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Category: Electric Cars

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  • Electric Cars

Mercedes Joins Tesla, VW in Compact Electric-Car Race

Mercedes-Benz is taking on one of the most complex industry challenges with the rollout of its battery-powered EQA: selling small electric cars without a big profit squeeze. The brand’s first Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

These Companies Want to Charge Your Electric Vehicle as You Drive

Enthusiasm for electric vehicles has long been held back by concerns about battery life, but what if drivers were able to charge their cars while driving? Several automotive, utility and Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

Hunt for the Next Tesla Fuels Wave of Electric-Vehicle Deals

Wall Street’s obsession with electric vehicles is touching off a new round of public listings and helping clean-tech companies to forge partnerships with powerful allies. Proterra Inc., which makes electric buses Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars
  • Germany

Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered more than 212,000 electric cars in total (+158 percent versus 2019), including nearly 134,000 battery electric vehicles (+197 percent versus 2019). This brought the Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Tesla’s $25,000 Car May Hit The Market Sooner Than Planned

Tesla may be closer to producing the US$25,000 electric vehicle sooner than the market thought, according to media reports. At Tesla’s Battery Day in September 2020, Elon Musk said that Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Mercedes-Benz Cars tripled global sales of xEVs in 2020; 7.4% of sales

Mercedes-Benz experienced a sharp increase in xEV deliveries in 2020, with more than 160,000 plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles sold worldwide (+228.8%), including about 87,000 units in the fourth quarter Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

How GM plans to overtake Tesla for the electric car crown Detroit carmaker aims to sell 1m electric vehicles in 2025

As chief executive Mary Barra announced the acceleration of General Motors’ rollout of 30 vehicle models in November, she said the carmaker was “committed to fighting for EV market share until Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

Xpeng delivered 27k EVs in 2020; 5,700 in December

Xpeng Inc, a Chinese smart electric vehicle company, announced its vehicle delivery results for December 2020, the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 2020. Xpeng achieved a record monthly delivery Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

ABI: 2021 will be the year EVs begin entry into the automotive mainstream

2021 will kickstart a decade of growing Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption, which will see EV sales move from a rounding error of total new vehicle shipments to more than a Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

BMW To Challenge Tesla With Ambitious EV Plan

As if Tesla’s inclusion in to the S&P 500 and ARK Invest’s batshit insane impressive fund inflows over the last couple weeks haven’t been enough to make you consider a Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Japan

Toyota launches C+pod ultra-compact battery electric vehicle in Japan

Toyota Motor Corporation announced a limited launch of the C+pod ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV) to corporate users, local governments and other organizations that have been exploring new options to Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

GM to Tout Electrification Drive, Plug-In Pickup at CES

General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra plans to provide a peek of upcoming electric vehicles at CES next month and bolster the automaker’s credentials as a rising power Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

Apple To Build Own EV With “Breakthrough” Battery Tech

Apple plans to manufacture an electric passenger vehicle with its own breakthrough battery technology in 2024, sources with knowledge of the plans told Reuters , in what could be a Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes “next level” battery technology – sources

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes “next level” battery technology – sources

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Toyota: There’s Too Much Hype Over EVs

There is too much hype surrounding electric vehicles (EVs), one of the world’s top automakers, Japan’s Toyota, says, noting that the electricity needed to charge electric cars would strain grids Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

Falling Battery Costs To Help EV Prices Match ICE Vehicles in 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) are set to erase the current price advantage of conventional cars when battery pack prices drop to $100 per kilowatt-hour in 2023, BNEF’s new 2020 Battery Price Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

Electric Cars Closing In on Gas Guzzlers as Battery Costs Plunge – Bloomberg

Electric vehicles may cost about the same as their gas-guzzling brethren in just three or four years — and only get cheaper from there, according to a new report from Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

Biden’s choice of ex-Michigan governor as energy secretary points to focus on electric cars

President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of Jennifer Granholm to be his energy secretary is a sign the president-elect’s team will try to spur automakers to sell cars that need little to Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

In Chicago, ‘charging deserts’ part of racial divide on electric vehicles

Public charging stations are most heavily concentrated in the city’s more affluent neighborhoods, creating a chicken/egg scenario for electric car adoption While electric vehicles are relatively uncommon in Chicago, city Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

Battery Recycling Booms As The EV Revolution Kicks Into High Gear

The rising popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) is often praised as the road to helping the world to reduce emissions. Yet, the advocates of the electric-car future often ignore some Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Electric Cars

The EV Of The Future May Never Have To Be Charged

Electric vehicles are getting more advanced and more accessible all the time. As charging infrastructure proliferates and vehicle technology improves, they’re becoming more and more suitable replacements for your gas Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Musk Urges Tesla Workers to Boost Output Through End of Year

Elon Musk said demand for Tesla Inc. vehicles is so high that production needs to increase as much as possible for the rest of December. Without giving specific numbers, Musk sent Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

How Biden Can Support Electric Cars and the U.S. Automotive Industry

Since Joe Biden’s election last month, U.S. car companies have been stepping up one by one to support the limits on tailpipe emissions he has pledged to impose. A new spirit of cooperation between Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Tesla and EVs didn’t brake for the pandemic, and now the age of oil is ending

During the first nine months of 2020, car sales cratered, with every major automaker seeing a steep drop in sales as the pandemic raged across the globe. That is, of Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Electric Car Boom Is About To Get Even Hotter

