In good green economic news, electric battery maker SPARKZ and the United Mine Workers coal union have announced a labor-management memorandum of understanding for a planned factory in West Virginia that intends to put out-of-work coal miners back to work. More on new battery factories, jobs, recycling, electric vehicles, and … [continued]
BYD achieves record month in Covid-disrupted market Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Despite the overall market being completely disrupted by Covid lockdowns (-43% year over year), plugins scored over 260,000 registrations in April, up 61% year over year (YoY). Share-wise, with April … [continued]
Some love the smaller cars. Yes, it’s true. Well, today you will find more to love with two new, oh-so-affordable cars in Japan. Even with its size, the Sakura is said to have a spacious interior — more than one expects — as well as ample driving range. We all … [continued]
May 20th is World Bee Day, and National Bike to Work Day. Along with those special celebrations, we have news on free electric cab rides this week, fun concept cars, Volvo customers now having access to more than 270,000 charging points in Europe, growing electric taxi sales, and more. Read … [continued]
With multiple crises raging (chips, batteries, covid, Ukraine war…), disruption is the order of the day, and one can say that anything goes right now in Germany. The overall automotive market was hit full frontal, with the market dropping 22% last month, and this time even full electric vehicles (BEVs) … [continued]
Capo VW goes solar as the California sun shines!
The Scout division may be good news for Volkswagen, but not for its dealers.
An ID.2 is coming in 2025 and an ID. 1 may follow.
Do you remember the Scout from International Harvester? Volkswagen does.
A hotter version of the Volkswagen ID.3 is coming, probably next year.
