Tag: Electric vehicles

Record first quarter for BMW Group sales

Munich. The BMW Group has achieved its best ever first-quarter sales with a total of 604,629 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered to customers, an increase of 3.0% on last year and the first time the company has sold over 600,000 vehicles this early in the year. March 2018 was the company’s best-ever single month… Continue reading Record first quarter for BMW Group sales

VW replaces CEO Matthias Mueller amid group restructure

Volkswagen has announced that Herbert Diess will take over from Matthias Mueller as chief executive.  Diess is a former BMW executive who has overseen the core Volkswagen brand since 2015. He will head up the management board that reports to the group’s board of directors and take charge of vehicle development and research as well… Continue reading VW replaces CEO Matthias Mueller amid group restructure

A LiDAR Prodigy Cranks Up Production In The Race For Robot Car Vision Sales

Austin Russell, Luminar’s CEO and co-founder, is convinced his company has the most advanced, highest resolution laser LIDAR sensor on the market and he’s quickly boosting production to supply autonomous vehicle test fleets. One year after emerging from stealth mode Luminar, a maker of laser LiDAR sensors for self-driving vehicles led by 23-year-old optics whiz… Continue reading A LiDAR Prodigy Cranks Up Production In The Race For Robot Car Vision Sales

GM Teams With EVgo For Maven-Only Bolt Fast-Charge Network

1 M BY MARK KANE General Motors’ Maven and EVgo announced an agreement to construct a dedicated DC fast charging network available only to Maven Gig Chevrolet Bolt EV drivers. EVgo fast charging station The Maven Gig car sharing service for freelance drivers was launched in seven major U.S. cities and so far the fleet… Continue reading GM Teams With EVgo For Maven-Only Bolt Fast-Charge Network

Pininfarina and Hybrid Kinetic Group to showcase one more concept at Auto China Show 2018: the electric SUV K350

Pininfarina and Hybrid Kinetic Group to showcase one more concept at Auto China Show 2018: the electric SUV K350 It will be presented together with the sedan H500, a further world debut, and the gran turismo HK GT Torino, April 12th 2018 – Following the presentation at 2017 Shanghai Motor Show of the five seater… Continue reading Pininfarina and Hybrid Kinetic Group to showcase one more concept at Auto China Show 2018: the electric SUV K350

VW supervisory board chooses Diess as the new CEO

The former Volkswagen brand manager Herbert Diess will be the new CEO. He replaces predecessor Matthias Müller, as the VW Supervisory Board decided. Herbert Diess Thursday, 12.04.2018 19:53 clock Herbert Diess is the new CEO of Volkswagen-Konzerns. On Thursday, the supervisory board appointed the 59-year-old VW brand leader to head the world’s largest carmaker with… Continue reading VW supervisory board chooses Diess as the new CEO

EVgo and Maven Gig announce dedicated fast charging network for on-demand drivers

GM hopes to remain relevant in the new car-sharing gig economy – its Maven Gig service allows drivers for ride sharing and delivery services to lease GM vehicles, including Chevy Bolt EVs. Now Maven has announced an agreement with fast charging network operator EVgo to construct a dedicated DC fast charging network for Maven Gig… Continue reading EVgo and Maven Gig announce dedicated fast charging network for on-demand drivers

Press Releases – Insufficient support for electric vehicle charging infrastructure hampers uptake, new report shows

Brussels, 12 April 2018 – A report published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that there is still serious underinvestment in electric vehicle recharging infrastructure across Europe, with only one in three EU member states providing incentives. According to the EEA report, specific incentives for electric vehicle charging points were found in only… Continue reading Press Releases – Insufficient support for electric vehicle charging infrastructure hampers uptake, new report shows

Publications – Overview: tax incentives for electric vehicles in the EU

Incentives for electrically-chargeable vehicles are now applied in many European countries. The incentives mainly consist of tax reductions and exemptions, as in countries such as Austria or Germany, and bonus payments and premiums for the buyers of electric vehicles in France and the UK. This document provides an overview of tax incentives for buying electric… Continue reading Publications – Overview: tax incentives for electric vehicles in the EU