It seems that the Porsche Taycan can keep up full power even when accelerating several times in direct succession. In the video below, viewers can see what the first electric car made in the German town of Zuffenhausen can really do.
Read moreReading tip: Environmental organisation ICCT has evaluated data of public authorities and other agencies in Europe about 541 diesel cars with Euro 5 and 6 standard. According to their results, Euro 6 diesel cars are in average 4.5 times above the nitrogen oxide limit. Just 10 percent of them stay under the given threshold.
theicct.org
Video tip: What Robert Llewellyn says about Tesla’s Powerwall 2? In a new edition of Fully Charged, he explains the Powerwall’s installation and usage in detail.
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Reading tip: Hannah Elliott has climbed in the next-gen Fisker Karma, the Karma Revero, and is everything but convinced after testing it. The headline: “Don’t Buy a Karma Revero, Buy a Tesla Instead. Or Anything Else”.
bloomberg.com
Video tip: In the newest episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn describes his driving experience in a Porsche 911 from 1979 – not any one of course, but a model that has been modified into an electric vehicle by Electric Classic Cars.
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Reading tip: Homemade hydrogen with IVY’s Simple Fuel station that only needs water and a power source. And 250,000 dollars for the installation but that might be an option for FCV fleet owners.
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Video tip: Round two of a Briton in Berlin sees Robert Llewellyn trying Emmy’s electric scooter sharing at EUREF campus for Fully Charged.
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Video tip I: The new episode of Fully Charged illustrates Robert Llewellyn’s first experiences with Tesla’s Model X and also what a family thinks of the biggie.
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Video tip II: Lucid Motors has brought its Air up to high speed during stability testing. According to the engineers, the electric sedan hit 217 mph (349 kph).
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Video tip I: A new Guiness record attempted recently happened in the Netherlands, when 746 electric cars gathered there. Now videos and pictures of the scenic parade have emerged.
electriccarsreport.com, insideevs.com
Video tip II: The newest episode of Fully Charged documents Robert Llewellyn driving a prototype of the autonomous Nissan Leaf. Or better, how he leaned back and let drive.
youtube.com via electrek.co, insideevs.com
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Reading tip: Deutsche Post AG and its StreetScooter business today is a success story although one could wonder, why a logistics specialist in “Autoland” Germany had to build its own electric vans in the first place. Bloomberg delivers a detailed answer that is indeed worth the read.
bloomberg.com
Video tip: The newest episode of Fully Charged is dedicated to a road test as usual however, it is not Llewellyn driving himself. Instead he sent Jonny Smith to France in order to test the new Smart EV. Curious about his judgment?
youtube.com via electrek.co
Click tip: Is this Mercedes’ future EQ EV or maybe the GLC F-Cell on the following pictures? Nothing is certain but modified bumpers and a missing exhaust pipe indicate some sort of electric car.
performancedrive.com (with video)
Video tip: In another episode of Fully Charged busy EV tester Robert Llewellyn takes us on a tour in an autonomous mini shuttle in Australian Perth. Of course it is electric, too.
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Reading tip: Sweden is the latest country that tries to lure Tesla to come and build its European Gigafactory. The proposal is strong as it includes Saab’s old and now NEVS’ large facility in Trollhattan, that lies almost idle. Plus, it comes with a pool of skilled workers.
teslarati.com
Video tip: In this new episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn reviews the BMW 330e. While he is generally “conflicted about plug-in-hybrids” he does love this hybrid BMW.
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Click tip: As reported, former U.S. President Barack Obama kicked off the construction of 48 national charging corridors in the country last year. The Federal Highway Administration now provides interactive maps to give a quick overview of the project.
energy.gov via insideevs.com/
Video tip: In his newest episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn takes a look at EV start-up Lucid Motors. He criticises that like many of these new electric carmakers, Lucid Motors is focusing on the high-end segment. But what the world really needs are affordable and practical electric cars for everyday driving.
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Download tip: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has published the “Midterm Review” of its EV programme. It is expected that just because of the programme, at least 1m new electric vehicles will hit the road in California by 2025.
arb.ca.gov via greencarcongress.com
Video tip: In the newest episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn takes the Renault Zoe with the 41 kWh battery for a spin. On his drive in Portugal, Robert finds that the 400 km range that Renault advertises is actually not far off from reality.
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Events for the upcoming week: ARCHI Symposium Applied Research on Charging Infrastructure (Jan 24; Amsterdam, Netherlands) ++ Decarbonizing Europe’s transport sector (Jan 25; Brussels, Belgium) ++ You can find a complete list of upcoming industry events at electrive.com/calendar
Video tip I: Did you know that Thomas Edison already drove electrically? The inventor had a series of electric cars and even an EV charging station in his garage. The latter is being looked at in more detail in the following video.
