SK Innovation, France, Gregis, CambYoCar, SAIC, ItalDesign Giugiaro.
SK Innovation quits Continental: South Korean SK Innovation now officially ended its battery joint venture with Continental after two years. The reason given is low demand for EVs in Europe, however, SK Innovation said it will continue its R&D for electric vehicle batteries.
yonhapnews.co.kr, koreaherald.com
The end of the diesel era? Next year, the French government will launch a car identification system that will rank vehicles by the amount of pollution they emit. This will make it possible for local authorities to limit city access for the dirtiest cars. Meanwhile, Rotterdam plans to invest 12 million euros (about 15m dollars) to install eV charging facilities, renew the Dutch city’s fleet and to phase out old vehicles with a scrapping scheme and by denying parking permits.
reuters.com (France), dutchnews.nl (Rotterdam)
Electric roadster made in Italy: Gianluca Gregis plans to build roadsters in Italy under his new brand Gregis Automobili. Talks with partners on an electric Leggera are already under way. The electric version is said to have a range between 300 and 500 kilometres at half the price of a Tesla Roadster.
motor-talk.de (in German), autosblog.com.ar
EV from Costa Rica: CambYoCar is invented in Costa Rica and also made there using mainly balsa wood and aluminum. The small electric four-seater comes with a top speed of 100 kph and a range of 200 km. The CambYoCar is set to launch by early 2015 for 22,000 dollars.
insidecostarica.com, cambyocar.com (in Spanish)
“Eco-car” facility: The Chinese-Thai joint venture SAIC Motor-CP plans to build a second factory in Thailand where so-called eco-cars will be manufactured under the MG brand. Construction of the plant with an annual capacity of 200,000 units is set to start late next year.
bangkokpost.com, automotive-business-review.com
Electric Clipper: ItalDesign Giugiaro, a design house owned by VW, presented its electric concept car at the Essen Motor. The Clipper which was first shown in Geneva, is still said to do up to 335 miles on a single charge. Two electric motors power each axle with 110 kW.
autoevolution.com
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