November 18th, 2017 | by James Ayre
Daimler AG will be investing some 5 billion yuan (~$755 million) as part of its push to manufacture plug-in electric vehicles and associated battery packs in China with its joint-venture partner there (BAIC Motor Corp). That's what a company exec has just revealed at the Guangzhou motor show
September 13th, 2017 | by James Ayre
The Vice President of Finance and Controlling at Mercedes-Benz Cars, Frank Lindenberg, was recently quoted at one of Daimler's investor meetings as saying that electric vehicles may be only half as profitable as diesel or petrol/gas-powered cars at first
August 31st, 2017 | by James Ayre
The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) has reported that policymakers in China will be unveiling the country's finalized plans for electric and hybrid car quotas within the near future, but that the penalties for non-compliance will be less severe than was first proposed
August 8th, 2017 | by James Ayre
The possibility of binding quotas for electric car sales should be seriously considered by the government of Germany, the country's deputy economy minister, Matthias Machnig, was recently quoted as stating
July 15th, 2017 | by James Ayre
China's plans for relatively aggressive electric vehicle sales quotas are unnerving some prominent foreign auto manufacturers, going by recent reports
April 10th, 2017 | by James Ayre
Auto manufacturers should be held to a minimum electric vehicle sales quota, the head of Germany’s Federal Environment Agency, Maria Krautzenberger, recently argued in an interview with the German paper Die Zeit