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Video tip II: Robert Llewellyn travelled to France for his show Fully Charged, to take a look at the country’s first solar roadway. He also talks about “lithium anxiety,” so the fear that we could run out of lithium because of all these EVs on the road – which is nonsense.
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Click tip: Tesla’s expansion plans for its Supercharger network can now be found online as the EV maker released updated maps. New destinations are Hawaii, Mexico, Taiwan, Korea and New Zealand, while others are the backlash of 2016 – work in progress.
electrek.co, tesla.com
Video tip: In this episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn pays Pod Point a visit and has an enlightening talk with the infrastructure provider’s CEO, Erik Fairbairn.
insideevs.com
Click tip: ‘Electrify the World’ is Nissan’s motto for a new initiative, with which the carmaker seeks to inspire discussions around electric mobility and a more sustainable lifestyle. Of course, the carmaker also wants to sell a few EV along the way.
nissan.co.uk
Video tip: In this episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn tests a four-wheeled pedelec called the Bio-Hybrid by Schaeffler. It tries to combine advantages of a car like a roof with the green and healthy virtues of electric cycling.
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Event for the upcoming week: International EV Batteries 2016 (Dec 06-07; London, England) ++ You can find a complete list of upcoming industry events at electrive.com/calendar
A total of 44,000 plug-ins were sold in China in October. And even more impressive: 39,000 were pure electric cars. Overall, that’s an 8.1 percent increase in PEV sales compared to the same time last year.
insideevs.com
Reading tip: Renault has a proposition for the Swedish government to boost demand for [its own] EVs in the country – an electric driver’s license. People would learn about EVs’ particularities and EV license holders would in turn be allowed to park and charge for free.
gas2.org
Video tip: In this episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn takes the Hyundai out for a first spin. And he is “genuinely impressed,” saying that if you are in the market to buy, “this car should definitely be on your list.” Because it is a., cheaper than the Nissan Leaf, but with similar range and b., a lot of fun to drive, as you can see in the video.
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Video tip I: Tesla shows how it’s leaving others in the dust, releasing a video of an autonomous test drive in city and interurban traffic. On top of images from the driver’s perspective, it also shows what the car’s cameras see, as well as data collected by the sensors, based on which the car makes its driving decisions.
tesla.com via electrek.co
Video tip II: In a new episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn gets to test GKN drivetrain technology on a track near Aachen, Germany. He gets in the passenger seat of a BMW i8 and takes the wheel of the BMW 2-series Active Tourer.
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Reading tip: A white privilege affair is Berkeleys’ verdict on clean vehicle rebates in California. Researchers found the PEV incentives mainly benefit white, wealthy folks as 83 percent of 98,901 rebate recipients in the period from 2010 to 2015 reported yearly incomes of more than 100,000 dollars.
trrjournalonline.trb.org (report, paid content) via berkeley.edu
Video tip: Robert Llewellyn reviews the Hyundai Ioniq Electric in his latest episode of Fully Charged. He was well impressed with the all-electric sedan from Korea, esp. as it falls into the affordable EV category.
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Events for the upcoming week: Smart City Expo World Congress (Nov 15-17; Barcelona, Spain) ++ E-mobility Reinvented (Nov 16-17; Santa Clara, USA) ++ You can find a complete list of upcoming industry events at electrive.com/calendar
Video tip: In this episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn reviews the fully electric Mercedes B250e that takes some learnings from Tesla. He loves the regen control via the paddles on the steering wheels for example. The problem is, Mercedes kept it rather “secret” and the EV does not charge rapid at all.
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Research tip: 37bn dollars in health and climate cost could be saved by 2030 in the ten states that adopted California’s ZEV programme, a study by the American Lung Association finds. The report assumes 100% of new car sales and 65% of all cars on the road to be ZEVs by 2050 in the ZEV states.
lung.org (full report, pdf) via greencarcongress.com
Video tip I: In his new episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn talks to the team of Electric Nation, a project looking at smart charging solutions in order to allow the number of EVs in the UK to increase, without taking its toll on the grid.
youtube.com via insideevs.com
Video tip II: The LA Times took the Chevy Bolt on a road trip to test the accuracy of its claimed range. The reporters even had some juice left in the end, so that they could have travelled 290 miles all together.
