7 More European Cities Getting WeShare

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 04:50:07 +0000

In 2020, WeShare is moving into 7 more European cities, where it will be putting 6,900 electric vehicles onto the streets, bringing the WeShare total up to 8,

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Former Ford CEO On Tesla’s “Iconic Brand”

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 02:00:58 +0000

former Ford CEO on TeslaFormer Ford CEO Mark Fields had some things to say about Tesla this week. In what may be a surprise to some, Fields says that EVs are the future of the industry and the questions are: when is the payoff, and what are the adoption rates

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Mercedes EQC, 1st Fully Electric Mercedes, Is Still In Production Hell — CleanTechnica Exclusive

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:00:06 +0000

Last week, there were some rumors on the internet and on some news services that the Mercedes EQC was a flop. There was no market for it because in its home market of Germany only 55 vehicles were delivered by November

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The 2 Big Questions Regarding Volkswagen’s Future

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:13 +0000

Volkswagen is launching into what could be a huge electric decade that reinvents and rejuvenates the large global automotive group. Yes, the Volkswagen ID.3 — which is sort of supposed to be the VW Beetle or Golf of this century — has some delays. Reinvention can be tough

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Volkswagen ID.3 Update — More Delays Expected

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:04:39 +0000

Volkswagen ID.3People who attended an event for ID.3 reservation holders in Denmark last week were greeted with some bad news. Deliveries will be delayed at least until August.

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Tesla Model 3 Sales = ~4× Nissan LEAF Sales, World’s 2nd Best Selling EV Outside Of China — November EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 08:02:04 +0000

We may have some more high-selling blockbuster electric vehicles in 2020, but 2019 had one electric vehicle that was in a league of its own, the Tesla Model 3. Through November, the Model 3 had almost 3× the sales of the world’s 2nd best selling EV, the BAIC EU-Series, and it had more than 4× the sales of the world’s 2nd best selling non-Chinese

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The Volkswagen ID.3’s Battery

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:30:00 +0000

Below is a Volkswagen press release from early December. We don’t typically publish straight press releases, but I figured this one could be a useful point of reference in years to come. There isn’t an enormous amount of information here, but there is a basic explanation of how the VW ID.3’s battery system is set up, including certain key specs and figures. Read on if you are curious

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Volkswagen Group Aiming To Produce 3 Million Electric Vehicles In 2025 — How Might It Get There?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:54:29 +0000

Volkswagen Group has been spending a lot of time these days focused on its electrification plans — or e-mobility, as they call it in Europe. Some take this as simply PR, but I think the sales targets are real and we know the company has launched an initial electric car factory and is investing tens of billions of euros into batteries and EV development

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Volkswagen Increases 2023 & 2025 ID Production Targets

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 09:21:34 +0000

Angela Merkel speaks at ZwickauPreviously, Volkswagen announced an intention to produce and sell 1 million fully electric ID vehicles in 2025. The target year for that is now 2023, while the 2025 target has increased to 1½ million

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Volkswagen Increases 2023 & 2025 EV Production Targets

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 09:21:34 +0000

Angela Merkel speaks at ZwickauPreviously, Volkswagen Group announced an intention to produce and sell 1 million fully electric vehicles in 2025. The target year for that is now 2023, while the 2025 target has increased to 1½ million

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