Valmet Automotive is now producing lithium-ion battery packs for automotive OEMs. Valmet Automotive, as promised, has started large-scale production of automotive lithium-ion battery packs in Salo/Finland, in a former Nokia plant. We know that the company has selected CATL as a lithium-ion battery cell partner, but there is no info about who is are the… Continue reading Valmet Automotive Launches Battery Pack Production In Finland
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U.S. Volkswagen e-Golf Sales Are Now Higher Than Ever
Volkswagen e-Golf finds more buyers than ever before, despite fundamentally being unchanged. There was a time in 2018 when it seemed that Volkswagen e-Golf sales in the U.S. would gradually decrease to the point of no return (to be finally replaced by some new MEB-based EVs). However, as we can see on the chart below,… Continue reading U.S. Volkswagen e-Golf Sales Are Now Higher Than Ever
Let’s See The New SAIC Volkswagen BEV Plant In China: Video
SAIC Volkswagen’s new facility in Anting is envisioned for 300,000 MEB-based BEVs annually, starting in October 2020. Eyes of the world were focused mostly on the progress at the Tesla Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, but Volkswagen‘s joint venture with SAIC recently also built an all-electric car factory in China. Let’s take a look at the… Continue reading Let’s See The New SAIC Volkswagen BEV Plant In China: Video
Volkswagen To Focus Motorsport Strategy On Electric: Gives Up On Gas
VW ID.R electric cars “will play a pioneering role beyond 2019” and MEB-based racing cars are coming. Volkswagen announced a bold move of focusing its motorsport strategy on e-mobility and saying farewell to factory-backed commitments using internal combustion engines. The promotion of all-electric cars sounds like a reasonable strategy to us, as first EVs are… Continue reading Volkswagen To Focus Motorsport Strategy On Electric: Gives Up On Gas
Tesla Cybertruck Was Designed To Meet These 6 Specific Requirements
There’s a reason the Cybertruck looks exactly like it does. I assume that Tesla set the following requirements that the Tesla Cybertruck design must satisfy: Tough exterior. Low aerodynamic resistance to allow long-range and high efficiency. Large and comfortable interior. Variable ground clearance, low for ingress and egress and highway driving and quite high for… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck Was Designed To Meet These 6 Specific Requirements
PSA Inaugurates EV Powertrain Assembly Line At Trémery Plant
With the volume production of drive units already underway, PSA is ready to introduce several new BEVs. PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel/Vauxhall) officially inaugurated its electrified powertrain assembly line at the Trémery engine plant in France on November 20, 2019. Electric drive units from Trémery will be used in a new wave of all-electric… Continue reading PSA Inaugurates EV Powertrain Assembly Line At Trémery Plant
BYD Introduces New e3 Electric Sedan In China
BYD e3 sedan shares the same battery/powertrain with the new BYD e2 hatchback. The e3 sedan is another new all-electric entry-level model introduced in China by BYD this year. In fact, it’s highly related to the e2 hatchback (available from September). So far this year, BYD expanded its lineup by six new plug-ins: Tang BEV,… Continue reading BYD Introduces New e3 Electric Sedan In China
Tesla Cybertruck Image Overload: See The Pickup Inside And Out
Check out our mega gallery of images of the newly revealed Tesla Cybertruck. Following last night’s reveal of the Tesla Cybertruck, we’ve gathered well over 100 images of the polarizing electric pickup truck and we present them here for your viewing pleasure (or displeasure). Gallery: Tesla Cybertruck Pickup Truck Debut 128 Photos Aside from the… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck Image Overload: See The Pickup Inside And Out
Anheuser-Busch Completes First Ever Zero-Emission Beer Delivery
An all-electric BYD truck and a hydrogen fuel cell Nikola H2 truck delivered cargo for Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch, one of the pioneers of using zero emission vehicles, this week has completed its first ever “Zero-Emission Beer Delivery” in the company’s hometown of St. Louis in partnership with BYD and Nikola. For the Nikola H2 hydrogen fuel… Continue reading Anheuser-Busch Completes First Ever Zero-Emission Beer Delivery
Check Out These Top Memes About The Tesla Cybertruck Official Unveil
And add some more to our comments if you find them. Polarizing is the least you could say about the new Tesla Cybertruck. Elon Musk tried to prepare us for it, but it was clearly not enough. Some celebrated the truck because they celebrate everything Elon does. Some really liked it. Most wept, but there… Continue reading Check Out These Top Memes About The Tesla Cybertruck Official Unveil