Charging station companies have flourished well during the past few years. Although it’s still the wild far out west within that industry, a handful of startups are already prominent key players. EV Safe Charge started as a little word-of-mouth startup and now it seems ready to take the next step up to industry leadership.
We just wrote about the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV coming to the US — finally. We’ve also lamented in the past the lack of electric SUV/CUV choice. It’s the hottest segment in the world and there are so few electric offerings, even though consumers are begging for them! So, it’s nice we have a double decker today — another positive story from Steve about an electric SUV.
There was an explosion of electric bicycles (e-bikes) in 2017, and we can safely bet 2018 will give us even more, to choose from. The real question is, will anyone break the quality entry-level barrier? We think we found one.
In the electric vehicle (EV) world, 2018 is shaping up to be the year of Chinese electric vehicles and global startups. China is doing everything it can to establish its international brand in this arena — perhaps the hottest new consumer market of the 21st century. It makes us wonder how the West will react? Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, GM, Daimler, and others have strong statements on electric vehicles and autonomous ones at that, but how prepared are each of them to genuinely compete?
Hyliion is described as a “Class 8 vehicle hybridizing company,” and its two products are said to deliver up a significant savings in fuel and emissions, and are claimed to “instantly” convert a tractor or a trailer into an “intelligent” hybrid electric vehicle.
With less than a week to go until the Tesla Semi Truck event, Elon Musk dropped a bombshell tweet stating that the truck will “blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension.”
The Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer Changan Automobile (Changan Automobile (Group) Co., Ltd.) has announced that it will not sell any more traditional fuel vehicles by 2025.
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A new report from PA Consulting with the title How Long Is The Road To Driverless Vehicles? Assessing how close the Nordics are to autonomous vehicles explores what roadblocks lie ahead before the world embraces driverless and fully autonomous vehicles that provide Mobility as a Service (MaaS) to us humans.
Panasonic Corporation execs are planning to launch the company’s autonomous driving system in commercial vehicles by as early as 2022, according to recent reports.
