Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:05:23 +0000
German media claims Volkswagen may be negotiating with a Chinese company about a joint venture in Germany.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:59:57 +0000
There’s not often news in the EV world that baffles me, or even really surprises me, but I’ve been a little thrown off by some announcements from Rivian this week, including how they’ve come about. Rivian is a cool EV startup that I really like. It could actually be the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 04:57:04 +0000
I was just watching an Australian Open semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev. Unfortunately, it was cut short due to injury and the tennis world missed out on watching what surely could have been an epic match of tennis. However, even in that short time, I saw a commercial … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:48:09 +0000
By some accounts, India surpassed China as the most populous country on Earth in April of 2023. Yet it does not have quite the intensely focused economic agenda of the Chinese government, which is why the shelves at Walmart are not laden with goods labeled “Made In India.” There are … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:44:04 +0000
The debate on one of the EU’s most important climate regulations is being distorted by bogus claims about high fines. Analysis has been circulating in the European Parliament estimating that car manufacturers would pay €15 billion in fines for not meeting the EU’s car CO2 targets in 2025. This echoes similar … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:18:03 +0000
It may not be taking the world by storm like BYD and Tesla have been doing, but Volkswagen is leading the way on EVs among legacy automakers from the West. With an eye on being super green and clean, that also involves powering most of those EVs with green renewable … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:30:44 +0000
The Volkswagen ID.7 may not have won 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in Europe, grabbing the silver medal instead, but it’s an extremely capable, compelling, and cool car that deserves more attention than it gets. The company is pulling in a little bit more of that attention today. A non-modified, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:50:27 +0000
Volkswagen released worldwide sales data today. A decent portion of the news release, which admittedly was not very long, was about the brand’s EV business. The company noted that it has delivered around 500,000 units of the ID.3 since it was released, a big event I recall Steve Hanley attended … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:44:45 +0000
December’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 40.0% share in the UK, up from 28.7% year on year. BEVs grew strongly to meet the 2024 ZEV mandate before the year closed out. Overall auto volume was 140,786 units, flat YoY and well below pre-2020 norms. The UK’s leading BEV brand … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:56:47 +0000
XPENG and the Volkswagen Group have come together in a few big ways now to collaborate and help each other. It’s an interesting partnership, and one that keeps growing and evolving. The latest step they’ve taken together is a plan to build a much larger super-fast charging network together than … [continued]
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