Continental’s powertrain division will bear the name Vitesco Technologies. This was announced by the supplier at the announcement of its new business figures. The partial IPO of the Powertrain division originally announced for the second half of the year, is not expected to take place until 2020.
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Peugeot presented the details of the fully electric version of its new 208 GT Line earlier this year, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Now the e-208 is now open for reservation in the United Kingdom with a £500 deposit.
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The British SAIC brand MG Motor is launching its first electric model this autumn. A prototype of the MG ZS EV was recently filmed charging in Germany. According to the technicians, the E-SUV delivers 110 kW and offers a 44 kWh battery for 280 km WLTP range.
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The joint venture between Volkswagen and JAC plans to invest the equivalent of 674 million euros ($750M) in an electric car plant in Hefei, China. The environmental permit has already been granted for the production of 100,000 electric cars per year.
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The London startup Siticars has introduced a small electric car for journeys in London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone. The BEV is called Me, and also comes as a pickup and panel van. Performance is strictly down to use case with a top speed of around 80 km/h and a range of about 150 km.
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Tesla has officially confirmed that its electric truck will not go into production until 2020, instead of in 2019 as announced at a presentation in late 2017. The confirmation was given with the announcement of the company’s quarterly figures. So far it is still unclear where the Tesla semi will be assembled.
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Penske Truck Leasing has opened what it considers to be the “first DC fast charging stations in the U.S. designed specifically for heavy-duty commercial electric vehicles”. The first 14 rapid chargers stand at four of Penske’s facilities in Southern California.
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Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced its plan to convert their Portland plant in Oregon for the production of electric trucks under Freightliner banner next year. Serial production of the eM2 and eCascadia models is set to start in 2021.
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The Ionity high power charging joint venture announces that it secured the financing of the EUROP-E project, which it is coordinating. The project involves the construction of a total of 340 HPC stations, each with a charging capacity of up to 350 kW, in 13 EU member states.
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VW’s diesel-gate subsidiary Electrify America announced the collaboration with nine additional companies to host more than 30 fast EV charging stations across the U.S. More than 20 of these will be located in California with another six states being added.
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Volkswagen has made decisive steps towards emission reduction lately but what has electric car making got to do with the energy business? Everything knows Martin Roemheld, who now leads Volkswagen’s eMobility services and was instrumental in installing Elli. In strategic terms, “the target for an emission-free fleet in 2050 sets the pace for Volkswagen,” says Roemheld.
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For some time, Ionity has been relying on software and services from the Austrian electromobility provider has·to·be to expand Ionity’s fast charging network. Now both companies have agreed on long-term cooperation.
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The electric car brand Enovate has signed a cooperation agreement with Taiwanese cell manufacturer ProLogium to work together on the commercialisation of solid state batteries. ProLogium claims that the partnership will make Enovate the first EV manufacturer to use solid-state batteries.
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This year, Panasonic could upgrade one of its battery factories in domestic Japan to produce not only the 18650 battery cells for the Tesla Model S and Model X, but also the newer 2170 cells for the Model 3.
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After Andreas Wendt, the Board Member responsible for purchasing, recently announced that BMW will no longer purchase cobalt from Congo for the introduction of the fifth generation of electric vehicles from 2020/21, it is now clear that the raw material will instead come from Australia and Morocco.
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France’s Transport Minister Élisabeth Borne has announced a plan to develop transit with autonomous electric vehicles. The government intends to invest a total of 200 million euros in tests with self-driving electric shuttles in 16 areas of France and to create the legal framework.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation is awarding nearly $14 million in grants from its share of a Volkswagen settlement to help six local transit agencies replace 28 ageing diesel-powered buses with alternative fuel buses, including 24 battery-powered buses plus related charging equipment.
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Electric car rental company UFODrive is expanding its fully digital business to include Ireland and the Netherlands. A new station offers Tesla cars in cooperation with Q-Park. Moreover, UFODrive also plans to open stations in four Dutch cities.
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The EU Parliament kept busy before the Easter break and formally approved the first ever EU regulation on CO2 emissions for trucks and lorries. The MPs set a 30% CO2 reduction target for new heavy-duty vehicles by 2030.
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The Canadian government has clarified the subsidy policy for electric vehicles further ahead of the start on 1 May 2019. Eligibility depends on list price and the number of seats and also the range in the case of plug-in hybrids.
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TU Delft, together with the bicycle manufacturer Gazelle, has developed the prototype of a crash-proof e-bike. The intelligent control assistant intervenes as soon as the electric bike threatens to tip over and keeps the bike stable and upright at speeds of over 4 km/h.
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Harley Davidson opens the order books for its first fully electric motorcycle LiveWire in Europe. The iconic brand expects deliveries to start this autumn and has asked clients to reserve quickly due to a limited contingent.
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Lilium, the startup that wants to launch a fleet of flying electric cars in cities across the globe by 2025, is awaiting safety approval in Europe and the USA. Meanwhile, the Munich-based company will be joined by Christopher Delbrueck as its first CFO.
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OSM Aviation has awarded a huge order for commercial electric aircraft. The Norwegian company ordered 60 all-electric planes from the Colorado-based manufacturer Bye Aerospace to be used for training at its flight training centres.
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Torqeedo has developed an electric drive for the lifeboat called LifeCraft made by the Danish company Viking. LifeCraft is an inflatable, motor-driven lifeboat for the evacuation of ship passengers at sea, which offers space for up to 203 people.
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Ballard Power Systems Europe announced the construction of a Marine Center of Excellence at its facility in Hobro, Denmark, where fuel cell modules for ships will be developed and produced. The Marine Center is designed to help meet the shipbuilding industry’s growing requirements for emission-free drive trains.
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One of the best things about being a multi-billionaire engineering entrepreneur is that you can just invent stuff to fix something that annoys you. Like many of us, Elon Musk is apparently annoyed by loud electric leaf blowers.
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