Just For Fun: BMW i3 With 100 kWh Battery From LION Smart
LION Smart, a German engineering firm, has built a 101 kWh battery pack for the BMW i3 that gives the car 700 km of real world range and ultra fast charging capability.
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The Copenhagen Wheel Was Worth The Wait: My First Ride
As always, when some new and exiting e-bike tech comes to market, Carsten Obel at E-wheels.dk is quick to try it out. He has secured himself a small batch of the brand new Copenhagen Wheel, and I hurried right over and gave it a spin as soon as he had built his first test bike.
BMW, Volkswagen To Get EV Batteries From CATL Factory In Germany
CATL, China’s largest battery manufacturer, will build its first foreign battery factory in eastern Germany, to supply the German auto industry with the batteries its will need for the electric cars that will start arriving soon.
Volkswagen Deepens Ties To QuantumScape With New $100 Million Investment
Volkswagen announced this week it has invested $100 million into secretive solid state battery company QuantumScape. It hopes to have new batteries ready for production by 2025.
LAPD Redesigns 20 Bulls Sentinel eBikes For Its Unique Needs
More electric bicycles (e-bikes) are finding their way to law enforcement — to help law enforcement. Although police officers riding bicycles might not seem like the ideal pursuit approach, e-bikes are perfect for many instances when a car is just too big and motorcycles too loud.
German State of Saarland Makes Bid for Tesla Gigafactory in Public Letter
The German state of Saarland isn’t pulling any punches in its push to be the home of Tesla’s European Gigafactory. The state was surely stimulated by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweet that Tesla was looking at a location in Germany for its European Gigafactory, “perhaps, on the German-French border.”
Is The German Car Industry Losing The Electric Race?
When you think about electric cars, chances are your mind conjures up the coyly, charming face of Elon Musk, founder of Tesla. He tells us how humans should become a multi-planetary species and how, yes, somewhere along the way, we will drive chic and clean electric cars. The future is possible! It is within reach, if we just bundle our technological and entrepreneurial might.
Switch To Electric Cars Could Put 75,000 Germans Out Of Work
A new reports says 75,000 German auto workers could lose their jobs if sales of electric cars hit 25% by 2030. Finding new work for them to do will be a challenge.
BMW, GM, IBM & Accenture Launch Blockchain Initiative Focused On Automotive Applications
A consortium of tech and automotive companies have launched a new blockchain initiative dubbed the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative, or MOBI amongst friends. The not-for-profit working group was pulled together to explore the uses of blockchain technology to improve mobility services.
Rivian Electric Car Startup Ramping Up For LA Reveal
Rivian is an Illinois-based startup that is following an alternate path. It is quietly going about its business of building a 5-passenger electric pickup truck called the A1T and a 7-passenger electric SUV called the A1C. Both vehicles will use the same basic chassis featuring a battery pack in the middle and an electric motor at each end.
