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China’s ordering safety checks after a series of electric car fires

June 19, 2019 Anand Gupta

A recent series of fires in China affecting prominent electric vehicle makers like Tesla and NIO has made authorities nervous—the last thing they want to see is people losing confidence in electric cars in an already slowing auto market. Yesterday (June 17), China issued an order (link in Chinese) to electric car companies to carry […]

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30 Reasons To Buy An Electric Car … Today!

June 17, 2019 Anand Gupta

My increasingly good friend Paul Fosse wrote an article yesterday giving 5 reasons to buy a Tesla before July 1. At the end of the article, he linked to a 2016 article of mine that I had forgotten about. It’s a simple listicle but it’s actually one of my favorite articles. So, thanks to Paul, […]

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Bankruptcies and slowdown hang over China’s electric car market

June 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

EV start-ups face elimination as Beijing slams brakes on sales with subsidy cuts They have billions of dollars in funding, backing from China’s biggest tech companies and the world’s largest electric vehicle market at their doorstep. But Chinese EV start-ups face a struggle to survive in the face of intensifying competition and subsidy cuts. Although […]

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Delhi: Electric car out of charge? Now, book your slot on app?

June 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

NEW DELHI: Power minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said fast-charging and swappable batteries for all electric vehicles are the future of environment-friendly transportation in Delhi. Jain, who inaugurated discom BSES’ first smart public electric vehicle charging station at South Extension-II market, said these stations would act as top-up point. People can book their slots through […]

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Charging an electric car in America is about to get a little less painful

June 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

As electric vehicle charging infrastructure grows, a nagging complexity has popped up. Each electric vehicle charging networks has its own system with memberships. For an EV owner, that translates into a handful, or more, of standalone apps or RFID dongles used to activate and pay for charging. ChargePoint and Electrify America have reached an agreement that […]

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Electric Cars: Rivals Are Teaming Up, It’s All About the ‘Jesus Battery’

June 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

Well, early adopters may have paid top dollar. But these days you can get one for $35,000 or less from Chevy, Nissan, Ford … and now even Tesla! Now that they’re more accessible, electric vehicles (EVs) are in high demand. Automakers are eager to meet it – but first, they’ve got to cut their OWN […]

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VW announces plans to install 36,000 electric car charge points in Europe by 2025

June 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Volkswagen Group is announcing a significant expansion of its investment in electric car charging infrastructure with plans to install 36,000 electric car charge points in Europe by 2025. Over the last few years, they have already participated in the deployment of some charging networks, like Ionity, but the German automaker now plans to expand […]

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GM Claims It Can Sell Affordable Electric Cars That Are Profitable

June 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

You only need to look at Tesla to realize that making money building and selling electric cars is tough duty. Tesla has lost money in almost every quarter since it started in business, even though its larger cars sell for $80,000 or more and its new midsize Model 3 costs up to $50,000 in top […]

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Economical energy storage for the electric car of tomorrow

June 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have developed a new production process with the aim of efficient and environmentally friendly future battery production. They coat the electrodes of the energy storage cells with a dry film instead of liquid chemicals. This simplified process saves energy and eliminates toxic […]

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Electric car owners forced to take ’shocking risks’ to charge their vehicles

June 3, 2019 Anand Gupta

ELECTRIC car charging infrastructure is causing EV drivers to take risks and charge their car’s dangerously, reveals new data. One of the biggest cruxes preventing mass electric car adoption in the UK is the infrastructure to support them. Electric cars on average will cover a shorter distance than a petrol or diesel before needing to […]

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