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At an investor day on Thursday, Daimler presented its updated plans for the switch to electric mobility. Daughter Mercedes-Benz is preparing new platforms and battery factories to become fully electric before the end of the decade… “whenever market conditions permit”. […]
A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) experts finds battery-electric cars already have a better greenhouse gas emissions record than conventionally powered vehicles. This is not only true in Europe but also in China, India, or […]
Volkswagen AG delivered more than twice as many electric cars (BEVs) in the first half of 2021 as in the same period last year (+165,2%). The Group sold 170 939 battery-electric cars worldwide by the end of June, 110 991 […]
In Austria, only zero-emission passenger cars, two-wheelers, light commercial vehicles, and heavier commercial vehicles are to be newly registered by 2030 at the latest. This is one of the ‘Mobility Master Plan 2030’ measures now presented by Infrastructure Minister Leonore […]
The Dutch technology company, Lightyear, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Valmet Automotive to produce the exclusive series of the Lightyear One solar electric car. At Valmet Automotive’s car plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland, production is planned for the first […]
For the first time, the French car manufacturer Renault sees growth again. For the first half of this year, the sales of Renault Group were up. Meanwhile, being a pioneer in electrification, the group now has to catch up with […]
The Dutch charging infrastructure specialist, Allego, has agreed with the Radisson Hotel Group to provide the charging infrastructure for electric cars at its hotels. It will provide and operate AC and DC charging solutions at more than 220 Radisson Hotel […]
LG Chem wants to invest €4,4 billion to expand its battery materials business for electric cars by 2025. The company also announced it would build a new factory for cathode material in South Korea’s Gumi. The huge investment is part […]
The dieselgate saga continues: Volkswagen has been condemned in the Netherlands to pay indemnities to 150 000 owners of VW products. Last week, there was a similar verdict in Italy. The consumer organization Stichting Car Claim has been vindicated by […]
The British government has presented a plan to decarbonize the transport sector. It includes stopping the sale of all road vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2040. The end date for passenger cars was already set for 2030 – […]
On Tuesday, the Volkswagen Group presented its strategy for 2030 called ‘New Auto’. At the core of this strategy is the shift to electromobility and the phasing out of the combustion engine, but it goes a step further. The VW […]
The Vietnamese car manufacturer Vinfast has announced that it will launch two new electric vehicles on the American and European markets in March 2022. Vinfast is a daughter company of Vingroup, the biggest private conglomerate in Vietnam. Vinfast was created […]
France will continue to support plug-in hybrid cars despite the possible EU ban on cars with an internal combustion engine (ICE). It pleads for an exception for PHEVs when new ICE vehicles sales will be forbidden. Tomorrow the European Commission […]
At the end of last week, Volkswagen Group announced an operating benefit of €11 billion for the first half of 2021. At the same gathering, the contract of CEO Herbert Diess was prolonged until 2025. “Deliveries have been resumed solidly […]
As one of the last big car groups, Stellantis has presented its new electrification strategy. The multi-brand group wants to achieve 70% of its sales in Europe and 40% in the USA with ‘low-emission vehicles’ by 2030. In Europe, Opel […]
BMW and Daimler have both registered serious increases in their sales of electrified vehicles during the first half of 2021. Growth was +148,5% for BMW and + 305% for Daimler. However, both groups made adjustments to their production program to […]
Bentley has presented its second plug-in hybrid, after the Bentayga. The Flying Spur saloon has a total range of over 700 kilometers and manages a purely electric range of 40 kilometers. Bentley has announced the electric range regarding the preliminary […]
BMW Group today launches the CE 04 electric scooter, its idea of a “silent revolution in electrically powered urban two-wheel mobility”. “The BMW CE 04 is our new electric star for the city. It combines an e-drive with emotion and […]
Racing gets green. For a certain time already, we have Formula E, now the World Endurance Championship (WEC) gets greener too. Peugeot is getting in the dance again by presenting a hybrid hypercar, the 9X8. The French carmaker plans to […]
Audi CEO Markus Duesmann assumes that electric cars will be just as profitable as petrol cars in two to three years. That is one of the reasons why he is already setting much more ambitious profitability targets. The return on […]
In June of this year, 16,3% fewer cars were registered in Belgium and Luxembourg compared to the same month in 2020. Thus, the balance is positive for the first semester compared to last year (+ 7,3%, 232 391 newly registered […]
It was an open secret that Volkswagen was looking for a buyer for its supercar brand Bugatti. Finally, it has found a solution: Croatian tech firm Rimac is the new owner, with 45% of the shares for Porsche, the VW […]
European Commissioner Frans Timmermans, EVP for the Green Deal, has plans to stimulate the transition to electric vehicles even more. At the same time, polluting engines (ICE) will be taxed increasingly. In an interview with the Financial Times, Timmermans explains […]
Nissan has now officially confirmed that Envision AESC will build a battery factory at its plant in Sunderland, England. In addition, a new electric model will also be produced there in the future. Both announcements are part of a £1 […]
Renault is accelerating its electric strategy and has presented a comprehensive strategy package under the name ‘Renault Eways Electropop’. This includes new sales targets and further details on the French company’s platform and technology strategy. Renault Group’s new sales targets […]
The car world is on a tipping point with the energy transition and the autonomous car appearing in the (far?) future. But the technicians who are supposed to work on this new technology are also challenged. BMW Group Belux lends […]
With the Mini Vision Urbanaut virtual vision vehicle presentation in November 2020, the Mini brand revealed a new interpretation of mobility. Now the BMW Group is set to unveil a physical model of the vehicle. The model will be given […]
ACM Adaptive City Mobility GmbH, a starting German manufacturer, shows the series version of its modular electric vehicle and the associated ecosystem created with funding from the German government. The ACM City One can be converted into two simple steps […]
The Czech car manufacturer and VW daughter Skoda has presented its new corporate strategy until 2030. The most important key statement regarding electric mobility: Skoda confirms at least three more purely electric models by the end of the decade. In […]
Jaguar is to become an all-electric car brand in 2025. In the media, further details of the transition are now revealed. Of the current models, only the purely electric I-Pace will survive the year 2025. Instead of the current portfolio, […]
Audi’s e-tron and e-tron Sportback electric models receive a facelift in the second half of 2022, including some technical upgrades. According to media reports, this could include a new generation of batteries that will increase the range in both models […]
The VW brand is planning to phase out internal combustion engines (ICE) in Europe by 2035 at the latest, thus taking a slightly more moderate course than its sister company Audi, which recently announced its intention to stop selling cars […]
The Japanese battery manufacturer Envision AESC, part of the Chinese Envision Group, is going to build a battery factory at Renault’s Douai site in northern France, recently ‘reborn’ as ElectriCity. The plant will offer an annual production capacity of 24 […]
The Dutch lease company, MisterGreen, specialized in leasing Tesla cars, is expanding its activities to Denmark. By doing so, the company will be the first pure electric lease company in Scandinavia. The target of Mistergreen is to realize more than […]
Research and consultancy company Ernst & Young thinks that the electric car will already dominate the worldwide car markets in 2033. This is 5 years earlier than previously expected. The EY researchers foresee that in the world’s biggest car markets, […]
