Tag: Electric vehicles

Mobility: BMW wants to introduce iX3, iNext and other electric cars 2018

BMW i Vision Dynamics as a model for the i4 (Image: BMW) Since the launch of the i3 in 2013 has BMW no purely electrically powered vehicles presented more. Now comes the second wave of electromobility from Bavaria, as company boss Harald Krüger has announced. BMW will introduce several new electric cars. This announced company… Continue reading Mobility: BMW wants to introduce iX3, iNext and other electric cars 2018

Pininfarina will go from designer to automaker with all-EV lineup

Drew Phillips For decades, Pininfarinaa has largely been a design house — it shaped and built cars, but usually under someone else’s name (such as the Ferrari F40). It’s apparently ready to become a full-fledged manufacturer, however, and a thoroughly 21st century one at that. Autocar sources have heard that Pininfarina is launching an all-electric… Continue reading Pininfarina will go from designer to automaker with all-EV lineup

UPDATE 3-Tesla shareholders approve CEO Musk’s $2.6 bln compensation plan

SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) – Tesla Inc shareholders approved a compensation package potentially worth $2.6 billion for Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday in a test of their confidence in the leader of the electric car company. Elon Musk speaks at a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the… Continue reading UPDATE 3-Tesla shareholders approve CEO Musk’s $2.6 bln compensation plan

Emov Expands to Lisbon, Launches Corporate Accounts in Madrid

Lisbon, Portugal. Photo via Rustam Aliyev/Flickr. Spain-based carsharing group emov is set to expand to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, the company announced. Outside of the city center, the newest launch site will enable users to start and end their journeys in close proximity to airport facilities. Both residents and tourists will be able to… Continue reading Emov Expands to Lisbon, Launches Corporate Accounts in Madrid

GM claims to be all-in on electric vehicles but CEO Barra asks Trump administration to cut back on EVs

Several legacy automakers, like GM, are claiming to be all-in on electric vehicles, but they are still lobbying to relax fuel consumption standards that would accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles. GM CEO Mary Barra is now reportedly meeting with Trump administration about relaxing the standard as the EPA is even considering trying to force states to… Continue reading GM claims to be all-in on electric vehicles but CEO Barra asks Trump administration to cut back on EVs

Bollinger Motors Upgrades Battery Capacity on its Flagship B1

Electric truck startup Bollinger Motors has upgraded its battery capacity on its flagship B1 vehicle with a new 120-kWh battery pack, up from 60 kWh and 100-kWh options. The updated spec has been revealed in a new showreel, titled Bollinger B1 electric truck making of. [embedded content] In the 11-minute clip, narrator Robert Bollinger, founder… Continue reading Bollinger Motors Upgrades Battery Capacity on its Flagship B1

Sion Power – Production Of Breakthrough 500 Wh/kg Cell Starts This Year

35 M BY MARK KANE Sion Power, the Arizona-based company acquired by BASF in 2012, announced that production of its groundbreaking Licerion lithium batteries will begin in late 2018 at its Tucson facility. Sion Power’s next generation cells: 400 Wh/kg, 700 Wh/L and 350 cycles under 1C discharge condition Sion Power developed 20 Ah cells… Continue reading Sion Power – Production Of Breakthrough 500 Wh/kg Cell Starts This Year

London aims for the sky with thousands of new charging points

The UK’s capital is making progress towards reducing high levels of air pollution through the uptake of new electric vehicles and charging points. Figures released by local government association London Councils have shown that boroughs in the capital plan to install at least 2,630 new charging points over the next year, an increase of 300… Continue reading London aims for the sky with thousands of new charging points

XEV plans mass-production 3D printed electric cars

Award winning 3D printer filament manufacturer Polymaker has partnered with Italian car manufacturer XEV to make 3D printed low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs). While XEV’s LSEVs aren’t the first ever 3D printed cars, the partners believe that this is the first example of additive manufacturing vehicles at scale. Stanley Lu, CEO of XEV,  provided 3D Printing Industry… Continue reading XEV plans mass-production 3D printed electric cars