2020 has been an absurd year in many ways, but some sectors are thriving in a chaotic market as billionaire investors, institutions, and especially the Robin Hood crowd are rushing Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Hybrids Enjoying More Robust Sales Than Electric Vehicles

Hybrid cars are seeing a quiet resurgence as the boom in electric vehicles spurs automakers to give the older, cheaper technology a second look. (Bloomberg) — Hybrid cars are seeing Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

BYD sells 18,220 EVs in China in November, up 128% year-on-year

Chinese automotive manufacturer BYD sold 18,220 pure-electric passenger vehicles in November, up by 22.1% from October and by 127.8% from a year earlier. November sales of plug-in hybrids passenger vehicles Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

About 150 U.S. Cadillac Dealers to Exit Brand, Rather Than Sell Electric Cars

Dozens of new electric-vehicle models are expected to arrive at dealerships in the next few years. We followed eight Wall Street Journal reporters in four countries to see if they, Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • United Kingdom

Share Of EV Registrations In UK Jumps To 9.1% In November

While the UK’s total new car sales slumped in November due to the second lockdown, electric vehicles (EVs) recorded their third-highest ever monthly share of registrations at 9.1 percent, the Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Aston Martin-Backed Report Overstates Electric Car Climate Harm

Electric-vehicle researchers are criticizing an automaker-sponsored report they say overstates how many miles battery-powered cars need to be driven before they’re cleaner than those running on combustion engines. The report compiled Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Real Reason Why Tesla Is Heading Towards A Trillion-Dollar Valuation

Morgan Stanley recently raised their rating on Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) for the first time in 3 years. Two weeks later and the stock has already smashed through their $540 price point, Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Volkswagen Readies Compact EV For 2023

Volkswagen will look to reduce its portfolio of internal combustion engine vehicles, while speeding up the development of a compact electric vehicle that could cost less than $36,000 and could Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Tesla plans to turn Berlin plant into ‘world’s largest EV battery plant’

 US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla plans to turns its Berlin-Gruenheide factory into the world’s largest EV battery plant, CEO Elon Musk said Nov. 24 at a German government-organized EU battery Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Investment Trend That Could Send Tesla To $2 Trillion

Hedge fund bulls say Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is on its way to a $2-trillion market cap after gaining 400% this year … It’s already worth 5X the combined value of giants Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

How Stimulus Packages Could Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

Stimulus packages around the world could help a rise in electric vehicles (EVs) sales and speed up progress in decarbonization in the transportation sector, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The EV Revolution Is Threatening Long-Term Oil Demand Growth

The growth in electric vehicle adoption, especially in emerging markets, could threaten long-term oil demand growth, Carbon Tracker has reported , citing these markets’ dependency on imports that could be Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

GM: New batteries cut electric car costs, increase range

General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years. The technology also Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

GM’s Barra accelerates ‘all out pursuit of global EV leadership’

General Motors Co GM.N Chief Executive Mary Barra said the Detroit automaker is accelerating an “all out pursuit of global EV leadership,” challenging electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc TSLA.O with Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Tesla Stock Soars After S&P 500 Addition

Tesla will join the S&P 500 index in December after reporting five consecutive quarterly profits. “Tesla Inc. (NASD:TSLA) will be added to the S&P 500 effective prior to the open Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Data show California BEVs at 6.7% new vehicle marketshare in Q3

The California Center for Jobs & The Economy has released an updated report ( earlier post ) on vehicle sales and the progress of ZEV sales in the state for Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Is Tesla Too Ambitious For Its Own Good?

A decade since its public debut, Tesla Inc . (NASDAQ:TSLA) has evolved from a somewhat nondescript if overreaching EV startup into one of Wall Street’s most popular growth stocks. TSLA Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The EV Revolution Could Create 20 Million New Jobs

In the not-so-distant past, renewable energy and fossil fuel divestment were part of an idealistic, pie in the sky approach to transforming the energy sector which, for all of its Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • United Kingdom

Johnson to Unveil Green Plan That May Halt Sales of Petrol Cars

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a green 10-point plan on Wednesday, as he weighs controversial proposals to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Biden Means Sales Boost for Volkswagen, GM, Tesla (TSLA), Electric Car Makers – Bloomberg

Although President Obama threw a lifeline to U.S. automakers after the financial crisis, many in the industry were unhappy that his administration also was responsible for fuel economy rules that Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Volkswagen Accelerates Investment in Electric Cars as It Races to Overtake Tesla

Volkswagen AG plans to invest around $86 billion in the development of electric vehicles and other new technologies over the next five years, as the world’s largest auto maker races Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Daimler will shrink with shift to electric, autonomous cars: CEO

Daimler DAIGn.DE will be a smaller company five years from now, focused on capturing recurring revenues with software-based services as Mercedes-Benz seeks to redefine luxury in an era of electric Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Electrify America has opened more than 500 EV charging stations to public; more than 2,200 ultra-fast chargers

Electrify America has opened more than 500 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the US, with more than 2,200 individual DC fast chargers. Since opening its first site in May Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Sales of chargeable vehicles more than triple in EU in Q3 to take 9.9% new market share

In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9% of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0% during the same period last year, according to data from Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Tesla Is On Track To Deliver 1 Million EVs In 2021

At a time when oil prices remain stuck in limbo, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has continued to defy bearish expectations that low oil prices would put a damper on its core Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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