When Japanese automakers entered the European market over half a century ago, then Korean automakers did so in the ’80s and ’90s, and lastly Indian brands did so hardly a decade ago, they started at the bottom with low-priced and low-quality products.
After years of hardly any new electric models from most carmakers, we see in Europe a large number of new “electrified” models.
New electric vehicle models keep rolling out … in Europe and China. Two new models that just took significant steps forward in Europe are the Volvo XC40 and the Citroën ë-C4.
A few years ago, it seemed obvious to us electric vehicle fanatics that the transportation sector would switch to electricity. Today, you have to be completely blind to or ignorant of trends in the auto world to not realize that road transport is going to electrify fairly soon, which means much less demand for oil.
This is the 15th broadcast of CleanTechnica’s weekly news show. This week’s show covers the new Lordstown Endurance, Tesla Giga Berlin plan changes (which I think we’re the only ones to dig into so carefully and with enough context), the end of Byton, three new Citroën EVs, and more. Here are the stories covered in this week’s show:
Other brands launch a single model of a fully electric (BEV) to test the waters. More confident brands launch two versions at once. But what to think of a brand that launches 2 body types, in 3 lengths, with 2 battery sizes, in 4 trim levels?
The first thing to notice about the brand new Opel Mokka Electric, cousin to the brand new Citroën ë-C4, is that the color scheme used to announce the new 100% electric model is designed to excite while also infusing a sense of environmental wisdom.
Resident auto industry expert Maarten Vinkhuyzen got the heads up last year — Groupe PSA is awake and trying to make its way into the 21st century auto industry, the electric auto industry. They’ve been launching their electric offensive sort of quietly so far, but this past week just launched two more fairly hot models.
There is much EV battery news out there. Some of it is hard to decipher, some is misleading, and some is just downright cool. Here are 10 recent stories that couldn’t quite catch their own headline here on CleanTechnica but seemed worth highlighting.
The electric vehicle (EV) industry was booming in 2018. It was the most booming year of a booming decade for EVs. Below is a long, long rundown of notables changes in the industry in 2018.