youtube.com via insideevs.com
Events for the upcoming week: TEAM final event (Oct 18-19; Berlin, Germany) ++ eMove360° / eCarTec (Oct 18-20; Munich, Germany) ++ IZB International Suppliers Fair (Oct 18-20; Wolfsburg, Germany) ++ You can find a complete list of upcoming industry events at electrive.com/calendar
Video tip I: For Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn got in the driver’s seat of the Mercedes 305e and loved it. “When you get it right in a car, this is what it looks like,” he says, adding that he would have loved for this plug-in hybrid to be all electric. And too bad, it’s not Mercedes who lent Robert the car to drive, but a fan named Phil.
youtube.com via electriccarsreport.com
Video tip II: Dax from Toronto, Canada, has now had his Kia Soul EV for a year and sent in a video review of his ownership. Even in winter time, he gives the car and its range the “thumbs up.”
youtube.com via insideevs.com
Video tip: In the latest episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn drives a VW Beetle from 1965. Electric Classic Cars have revived the little one with an electric drive.
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Video tip: Meet the family, in this case BMW’s iPerformance series. The video introduces the whole lot of the German plug-in hybrids.
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This is Skateboard fan Jack Smith’s fifth time travelling across the United States on a skateboard. Only this time, the 59-year-old has a little help from an electric motor. After all, he is not getting any younger.
sanluisobispo.com
Study tip: The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) looked at acceptance of electric vehicles in California’s cities and has identified some determining factors.
theicct.org via greencarcongress.com
Video tip: Robert Llewellyn from Fully Charged leases a Tesla Model S. And he gets asked a lot about different lease option for other cars, so he gathered a bunch of EVs and explains some of the basics about buying, leasing, and driving an electric car.
youtube.com via electriccarsreport.com
Video tip I: In the latest episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn get on e-bike, a form of electric mobility, he normally doesn’t cover. He is joined by Ben Jaconelli, director of e-bike company FullyCharged.com. The two ride along London roads and have a lot more to talk about that just their common company names.
youtube.com via cleantechnica.com
Video tip II: Using neon wires, Zero SR driver Tony Kalniev has given his electric motorcycle a unique look that looks like something straight out of the movie Tron. He came up with the idea because he felt the Zero SR was not visible enough during his nightly excursion.
youtube.com via electrek.co
Events for the upcoming week: Automechanika (Sep 13-17; Frankfurt, Germany) ++ Cenex-LCV (Sep 14-15; Millbrook, UK) ++ Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo (Sep 13-15; Novi, USA) ++ You can find a complete list of upcoming industry events at electrive.com/calendar
Video tip I: Tesla driver Bjørn Nyland did a fun little experiment with his Model X in Oslo. He simply parked it, opened the doors and stepped away. Soon, there was a crowd and people even sat in the EV because they took it for a show piece.
youtube.com via electrek.co
Video tip II: In the latest episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn talks to Ecotricity founder Dale Vince about the company’s new app and payment system, which took a lot of heat recently. Vince explains that Ecotricity had always said that charging would not remain free.
youtube.com via insideevs.com
Video tip: In the latest episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn meets up with Jess Shanahan, who travelled 2,580 miles across the British Isles in a KIA Soul EV to educate people about electric mobility.
youtube.com, jurysinns.com (Jess’s journey)
Click tip: French design student Martin Chatelier shows his version of the Mercedes headed for Le Mans. The DTW-Concept is powered by two electric motors and a Tesla turbine.
boldride.com
Video tip I: Robert Llewellyn is churning them out fast these days as he uploads another episode of Fully Charged. It finds him at a solar rapid charging station in the Netherlands. There, he meets the maker of the stylish application, Fastned founder Bart Lubbers.
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Video tip II: Edna strikes again. This time Atieva plays its electric van against the BMW i8 and a Dodge Viper. A previous promo race saw the valorous e-van beat Tesla and Ferrari.
youtube.com via electrek.co
Video tip: In a new episode of Fully Charged, Robert Llewellyn complaints about being ICed and considers (out loud) what it would be like to take an EV, park next to a pump and just get a snack or hold a chat. Sorry Robert, been there, done that.
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Click tip: This BMW i8 prototype is said to be a new experimental vehicle of the new safety car for the Formula E. And it’s not unthinkable that BMW is also using it to test components for the i8 makeover.
bimmertoday.de (in German)
Study tip: The ICCT has reviewed and summarised different publications about the cost structure of EVs, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell cars. The report also compares the efficiency of the different systems.
theicct.org
Video tip: Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged takes us out onto the water this time. The quiet Alastreet 23C guarantees a smooth sail into the weekend.
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