For the new EU Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) regulations, passenger cars and light vans are in two different classes. Manufacturers can’t compensate the surplus in one class to balance the deficit in the other. Mercedes does not have a smaller, more efficient model.
In a tweet by Teslas Anonymous (TA), a very special request is made: “Elon Musk, can you make accessible mobility vans S3XY?” TA explains in her tweet that one of these vans may be in her future and tells me the story of how this is coming to be.
As I’ve followed the reveal of Canoo this week, it’s something that’s coming out of left field for most of us. Like WALL-E when he found the spork, automotive journalists just aren’t sure which box Canoo fits into, if any. What nobody’s pointing out so far is that we’ve been here before, and vehicles like this could prove to disrupt industries far outside of the automotive world when combined with autonomous technology.
Seemingly in anticipation of surging demand for electric light-duty commercial vehicles as stricter regulations go into effect, Renault has formed a new joint venture in China with the firm Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.
Daimler will be manufacturing a small run of Mercedes-Benz Urban e-Trucks following the positive reception of the concept at the 2016 IAA Commercial Vehicles trade show, and in anticipation of a further large-scale rollout of the technology, according to a new press release from the German giant.
VF Corporation has set a goal to have “100% renewable energy” by 2025 at its owned and operated facilities. The company has over 60,000 employees, so having a commitment to 100% renewable energy is very meaningful. Note, however, that this is actually a 100% renewable electricity goal, since transportation isn’t included. Even … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. There are a few pure-electric vans on the market (the Nissan e-NV200, Renault Kangoo ZE, and Citröen Berlingo Electrique), but automakers have skipped the “transition step” of plug-in hybrids for this category. However, Mercedes has decided to step in and fill the gap. The Mercedes … [continued]
I recently got a chance to check out Renault’s entire electric vehicle lineup at EVS27 in Barcelona. Below are most of my pics of all of these vehicles (except the Twizy, which I got to test drive) — the Renault Fluence ZE, Renault Zoe, and Renault Kangoo ZE — followed by some key … [continued]
While a bunch of rich white men are off in the desert getting their freak on, a few hundred women gathered in a Beverly Hills conference room to politely discuss how they’re actually changing the world. The Women in Green Forum began in 2009, and now holds events in both Los Angeles and Washington DC. The 2013 Los Angeles speakers included game-changer Kabira Stokes, founder of Isidore Recycling. She may look like any model/actress/entrepreneur you’d meet in LA, but she’s a lot smarter than most.
2012 has been a pretty notable year for electric vehicles. For one, more EVs have been sold this year than in any year in history — but that’s rather expected, isn’t it? Beyond that fact, which will likely be repeated for many years to come, let’s have a quick … [continued]
