A record 55,000 new passenger electric cars were registered last month in China, with the market growing 68% compared to the same month last year and pulling the year-to-date (YTD) count to over 282,000 electric cars, up 45% year over year (YoY).
The plug-in market in Europe had a surprisingly strong August month, with over 22,000 registrations, up 68% year over year (YoY). That pushes the plug-in market share up to 1.7%.
The new Ride Assist-e motorcycle from Honda is designed to help new riders learn how to handle a motorcycle.
A new partnership between electric vehicle charging solution provider eMotorWerks and electric utility EDF taps into eMotorWerks’ intelligent network of chargers to enable grid-scale demand management.
Audi has now completed work on its first all-electric race car, to be used for the Formula E series of racing events. Audi unveiled the new race car at an event in Neuberg, Germany. The new Audi e-tron FE04, as its known, was developed with Audi’s partner Schaeffler — the firms together comprising part of Team Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler — and utilizes a “completely new” powertrain design.
The California Energy Commission has awarded $1.5 million in new funding to Envoy Technologies to develop and run of a shared mobility program utilizing electric vehicles that’s meant to benefit some of Sacramento’s and the California Bay Area’s disadvantaged communities.
The auto leasing firm LeasePlan is partnering with the on-demand taxi service Uber for the launch of a new pilot in Amsterdam that will see 30 all-electric Nissan Leaf EVs put into the hands of uberX drivers there, according to a new press release from the companies.
The Canadian investment fund Evolve Funds Group is planning to launch what will be the world’s first “future car”–focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Friday, according to reports.
Following many, many years of waiting, it appears that Mitsubishi will finally be launching the plug-in hybrid version of the Outlander SUV in the US — with the release of the 2018 model year now slated for December.
Following the replacement of the company’s former CEO, and an accompanying change in strategy, Ford may now dive into the deep end when it comes to electric vehicles, according to recent reports.
