Are Energy Majors Under Threat From Big Tech?
Audi unveiled last month its first fully electric SUV, the e-tron, at an event on Tesla’s home turf in San Francisco—the electric vehicle industry’s latest step toward mass adoption of Continue Reading
NC State team develop medium voltage fast charger; up to 350 kW in next version
Researchers at North Carolina State University have built an electric vehicle fast charger that is at least 10 times smaller than existing systems and wastes 60% less power during the Continue Reading
Oil Price Rally Boosts Electric Car Sales
Tesla’s competition is about to get more crowded next year with many legacy automakers and luxury brands launching a record number of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. All EV Continue Reading
How fast is fast enough for charging? Take our Twitter poll
Automakers are launching a race to build electric cars that can charge as fast filling a gas tank. When the first electric cars launched in 2011, buyers and fans were Continue Reading
China’s Giant Market for Really Tiny Cars
The taste for tiny EVs has become a quirky subplot in China’s push to become a world leader in electric cars. Roughly 1.75 million micro-EVs were sold in China last Continue Reading
France’s Total acquires electric vehicle charging startup G2mobility
Highlights Moves into sector following peers Shell and BP European majors moving into greener fuels Total also forms partnership with Nexans London — French major Total said Thursday it has Continue Reading
Saudi wealth fund invests $1bn in Tesla rival Lucid Motors
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has made its second major investment in a US electric vehicles maker, striking a $1bn deal to provide much-needed financing for Tesla-rival Lucid Motors on Continue Reading
The Age Of Electrification Has Arrived
Electric vehicles continue to gain market share at an accelerating rate, but electrification could go even further, expanding into the realm of commercial trucking, marine travel and even to airplanes. Continue Reading
Audi launches electrification offensive; 12 EVs by 2025; 4 e-platforms
With the world premiere of the Audi e-tron Monday night in San Francisco, Audi also marked the launch of its electrification offensive. By 2025 Audi will offer twelve automobiles with Continue Reading
UK competition to install electric vehicle fast-charge network ‘backed by GBP400 million fund’: Clark
The UK government is to support the roll-out of fast-charging networks for electric vehicles, Business Secretary Greg Clark said Tuesday on BBC Radio 4’s Today Program. Receive daily email alerts, Continue Reading