Pricing information for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan has now been revealed — the “Hybrid Premium” starts at $43,990 and the “Hybrid Platinum” starts at $46,090.
Following on earlier news that Faraday Future is $21 million behind on payments to the construction firm that is building its $1 billion facility in North Las Vegas, AECOM, it appears that work has stopped at the site — despite earlier claims from Faraday Future that it was unlikely that work would stop as a result.
The prominent electric vehicle charging solutions company eMotorWerks will be supplying 1,000 free smart, cloud-connected charging units to Sonoma Clean Power customers as part of a new program from the Californian utility company, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession.
Despite all of the talk about how “the Germans are coming for Tesla” (mostly from Germans), it appears that it may well be the British that actually get there first. At least, in the high-priced luxury SUV sector anyways. (Yes, I’m aware that Jaguar is actually owned by the Indian firm Tata Motors now.)
In order to quickly increase the number of affordable offerings available to the public, the Center for Excellence and Innovation for the Automobile Industry (CEiiA) and Itaipu Technological Park (PTI) are partnering for the production and sale of an electric vehicle developed by the two, as revealed in a public announcement from the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, and the President of Brazil, Michel Temer.
So Trump’s fans are kinda old; Tesla’s are kinda young. And Trump and Tesla differ just a bit on climate change and likely won’t see eye to eye on environmental policy, tax subsidies or how to manage thinning hair. But unless Trump wants a youth revolt, he’ll have to go easy on Tesla.
In a demonstration of what could be possible if certain auto manufacturers were more willing to develop and push electric vehicles, a BMW i3 outfitted with a 55 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack capable of being charged in just a quarter of an hour was showcased at the recent Electronica Show in Munich, Germany.
The prominent electric vehicle lithium-ion battery manufacturer SK Innovation will be quadrupling its current production capacity in 2018, according to recent reports. This will be accomplished through the opening that year of a new battery production facility with a production capacity of 3 gigawatt-hours (GWh) a year.
In keeping with the recent tradition of Volkswagen (obliquely) stating that it will continue following one step behind Tesla, Volkswagen brand chief Klaus Bischoff has stated that the firm’s upcoming ID electric vehicle will “completely reinvent vehicle instrumentation systems.” The VW ID isn’t slated to hit the market until the end of the decade.
The city of Denver, Colorado, has committed to adding 200 new plug-in electric vehicles to its fleet by the year 2020, according to recent reports. As it stands, Denver only has 3 electric vehicles in its whole fleet.
