The Renault-Nissan Alliance has created a new light-commercial vehicle business unit, which will be the basis of the alliance’s further expansion into the segment (on the global level), according to a new press release from the alliance.
As part of its efforts to prepare for and keep up with the changes occurring in industry, Porsche put €2.2 billion into research and development efforts during 2016 (FY), according to recent reports.
A $10 billion order for 114,000 electric vehicles — would that make your preferred legacy automaker wake up?
We reported recently on Renault’s tease that an “EV surprise” would be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, and speculated at the time whether Renault would reveal the electric Renault Twingo ZE … or another fancy concept car that will never make it to production.
In addition to all of the concept cars that will never enter production but were put on display at the Geneva Motor Show, Kia apparently saw fit to highlight its upcoming plug-in hybrid version of the Niro (which will be accompanied at a later point by an all-electric Niro).
The Japanese electric vehicle market is comprised almost entirely of Japanese auto manufacturers (unsurprisingly), which makes the market an interesting contrast to free-for-all markets like the US.
Around half of new personal vehicle sales in Oslo (Norway) during the month of January 2017 were sales of plug-in electrics.
To put that another way, around half of those who bought new cars (including SUVs, pickups, etc.) in the capital of Norway in January bought all-electrics (EVs) or plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).
Beginning on April 1, those in New York State who purchase an all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle will have access to a $2,000 rebate program, according to recent reports.
US electric car sales jumped approximately 68% in February 2017 vs February 2016. Fully electric car sales were up 74%, while plug-in hybrid sales were up 61%. For the first two months of the year, that puts all plug-in car sales up 64%, fully electric car sales up 57%, and plug-in hybrid sales up 72%.
The GM-owned carsharing service known as Maven has begun offering “rental/reservation” periods of up to 28 days at a time in the Los Angeles and San Francisco markets, according to recent reports.
