Stellantis To Open A Production Plant In Algeria, Launches 6 Fiat Models In The Market

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:08:26 +0000

Stellantis already has a manufacturing presence on the African continent, but it looks like it now wants to grow its footprint on the continent. The all-electric small city car the Citroen Ami is made in Morocco and exported to several European countries. It is also used locally by companies such as the Morocco Post for […]

Read more

Electric Vehicle Progress in Africa

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:54:41 +0000

Africa is leapfrogging centralized coal-fired power for electricity generation, but what progress is being made in the uptake of electric vehicles? Green shoots are appearing. I have written previously about buses and boda bodas, but what other vehicles are being provided for the 45 countries and more than one billion people of this vast continent? […]

Read more

Electric Vehicles Tantalizingly Close to Price Parity with Gas Burners

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 03:10:17 +0000

Auto execs (and politicians) can’t seem to make up their minds about electric cars. Image Courtesy of Zach ShahanThe main barrier to widespread EV adoption, from a car buyer’s standpoint, is a very simple one: they cost more to buy than legacy vehicles. On a total cost of ownership basis, owning an EV is often actually cheaper than owning a gas-burner, as numerous studies have demonstrated (Would you believe it can be cheaper […]

Read more

Stainless Steel Swimming Pool & Spa Technology Firm Polytherm Becomes 1st Fleet Customer For BYD ATTO 3 In Austria

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 01:45:25 +0000

Polytherm BYD ATTO 3 electric vehicles fleet in AustriaPolytherm GmbH, an Austrian family business with more than 100 employees and a growing vehicle fleet, has just taken delivery of some BYD ATTO 3s. Polytherm specializes in stainless steel pools, swimming pool technology, and spas. It also works on refurbishments for old swimming pools. Polytherm Managing Director Hermann Weissenecker says, “The BYD ATTO 3 […]

Read more

Indonesia to Assemble Minicab-MiEV for Local Use by 2024

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 22:15:09 +0000

Indonesia to assemble Minicab-MiEV for local use by 2024. Testing is being done with four big enterprises. Last February, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that Indonesia would definitely host the assembly of its first mini EV, a one-box “Kei” truck to be called the Minicab-MiEV in Indonesia. This was confirmed by Takao Kato, president and […]

Read more

37% Of New Cars Sold In Netherlands Now Plugin Cars

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:38:48 +0000

Lynk & Co is the #1 best selling car in the overall Dutch auto market.

Read more

Tesla’s Engineering Headquarters in California

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:42:19 +0000

Tesla officially moved its corporate headquarters from California to Texas in 2021, but in recent weeks, the automaker has debuted another new headquarters in the West Coast state. Not far from the company’s Fremont, California Gigafactory, the automaker now has a new space for its engineering operations, aptly located in Silicon Valley near a number […]

Read more

How Tesla Aims To Cut Manufacturing Costs In Half

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 03:57:24 +0000

Tesla’s recent Investor Day event brought with it a few announcements, including the automaker’s plans to construct a new Gigafactory in Mexico. The plant comes as a part of Tesla’s hopes to increase its production numbers even more than it has in the last few years — and ultimately to reduce its manufacturing costs in the coming […]

Read more