Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Electric vehicles could make up 35 per cent of new car sales in Asia by 2040, driven by a significant reduction in battery prices and a rapidly changing mindset among consumers, industry and governments, a new global investment report has predicted. The Asia … [continued]
Former US Representative and noted climate change denier Ben Quayle has emerged as a registered lobbyist for a Atieva, a cutting edge California EV company.
Originally published on EV Obsession. There’s no doubt about it — 400,000 reservations for a single model is a big deal. For several months (since last year, even), we’ve discussed how this could be (likely is) decreasing Nissan LEAF, BMW i3, and other pure-electric car sales. However, that market doesn’t … [continued]
BMW will be working with Intel and Mobileye on the development of new autonomous driving technology to be used in a new BMW model that’s expected to be launched in 2021, according to recent reports. The model will be part of BMW’s new iNEXT platform, and will presumably be followed … [continued]
Tesla reps have publicly stated that the company expects fully autonomous driving to be only ~2 years off, but how close the company actually is to achieving this goal/expectation is something of an unknown. With that thought in mind, it seems worth discussing here a post that I saw on the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Karma Revero, which was previously known as the Fisker Karma before Fisker Automotive’s bankruptcy, is now back in production, according to recent reports. The model (and brand) is being relaunched by the China-based automotive supplier Wanxiang — which bought the assets of Fisker Automotive, following … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Pricing information for the hybrid and all-electric versions of the Hyundai Ioniq in the UK market have now been revealed, showing that Hyundai is clearly taking the market seriously, as it will be undercutting the Toyota Prius by a notable margin. The hybrid version of … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Those interested in purchasing a Tesla Model X, but not interested in having to wait several months to get it, and also interested in getting a bit of a discount, may want to consider purchasing an inventory Model X. A recent discussion on the Tesla … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession, and added to our larger “Electric Car Sales” page. US electric car sales rose slightly (2.1%) in June 2016 compared to June 2015, but were up 8.5% for the year through June. That said, fully electric cars were down 35% in June, and 11% for the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Just weeks after Japanese car maker Toyota unveiled its market ready solar-integrated Prius hybrid EV, Chinese solar panel maker Hanergy has announced plans to commercialise four PV-powered – “zero charging” – electric vehicle models of its own design. Launched amid much fanfare in … [continued]
