The car is exceptionally spacious too: four six footers could easily go on holiday together, there’s a decent boot and a quite brilliant ‘frunk’ (front trunk) lined in hard plastic with drain holes. The idea is you can fill it with ice and beer, transport anything from raw fish to hot curry without the smell… Continue reading First ride: 2020 Ford Mustang Mach-E prototype
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Electric Ford Mustang Mach-E is Tesla Model Y rival
The car lacks conventional door handles, instead featuring buttons that pop open the doors and small holds protruding from the front doors. Owners can use their smartphones as keys, or use a keypad built into the B-pillar. The Mustang Mach-E sports a more radical interior, with a wide dashboard featuring a Mustang ‘double cowl’ and… Continue reading Electric Ford Mustang Mach-E is Tesla Model Y rival
Air racing tournament unveils an all-electric sports aircraft
Sponsored Links Airbus, Twitter The electric aircraft seen to date have focused more on raw utility than thrill-seeking, but that’s about to change very shortly. Air Race E, an air racing tournament backed by Airbus, has formally unveiled what it bills as the first electric race aircraft. The Condor Aviation-made White Lightning looks like a… Continue reading Air racing tournament unveils an all-electric sports aircraft
Consumers’ Thirst For SUVs Is Undoing Electric Car Emissions Reductions
That’s the conclusion of a global energy report released this week. Car buyers’ demand for SUVs is preventing improvements in engine technology from reducing global vehicle CO2 emissions, according to a new report. The publication, released this week by the International Energy Agency (IEA), says the growing popularity of the high-riding vehicles is partly to… Continue reading Consumers’ Thirst For SUVs Is Undoing Electric Car Emissions Reductions
Gotland Kicks-in Installation Of Dynamic Wireless Charging
Using dynamic wireless charging over part of the roads, requirements for battery capacity might be significantly reduced. On November 13, the Smartroad Gotland consortium started the installation of reportedly the world’s first wireless charging road for trucks/buses on the island of Gotland (Sweden). The project, hinted earlier this year, is a kind of proof of concept… Continue reading Gotland Kicks-in Installation Of Dynamic Wireless Charging
VW Groups Vows To Launch 75 EVs By 2029
VW ID.3 production started earlier this month. Volkswagen Group tweaked its short- and long-term plans today, announcing even more focus and investment in vehicle electrification. While the revised short-term plan, through 2024, has the company investing €60 billion in electric mobility, hybrids, and more, the long-term plans call for the company to launch 75 electric… Continue reading VW Groups Vows To Launch 75 EVs By 2029
Watch The Ford Mustang Mach-E Livestream Here
See the full reveal live here starting at 8:50 PM EST (5:50 PM PST) on November 17. Ford will officially debut its Mustang Mach-E electric crossover on Sunday, November 17. However, ahead of the official reveal, an overload of details on the Mach-E were mistakenly released by Ford. Before jumping into the leaked info, let… Continue reading Watch The Ford Mustang Mach-E Livestream Here
Thermal Camera Reveals Efficiency Gap Between EV And ICE
Here we can literally see how inefficient internal combustion engine vehicles really are. Fully Charged‘s Dr. Helen Czerski had the opportunity to film electric and internal combustion engine vehicles at the FC Live event earlier this year using FLIR T1K thermal camera, which allows us to see how much energy is wasted. We already know… Continue reading Thermal Camera Reveals Efficiency Gap Between EV And ICE
Investments: VW is even more money in electric mobility
Volkswagen wants to further increase the budget for hybridization, electromobility and digitization. In the next four years, just under 60 billion and thus a good 40 percent of all investments in this area will flow. November 16, 2019, 3:32 pm, Michael Linden The ID Crozz before the presentation (Image: Werner Pluta (Golem.de)) Volkswagen sees its… Continue reading Investments: VW is even more money in electric mobility
Airbus-backed tournament unveils first electric racing aircraft
(Reuters) – An Airbus-backed air racing tournament unveiled an electric-powered sports aircraft on Sunday, billed as the world’s first, as the European planemaker seeks to boost its green aerospace technology. Several companies, including U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), are working on electric-powered flying cars, amid increasing concerns about the environmental impact of fossil-fuel… Continue reading Airbus-backed tournament unveils first electric racing aircraft