissan is postponing the market launch of its new electric model Ariya by several months due to the ongoing chip shortage. The Japanese domestic market is to be served first, so an export to Europe in 2021 seems rather unlikely. When the Ariya was first unveiled in July last year, Nissan had announced that it […]
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Caterham looks to release purely electric roadster

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British specialist brand Caterham is looking to secure its future and is working on an all-electric Seven set for launch in the coming years. A debut is likely to coincide with the company’s 50-year jubilee in 2023, UK media report. Autocar suggests calling the model EV Seven, citing Caterham CEO Graham Macdonald, who said he […]

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Subaru’s first fully-electric model receives a name

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Subaru’s first electric model will be called Solterra and will be launched next year. The Solterra is an all-electric SUV in the C-segment that is based on the platform developed jointly with Toyota. The counterpart of Toyota’s e-TNGA is officially called e-Subaru Global Platform or e-SGP for short. The development of the joint e-platform was […]

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Horiba expands vehicle testing capacities with electric vehicles

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The Japanese development service provider Horiba is expanding its range to include testing solutions for electrified vehicles. The eMobility service spectrum is to be available for the entire range of vehicle types; from passenger cars and heavy commercial vehicles to machines and equipment. Horiba says it now intends to extend its “global reputation as a […]

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Honda to intensify electrification plans around the globe

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Honda’s new global CEO, Toshihiro Mibe, announced a tougher electric course for the manufacturer at a press conference. In his statements and targets, however, Mibe referred primarily to North America and China. Honda will increase the share of battery-electric and fuel cell cars in its sales in North America and China to 40 per cent […]

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Strategy brief: Nidec gears up European electric motor business

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Japan’s Nidec Corporation opened new offices in Serbia in the city of Novi Sad today and is setting up two new factories. These however are just part of a wider network that is to bring Nidec at the forefront of the global electric car market. We took part in the wider strategy brief by Nidec. […]

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