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Bentley: All models available as hybrid by 2023

June 19, 2019 Carrie Hampel Uncategorized Comments Off

According to Sales Director Chris Craft, Bentley will offer hybrid versions of all its models by 2023 and launch its first all-electric model by 2025 at the latest. However, both the details of the models’ rollout and their technical basis is still unclear. In the interview with Roadshow, however, Craft left things open as to […]

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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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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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Toyota to ramp up BEV with CATL and BYD

June 8, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Toyota is responding to higher-than-expected demand for battery-electric cars: The Japanese company has now announced that it will enter into a number of collaborations in China to accelerate the development of electric cars and to ensure the supply of key battery cells. The new partners include CATL and BYD, among others. Toyota has moved its […]

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Opel’s electric Corsa

June 4, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

For the first time, Opel is offering a purely battery-electric vehicle with the new sixth Corsa generation. The Corsa-e can now be ordered starting from 29,900 euros. Deliveries are scheduled to start in spring 2020. In addition, the order books for the Grandland X as a plug-in hybrid have also been opened. In 2020, two […]

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Ferrari unveils first hybrid

May 31, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Ferrari has officially introduced their first plug-in hybrid, named the SF90 Stradale, which features a 4.0 litre V8 engine coupled with three electric motors. This makes for an impressive 735 kW total performance capacity. Two of the electric motors are mounted on the front axle, while the third is sandwiched between the motor and the […]

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BMW: X1 also to come out as a plug-in hybrid in 2020

May 30, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

BMW has revised its compact SUV X1. For the first time, the Munich-based company also wants to offer a plug-in hybrid in the series. The conventionally powered versions of the refreshed X1 will be available from dealers as early as summer 2019, while the part-time EV will not be on sale until 2020. While the […]

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This is a warning: AVAS for electric cars

May 26, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Starting this July, newly homologated electric cars will have to make artificial noises at low speeds. That may be good news for sound designers, but the obligation to sound is unfair, our research suggests because new combustion engines are almost as quiet on the road. It is a missed opportunity that could have made car […]

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Skoda debuts first electrified models in Bratislava

May 23, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Skoda has presented their first electrified serial models in Bratislava, for which the Czech brand has created the new subsidiary brand iV. A battery electric model and a plug-in hybrid were presented and will launch serial production later this year. The Czech car manufacturer is launching their electric mobility initiative with a new sub-brand iV. […]

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