The first three Jaguar I-PACE electric SUVs intended for Waymo’s self driving service has arrived in San Francisco, where they are being used to calibrate the autonomous driving systems and develop a knowledge base of maintenance information. Waymo expects to have 20,000 of them in revenue service by 2020.
The European passenger plug-in market continues pushing forward, registering some 29,000 registrations in May. That’s up 38% compared to the same period last year and pulls the year-to-date (YTD) count to over 146,000 deliveries (+44%), keeping the 2018 market share at 2.1% (2.0% in May). Fully electric cars (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) grew at the same pace (+38%) in May, with plug-in hybrids now having an advantage of 6,000 units. Will we see all-electrics bounce back in the second half of the year?
While driving the Jaguar I-PACE in Portugal last week, I was curious about the company’s plans for electrified automobiles in the future. Here is what I found out.
The Jaguar I-Pace offers extraordinary power and decent range at an affordable price. In the premium SUV segment, it is truly a compelling electric car.
Wanting to drive a zero emission vehicle that runs on sunshine, Doug White decided to do an ICE to EV conversion. He wanted to make an all island, go anywhere electric vehicle and of course, to start an EV conversion, one needs a donor vehicle. He wondered what might be the best island car ever? And the good old Mini Moke popped into his mind. Instantly he decided to make an electric Mini Moke. The perfect island car!
After last-minute overnight negotiations, the European Union has announced it is increasing its renewable energy target from 27% to 32%, a move it describes as “ambitious,” but which environmental campaigners have described variously as “inadequate,” “paltry,” “far too low,” and a “spectacular failure.”
Freightliner Trucks took to the stage recently to take the wraps off of two new fully-electric truck offerings. The Freightliner eCascadia is a heavy-duty truck (>15 t GVW), while the Freightliner eM2 106 is a medium-duty truck (9 to 12 t GVW), and the company says they mark the beginning of a new era in trucking.
Researchers have examined data from around the world and concluded that new nuclear power facilities typically end up costing an average of 18% more than expected. That’s enough to further tip the scales in favor of renewables.
We caught up with BYD’s Jack Symington to talk about what the current deployment of BYD trucks looks like around the world and what spaces the company is moving into first as it builds out use cases and platforms for companies around the world to build fleets around.
As climate talks stall, it’s clear the UN process is no longer the major driving force of the climate transition. But does that matter?
