RUESSELSHEIM, Germany: Carmakers and policymakers in Europe are staking their futures on a race to electric vehicles. But the vast charging network needed to sustain their vision is patchy, and it’s not clear who’ll pay for it. The central German city of Ruesselsheim, home to carmaker Opel, wants to build 1,300 electric car charging points […]
Guess what! Electric cars can drive from Melbourne to Sydney
A transition to clean, zero emissions transport in Australia still faces a long road ahead if comments made by former Labor MP and minister Stephen Conroy on Monday are anything to go by. In a spot on Sky News, Conroy demurely labelled the Coalition’s ludicrous fake news campaign against electric cars in the lead up […]
Electric cars and charging stations are starting to mature
In the world of electric vehicles, the issues of battery charging technology and infrastructure have always loomed large. Now, as more high profile EV cars are launched by established automakers – the most recent being Audi’s 2019 e-tron – the charging questions are being answered. On the heels of a trip to Electrify America’s Washington […]
China Has Whole Towns Focused Entirely on Making Electric Cars
At least 20 ‘EV Towns’ rising to boost manufacturing, research Industrial plan comes as car sales crater, EV sector flooded Pieces of an electric car hang from the ceiling of a Chinese real-estate developer’s showroom, evoking an edgy installation at a modern art museum. In reality, they’re a symbol of the nation’s industrial ambitions. Just […]
Scandinavia’s new sustainable stations recharge mind, body and electric cars
Danish architecture studio COBE has designed a series of sustainable charging stations for electric vehicles for Scandinavia – the first one has cropped up along the E20 motorway in the Danish city of Fredericia. While the design provides EVs ultra fast charging speeds for batteries, powered by E.ON Drive and Clever, COBE also wanted to […]
More Electric Cars Mean Fewer Mechanical Jobs
Expect job losses as electric vehicles displace the internal combustion engine, the Congressional Research Service has warned members of Congress. One can hardly fault the electric vehicles. They have fewer moving parts, so there’s less to build and less to break down. Many of the jobs needed to put internal-combustion vehicles on the road and […]
Hyundai And Kia Plan To Start Local Assembly Of Electric Cars In India
Hyundai will be launching the Kona Electric SUV in July this year and will be pricing it aggressively in a bid to make it an affordable alternative for mainstream car buyers. The FAME 2 scheme has given electric mobility a shot in the arm and is a step in the right direction to make India […]
Indian Auto Giant Ashok Leyland Wants To Team Up With Tesla For Electric Cars In The Country
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted about the company’s entry in the Indian automotive landscape a number of times. While there might be certain hurdles in the process, finding the right partner will not be one of them anymore for the American Electric car maker. Why? Indian auto major Ashok Leyland has extended a helping […]
Electric cars not attractive for most people in the UK
Only one in four people would consider buying a fully electric car in the next five years. That is the finding of one of the most comprehensive studies into UK consumers and pure electric vehicles. There has been a renewed focus on the climate and environment recently. The reluctance of British drivers to embrace cleaner […]
Why Norway leads the world in electric vehicle adoption
Norway has only 5.26 million people—about half the size of Los Angeles County in population, and with only about 35 percent of LA’s vehicles on its roads. But there’s one measure in which Norway trumps America’s most saturated EV market. Per capita, Norway has more electric car owners and drivers than anywhere else in the […]