Electric MINI Magic

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:20:51 +0000

Electric miniBy Jeff Shaw in an interview with David Waterworth I have had the electric MINI since September 2020. It was in fact the first privately owned MINI electric vehicle in Australia. The cost was AUS$55,000 plus on-the-road costs (around AUD$59,990). Around town, I get around 250 km (155 miles) range (an estimate, as I rarely […]

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Light At The End Of The Tunnel As Italy’s EV Sales Recover In May

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:30:50 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. Italy’s EV market is not yet out of the woods, but things are starting to look up again. As European countries continue their long run to electrification, the continent’s fourth-largest auto market is struggling to regain the pace it lost a few months ago. The latest UNRAE stats for the month […]

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50 VinFast Stores Opening In Europe, 800 Electric Double-Deck Buses for Ireland, 2nd Life Batteries to Rickshaws — EV News Today

Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 01:17:13 +0000

VinFast stores EuropeAs VinFast announced its plan to open more than 50 stores across France, Germany, and Netherland at EVS35, the Audi Environmental Foundation went into the third project phase with nonprofit startup Nunam on electric rickshaws. Battery modules from Audi e-tron test vehicles are electrifying rickshaws in India. Their target group: women. Rickshaws enable economic participation […]

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Italy’s EV Debacle In April Ahead Of New Incentives

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:01:16 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. Italy’s car market kept tumbling in April. As widely expected, with the government delaying the re-introduction of incentives for zero- or low-carbon models, and the promise to include some internal combustion engine options in the scheme, car buyers paused their purchase plans and waited. This affected the whole car market across […]

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Toys 4 Boys Mini E-Classic, Dynamic Inductive Recharging, RoboRide Robotaxi — EV News Today

Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:50:32 +0000

The MINI E-CLASSIC shows us how the past can be green, exciting news for dynamic inductive recharging technology teases us about the future, as does the autonomous car-hailing RoboRide service in Seoul. That and much more EV news is available down below. Electric Cars Toys 4 Boys — Restomods & EV Upgrades “Toys 4 Boys […]

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Tesla Thrives In Italy As Broader Plug-In Market Falls In March

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 09:00:15 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. It was widely expected, and it’s finally happened. While most European car markets keep posting new records and continued monthly growth for plug-in car sales, Italy’s is getting stuck in a rout of its own doing. Europe’s fourth largest market posts in March its first — and wild — BEV decline […]

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US Auto Sales Down 18% In 1st Quarter Of 2022 vs. 2019, Tesla Sales Up 256%

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:37:04 +0000

Following up on US auto sales reports for the 4th quarter of 2021 as well as the full year 2021 compared to 2020 and 2019, here is our report on US auto sales in the 1st quarter of 2021 compared to the 1st quarter of 2019 and the 1st quarter of 2020. To start with, […]

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US Auto Sales Declined 22–23% In Q4 2021

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 05:00:57 +0000

It’s been a busy beginning of the year already, and we’ll have more to report on that shortly, but let’s first take a stroll back a few months to look at what happened in the US auto industry in the 4th quarter of 2021. To get started, looking at the overall auto market, it was […]

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US Tesla Sales Up 93% In 2021 vs. 2019 While US Auto Sales Down 12%

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:10:00 +0000

US auto sales in 2019 were down 1.4% to 1.6% compared to 2018. That was before COVID-19 hit the United States and destroyed the US auto industry (among other things) for several months. So, when looking at 2021 US auto sales, I find it more interesting to compare to 2019 than 2020. Nonetheless, in this […]

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US Auto Sales Declined 22–23% In 4th Quarter

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 05:00:57 +0000

It’s been a busy beginning of the year already, and we’ll have more to report on that shortly, but let’s first take a stroll back a few months to look at what happened in the US auto industry in the 4th quarter of 2021. To get started, looking at the overall auto market, it was […]

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