Skoda Vision RS Concept focuses on performance and emotive new design. Škoda presents at the 2018 Paris Motor Show its spectacular-looking plug-in hybrid concept – Skoda Vision RS – that apparently heralds design language of new models from the Czech brand (Rapid successor for sure). The Vision RS will remain just a study, but several plug-ins are […]
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Volkswagen Plans Massive Electric Car Offensive: 1 Million EVs By 2025
Volkswagen targets production of 1,000,000 BEVs by 2025 A year ahead of its massive BEV offensive, Volkswagen Group shared some base targets. The German group intends to base its all-electric cars on a dedicated platform, the modular electric drive matrix (MEB) that will be used not only by Volkswagen, but also Audi, Skoda, Seat and […]
Volkswagen And Stanford University Develop A Fuel Cell For The Future
The fuel cell is regarded as a serious alternative to the classic electric car with battery cells. However, the biggest problem is the comparatively high cost of the technology. A partnership between Volkswagen and the prestigious Stanford University i…
Volkswagen Forms Battery Task Force With LG Chem
Volkswagen is doing its homework before the I.D. launch Volkswagen intends to begin mass production of electric cars in about year from now. The goal of 100,000 I.D. in the first year at an unofficial base pack of 48 kWh (or more) translates into a serious number like 48 GWh of batteries. To not run […]
Volkswagen aims to sell 150,000 EVs in 2020, one million by 2025
Individual mobility is on the threshold of a new era: Electric drivetrains and digitalization are set to bring about the most fundamental change the car industry has ever seen. The sales volume of battery electric cars (BEVs) rose by 60 percent in the …
FINAL UPDATE: September 2018 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card
September U.S. plug-in EV sales set to be record-breaking by breaking broken records. How about a deep dive into our estimates and methodology? ***UPDATE: We’ve added our estimated Hyundai/Kia data to complete the sales chart. ***UPDATE: We’ve added Volvo and Porsche estimated data. ***UPDATE: BMW reported a grand total of 1,858 plug-in electric car sales in […]
Volkswagen and Microsoft announce strategic partnership
Entering into a strategic partnership, Volkswagen and Microsoft Corp. will collaborate to develop the ‘Volkswagen Automotive Cloud’, one of the largest dedicated automotive industry clouds for all future Volkswagen digital services and mobility offerin…
September 2018 EV Sales: What To Expect? Tesla Estimates Projected
We feel like a broken record reporting every month about broken records. September 2018 will mark the 36th month of consecutive year-over-year monthly sales gains for plug-in vehicles. Every month InsideEVs tracks all the plug-in EV sales/deliveries for the United States by automaker and brand. The 2018 calendar year has been the most interesting in the history of the segment, to […]
September 2018 EV Sales: What To Expect? Tesla Estimates Projected
We feel like a broken record reporting every month about broken records. September 2018 will mark the 36th month of consecutive year-over-year monthly sales gains for plug-in vehicles. Every month InsideEVs tracks all the plug-in EV sales/deliveries for the United States by automaker and brand. The 2018 calendar year has been the most interesting in the history of the segment, to […]
Germans Pull Plug On Selling PHEVs In Europe Due To WLTP
Some need more range to stay eligible for subsidies. Europe’s second-best selling plug-in hybrid (PHEV) is the Volkswagen Passat GTE. Or, at least, it was. According to Automotive News, the automaker stopped selling it and the number four-ranked Golf GTE due to the advent of new emissions regulations known as the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test […]
