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Volkswagen starts factory production of electric car it says is ‘accessible to millions’

November 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

A ceremony held at Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant was attended by CEO Herbert Diess and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Some of the automotive industry’s major players are now making moves in the electric vehicle sector. The Volkswagen Group officially started series production of its ID.3 electric car Monday, with the German auto giant aiming to become […]

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Electric Car Owners May Not Love Solar Panels So Much After All

September 25, 2019 Anand Gupta

The overlap between consumers who buy electric vehicles and those who want solar panels on their roofs may not be so broad after all. While conventional wisdom has long held that EV drivers prefer to charge cars with clean energy, surveys that fed that belief targeted early adopters of the technologies who don’t necessarily represent […]

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New Research Promises Electric Car Batteries That Last For a Million Miles

September 24, 2019 Anand Gupta

Electric motors guzzle electricity, which can be especially hard on a rechargeable battery. The power cells used in electric vehicles, like Teslas, have an expected lifespan of around 300,000 to 500,000 miles, but a team of battery researchers believes it has come up with a recipe that can double that, leading to batteries that could […]

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Tesla Electric Car Explodes After Hitting Tow Truck in Moscow

August 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

A Tesla electric car caught fire after crashing into a tow truck on a Moscow motorway late on Saturday. Footage of the incident on state TV channel Rossia 24 showed the car by the side of the road engulfed in flames and thick black smoke. Two small explosions occurred within a few seconds of each […]

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A game changer is coming for electric car owners

August 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

Electric cars are getting cheaper and they can go farther on a single charge. Still, most car shoppers have one big concern: How will I keep an electric car charged while I’m on a long road trip? Gas stations are everywhere. A typical highway exit might have several of them, each with banks of pumps […]

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Tritium wins big UK electric vehicle charging deal

July 24, 2019 Anand Gupta

Tritium, the Brisbane-based electric vehicle charging station company backed by coal entrepreneur Trevor St Baker, has won a deal to install charging stations at 2500 locations in the United Kingdom for fast-growing group Box Energi. Tritium, which has installed 3000 of its fast-charging stations around the world in 29 countries, aims to eliminate ”range anxiety” […]

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Kansas adds electric car charging at turnpike service areas

July 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

TOPEKA, Kan. — Electric charging stations have been introduced at the Topeka, Lawrence and Towanda services areas on the Kansas Turnpike. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced the additions Wednesday, calling the charging stations “a game changer” for electric vehicle drivers, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported. The Topeka Service Area, similar to the ones in Lawrence and […]

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MG says sales of full battery electric car to begin in September

July 20, 2019 Anand Gupta

MG has just announced that the all-electric version of its ZS SUV/crossover will go on sale in the UK in September this year, with an on-the-road starting price of £28,495 (around $A50,500 plus the usual Australian mark-ups). After deducting the UK Government’s low emission vehicle grant of £3500 (plus a matching discount from MG), that […]

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US now has over 20,000 electric car charging stations with more than 68,800 connectors

July 10, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Department of Energy (DOE) reports that the US now has over 20,000 electric car charging stations with more than 68,800 connectors. he new numbers were released by the DOE this week: “As of May 2019, there were more than 68,800 Level 2 and DC fast charging units throughout the United States. Of that total, […]

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Hyundai Kona Electric Launched in India for Rs 25.30 Lakh – Here’s All You Need to Know

July 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

Hyundai Motors has launched the Kona Electric in India today at Rs 25.30 lakh (ex-showroom). The Kona Electric is ‘India’s first real electric SUV’, and has an all-electric range of 452 Km in a single charge (ARAI certified). Hyundai Kona joins the SUV line-up of Hyundai that includes Venue, Creta, and the Tucson. There are […]

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