With the doom and gloom continuing on the overall European car market, down 21% last month and the lowest April in over 30 years (excluding the Covid-hit April 2020), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to be affected. It dropped 1% last month, with approximately 159,000 plugin vehicles registered in April. Plugin… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Stellantis Wins #1 & #2 in Europe — Plugin Vehicle Sales Report 002008
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Clean Technica: Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?002007
Here’s what the EV scene looked like a few years ago, pre-COVID: the legacy automakers were slow-walking the transition to EVs, producing just enough “compliance cars” to satisfy government regulators, doing nothing to market them, and insisting that customers didn’t want them. Of course, even then everyone knew this wasn’t true — Tesla had already… Continue reading Clean Technica: Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?002007
Cleantechnica: Musk: Self-Driving Cars Next Year 002006
Elon Musk was in Brazil recently for talks with its president, Jair Bolsonaro, to discuss using SpaceX technology to help bring internet to schools in rural areas of the country and to monitor Amazon rainforest deforestation, according to Drive Tesla Canada. There is no word on whether he encouraged the exalted leader of that country… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Musk: Self-Driving Cars Next Year 002006
The UK Is Producing Too Much Wind Power, Actually
It’s bittersweet. Slow ‘Bine It’s a little bittersweet, but the UK actually produced more wind power than the system could handle this week. Wednesday’s Bloomberg report said a few wind farms in Scotland were asked to reduce output by 25 megawatts, or about as much as two average US households uses in a year. The… Continue reading The UK Is Producing Too Much Wind Power, Actually
NEW WEBSITE REVEALS FIRST LOOK AT DELOREAN’S ALPHA5 EV
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — DeLorean Motor Company, Inc. has given the public its first complete look at the highly anticipated Alpha5, their all-new EV. The images are available on the company’s redesigned website, where early access subscribers have the opportunity to see the vehicle a full day before the site goes… Continue reading NEW WEBSITE REVEALS FIRST LOOK AT DELOREAN’S ALPHA5 EV
New EU emissions rules to accelerate decline of plug-in hybrids
Difficult and expensive engineering solutions might bring plug-in hybrids’ CO2 figures down, such as bigger batteries to extend electric-only range and smaller combustion engines to cut fuel consumption, but one estimate suggests the minimum battery size required might be 30-40kWh, pushing a plug-in very close to an EV’s battery capacity. And with the EU creating a… Continue reading New EU emissions rules to accelerate decline of plug-in hybrids
Skoda could build Czech ‘gigafactory’ and other VW Group cars
Skoda main production facility in Mladá Boleslav is likely to build cars for other Volkswagen Group brands in the coming years as the company ramps up its electrification programme. Mladá Boleslav currently produces the Skoda Enyaq iV and the Skoda Octavia, and the Czech firm has just opened a new plant there to assemble battery… Continue reading Skoda could build Czech ‘gigafactory’ and other VW Group cars
Autocar Business unveils Power List 100; Carlos Tavares at the top
Carlos Tavares has been named the most powerful person in the automotive industry by Autocar Business. The Stellantis CEO, a man in charge of 14 of the world’s biggest car brands, topped the inaugural Power List 100, which names the 100 most influential people in the automotive industry. Tavares finished ahead of other industry giants… Continue reading Autocar Business unveils Power List 100; Carlos Tavares at the top
Mystery Ferrari SF90 prototype hints at updates
The Ferrari SF90 Stradale is already one of the fastest and most powerful cars the famous supercar maker has built to date, and new spy shots suggest Ferrari’s current range-topper could be set for an update. Much of the pictured test car looks unchanged, at least externally. However, camouflage covering the front of the car… Continue reading Mystery Ferrari SF90 prototype hints at updates
Hollywood Locals Upset Tesla Is Replacing Shakey’s Pizza
RIP Shakey’s. Shaken Up Not everyone is on board with Tesla’s plans to open a 24-hour supercharger, drive-in theater and diner combo. Several Hollywood residents and Shakey’s Pizza lovers have taken to social media this week to complain about the electric auto maker taking over what they say is an iconic location at the intersection… Continue reading Hollywood Locals Upset Tesla Is Replacing Shakey’s Pizza