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hyundai
Automotive
2 min read

Hyundai Kona Electric India Launch Details Out

After bringing in its contender for the subcompact SUV segment – the Venue, Hyundai India is all set to bring in another SUV into the country and this time around it will a product that will launch the company’s electric product offensive. Yes, the Kona…

Ratan Tata
Automotive
1 min read

Ratan Tata Invests in Ola Electric Mobility

Ola Electric Mobility announced that Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has invested in the company as part of its Series A round of funding. This investment is in Ratan Tata’s personal capacity in the newly formed Electric Mobility company. Tata is…

Battery Cell Consortium
Automotive
1 min read

France and Germany To Support Battery Cell Consortium

France and Germany have asked the European Commission to approve state subsidies for a cross-border battery cell consortium including carmaker PSA with its German subsidiary Opel and French battery maker Saft, a German official said on Monday. The two…

Mercedes AMG
Automotive
1 min read

Mercedes-AMG Cars Will Be Electrified From 2021

Electric performance car is not an alien concept anymore. In fact, prominent carmakers like Automobili Pininfarina and Rimac are into the business of making only electric supercars. Electric Mobility is also believed to be the future of automobiles and this…

GS25
Living
1 min read

Korean GS25 launches shared-bike charging service

Starting June, customers of South Korean GS25 convenience stores will be able to charge shared electric bicycles or kickboards. GS25 announced on Wednesday that it will set up an electric bicycle and kickboard charging service facility at its stores in…

Vinfast
Automotive
1 min read

VinFast, South Korean firm to make batteries for EVs

The joint venture will be located in the automaker’s factory in the southern port city of Hai Phong, where it will manufacture lithium-ion battery packs for VinFast’s electric scooters that are being made now, and for electric cars to be produced in the…

Volvo XC40 full electric
Automotive
1 min read

Volvo XC40 full-electric variant to debut later this year

Volvo will reveal the full-electric version of the XC40 before the end of the year, the company told at a safety event here last week. Officials declined to provide additional details. Adding a battery-powered version of the compact SUV to the lineup is a…

Daimler
Automotive
1 min read

Daimler To Develop Smart Brand Together With Geely

Daimler on Thursday said it will develop its next generation of Smart electric vehicles in China through a joint venture with rival Geely, deepening an alliance between the two carmakers. Daimler said it will build next generation Smart vehicles at a purpose…

Scoda Electric car
Automotive
3 min read

Skoda’s electric-car push includes low-cost EV

Skoda plans to build three electric cars based on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform in the Czech Republic within the next four years, including a small, affordable model. Skoda’s flagship MEB electric car will be based on the Vision IV coupe crossover…

Porsche Taycan Electric
Automotive
2 min read

Porsche Taycan Electric Car To Make Its Debut In September 2019

The first purely electrically powered sports car from Porsche, the Taycan, will not be presented to the public until September and its final design is not yet known; nonetheless, according to Porsche there are more than 20,000 people around the world with…

BMW Im2
Automotive
2 min read

BMW Wants Its Electric Cars to Look More Boring

BMW has decided that despite all the new engineering under the skin of the new 3 Series, the styling of the all-important sedan would only be very mildly updated. At the Paris Motor Show, the Bavarians also displayed a concept of their next i car, the…

Electric Car
Automotive
3 min read

Electric vehicles on the fast track in Thailand

Experts see bright prospects for electric vehicles (EV) in Thailand with all concerned agencies pursuing the government’s goal of getting 1.2 million units on the road by 2036. There are many reasons and data behind the confidence of success, a seminar was…

Vera Automotive
Automotive
1 min read

BYD chief expects all vehicles to be electric in China by 2030

The head of Chinese automaker expects all vehicles in the country to be electric or hybrid by 2030, a more aggressive timeframe than even Europe, as Beijing pushes ahead on a longer-term plan to shift away from petrol-engine cars. Earlier this month, a senior…

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Automotive
1 min read

Australian state picks Tesla to provide grid-scale battery

South Australia has picked Tesla to install the world’s largest grid-scale battery that would be paired with a wind farm provided by France’s Neoen, as the state battles to keep the lights on. South Australia has raced ahead of the rest of the country in…

Volvo XC60
Automotive
2 min read

Geely’s Volvo to go all electric with new models from 2019

Geely-owned Volvo Car Group said on Wednesday all new models launched from 2019 will be fully electric or hybrids, spelling the eventual end to nearly a century of Volvos powered solely by the internal combustion engine. The Gothenburg-based company will…