India x Cleantech — July 2020
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country.
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country.
Early this morning in Munich, BMW Chairman Oliver Zipse presented an update on the BMW iX3 full electric SUV due out later this year.
Norway continues to be a shining star in the electric vehicle world. In the first half of the year, 48% of automobiles sold in the country were fully electric, a global record for EV market share. Plug-in vehicles represented 69% of auto sales, another global record.
Tesla Model 3 Keeps #1 Position, while Plugin Vehicle Market Share Hits 16% in June
After a Covid-derived drop in April (-16% year over year), the European passenger plug-in vehicle market went back to black in May, having scored 46,800 registrations (+23%), a great performance considering the overall market is still recovering (-57% in May).
This is the 14th broadcast of CleanTechnica’s weekly news show. This week’s show covers a lot of autonomy news, climate news you haven’t heard before, the new Ford F-150, Tesla Cybertruck revelations, and more.
Jaguar has announced that the I-PACE is getting significantly upgraded infotainment, charging, driver-assist technology, and design. Let’s have a look.
As long as I’ve been covering electric vehicles (nearly a decade) there’s been a debate in the industry about the potential for high-powered wireless charging.
Norwegian road assistance company NAF has completed the world’s longest EV range test. The company tested 29 of Norway’s most popular EVs. They tested the actual range in the summer, what happens when EVs go into power-saving mode, and how they charge in heat degrees.
Last month I published that the Audi e-tron was the king of Norway. That hasn’t changed, and it doesn’t look likely that anyone’s going knock its crown off this year. But never count Tesla out.