Engines

19th November 2018

Nissan to Sack Chairman Alleging Financial Misconduct

The arrest and imminent sacking of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is unlikely to deflect the automaker from either its ongoing EV strategy or its commitment to the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance,...

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19th November 2018

Weekly Brief: Tesla, GM and Nissan Unite to Save US EV Tax Credits

A crisis makes strange bedfellows. Last week three of the fiercest competitors on the electric vehicle front, Tesla, General Motors and Nissan, banded together to lobby for an extension...

Commentary By Andrew Tolve

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Renault-Nissan Backs EV Battery Maker
16th November 2018

Renault-Nissan Backs EV Battery Maker

The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is investing in a Californian maker of electric vehicle batteries through its venture capital unit. Alliance Ventures has participated in the latest round of funding for...

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14th November 2018

Government Subsidies Vital to EV Uptake

Although sales volumes of plug-in vehicles remain modest in most markets, there are signs that predictions that they will represent 100% of new car sales in Europe by 2030...

By Siegfried Mortkowitz

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EV Charger Maker Partners With Asset Manager
13th November 2018

EV Charger Maker Partners With Asset Manager

An electric vehicle charger maker is partnering with an asset manager to install rapid chargers at all eight of the latter party’s retail warehouses. The companies are claiming the...

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Tesla Appoints Telstra CFO Chairwoman
9th November 2018

Tesla Appoints Telstra CFO Chairwoman

Tesla has appointed Telstra CFO Robyn Denholm as its new chairwoman, following controversial CEO Elon Musk’s agreement with regulators to step down as chairman. She is stepping down as...

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9th November 2018

Renault Ups Its BEV Production For LCVs

Renault has announced increased French production of all-electric light commercial vehicles (LCVs) with part of a €1.4Bn ($1.6Bn) investment earmarked for the purpose. At an event this week attended...

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Utility Claims UK’s First End-to-End EV Package
7th November 2018

Utility Claims UK’s First End-to-End EV Package

A Scottish energy provider is launching what it claims is the UK’s first end-to-end electric vehicle ownership package. ScottishPower is claiming to have developed a package that includes “the...

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7th November 2018

Fisker Hoping For Solid-State BEV in 2021

There are several concerns about battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at the moment not least that the standard lithium ion technology is anything but eco-friendly. While these batteries rack up...

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Utility Applies for New EV Rate Class
6th November 2018

Utility Applies for New EV Rate Class

A privately-owned power utility has applied for new electric vehicle charging rates to be introduced, which it claims could boost adoption of EVs. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)...

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Nikola to Showcase Hydrogen-Electric Truck
6th November 2018

Nikola to Showcase Hydrogen-Electric Truck

A truck maker is to showcase a zero-emissions truck at an event it is staging in Arizona. Nikola says it will display a prototype of the TRE at its...

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2nd November 2018

Algae Grown Bio-Fuel Gets Mazda Backing

Mazda is pinning much of its green energy hopes on bio-fuels grown from algae. The Japanese carmaker has announced joint research projects and studies into the future use of...

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OEM Spotlight

3rd August 2023

BMW ‘Not Ready’ to Give Up on ICE

BMW is committed to continued investment in ICE powertrains despite its acceleration of development funds into BEV models. That’s because the...

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