Second Life Battery Systems Will Undergo Tests In Ohio & Hamburg

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:12:35 +0000

Volkswagen second use batteryExperiments in Ohio and Hamburg are designed to determine whether repurposing EV batteries for energy storage is technically and commercially viable.

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Kia: 11 New Electric Vehicle Models & 500,000 Annual EV Sales By 2025

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 02:52:43 +0000

Kia and sister company Hyundai are interesting figures in the electric vehicle world. They have often been chosen as favorite EV brands only trailing Tesla. They have historically been ahead of the curve when it comes to EV design and range. This has given many people the impression they’re “more serious about” electric vehicles than other automakers

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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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Poor Man’s Autopilot: Where Is The Outrage?

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:36:08 +0000

In a video titled “Poor Man’s Autopilot,” the owner of an i3 with the ability to do self-parking and adaptive cruise control explains how to mimic Tesla’s Autopilot. And there are many more than this

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Volkswagen Praises Tesla, Commits To More Renewable Energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:00:08 +0000

Volkswagen EV factory ChattanoogaIn Davos this week, Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen, heaped praise on Tesla for leading the EV revolution.

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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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China Electric Vehicle Sales — The Light At The End Of The Tunnel?

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:00:44 +0000

After some terrible months (-42% in November), the Chinese plug-in market seems to have finally bottomed out, falling just 22% year over year (YoY) in December, to 149,000 units, with both powertrain technologies dropping. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) suffered less (only -17% YoY) than plug-in hybrids (-45%)

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Renault Zoe Wins 2019 EV Model Trophy In Germany, BMW Wins Manufacturer Trophy

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 01:03:49 +0000

The German plug-in electric passenger vehicle market ended the year on fire, with registrations more than doubling in December, to 11,328 registrations

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Plug-In Vehicles = 5.7% of Portugal’s Auto Sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:51:10 +0000

The Netherlands got most of the press from EV fans in recent weeks and months thanks to a stunning 54% plug-in vehicle (PEV) market share at the end of 2019 and the Tesla Model 3 bagging approximately twice as many 2019 sales as the #2 Volkswagen Polo

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Plug-In Vehicles = 5.5% of Switzerland’s Auto Sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:12:01 +0000

Far and away, the Swiss plug-in vehicle (PEV) leader was the Model 3, which had 29% of PEV market share. That means it had ~1.6% of the overall auto market in Switzerland all by itself, and it put the Model 3 at #4 in the overall auto market in the country, only trailing the Skoda Octavia, Volkswagen Tiguan, and Volkswagen Golf

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