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Honda e EV platform & battery details unveiled for the highly anticipated compact electric car
Honda has today announced the details of the chassis, battery and charging details for the highly anticipated Honda e compact electric car. Designed from the ground up, the Honda e is the first Honda to be built on a dedicated EV platform. The car will feature a water-cooled 35.5 kWh Lithium-ion high-capacity battery that can…
Read full article >>Toyota and Subaru to build two Electric SUVs on a jointly developed EV platform
Subaru and Toyota will team up once again to create a brand-new electric vehicle platform. The Japanese car giants will jointly build a compact Electric SUV on this architecture with versions sold under both brands. This follows on from their successful partnership when they jointly developed rear-wheel-drive Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ. “The two companies…
Read full article >>Polestar, Volvo & Geely’s performance EV brand, open their new manufacturing facility
The first customers for the Polestar 1 have started the process of confirming their cars final specification as the Electric Performance Hybrid takes the final steps towards production. This landmark moment comes as the bespoke new Polestar Production Centre in Chengdu, China, is currently producing tooling try-out cars (TT) which are the final prototype vehicles…
Read full article >>Jaguar Land Rover & BMW are joining forces to develop next generation Electric Drive Units
Jaguar Land Rover and BMW Group today confirmed they are joining forces to develop next generation Electric Drive Units (EDUs) in a move that will support the advancement of electrification technologies, a central part of the automotive industry’s transition to an ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Electric, Shared) future. The strategic collaboration will build on the considerable…
Read full article >>Victoria Police add the all-electric Tesla Model X to their Highway Patrol fleet
Victoria Police has taken the first steps in what could be the biggest development in police vehicles since their introduction almost 100 years ago, becoming one of the first jurisdictions in the world to put an all-electric vehicle into its operational fleet. From today, Victoria Police’s Road Policing Command will utilise the all-electric Tesla Model…
Read full article >>Sydney eastern suburb councils team up to launch their new public EV charging network
Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra councils have become the first councils in NSW to provide public on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. EV owners will now be able to charge on the go at Bondi Beach, Double Bay, Coogee Beach and Randwick, and soon Bondi Junction and Maroubra. This pioneering project was officially launched today on…
Read full article >>The Vauxhall Corsa, one of Britain’s best known and most popular cars, is going electric
The Vauxhall Corsa, one of Britain’s best known and most popular cars, is going electric, and will be available to reserve from today. Known as the Corsa-e, the fully-electric car is the flag-bearer for a completely new Corsa range, based on Vauxhall’s advanced, CMP Multi-Energy Platform. With 136PS from its 50kWh battery and acceleration from…
Read full article >>The Tesla Model 3 is finally on sale in Australia
The all-electric Tesla Model 3 is now available to order online in Australia. The drive-away price for the lowest cost version is $66,000 (excluding on-road costs and delivery fee). But this will still give you 0-100km/h in just 5.6 seconds and a range of 460km (est NEDC rating) The online configurator for the Tesla Model…
Read full article >>Australian Jaguar EV owners get 5 years free, unlimited charging on the Chargefox network
Jaguar Australia is supporting its EV drivers with five years’ free, unlimited charging on the Chargefox ultra-rapid charging network Australia-wide.* Jaguar Australia has signed an official agreement with Australia’s biggest public electric vehicle (EV) charging network, Chargefox. The relationship makes Jaguar the first local manufacturer to formally support EV drivers through an agreement with the…
Read full article >>Volvo Car Group teams up with CATL and LG for next gen Volvo and Polestar EV batteries
Volvo Car Group has signed long-term agreements with leading battery makers CATL and LG Chem to ensure the multi-billion dollar supply of lithium ion batteries over the coming decade for next generation Volvo and Polestar models. The agreements cover the global supply of battery modules for all models on the upcoming SPA2 and the existing…
Read full article >>Volkswagen have received 15,000 orders for the new ID.3 in just the first week of pre-orders
It was a big statement from Volkswagen that their ID.3 electric car would be the third chapter in the company’s long history. When you consider that the first two were the Beetle and then Golf that’s a lot to live up to. But less than one week after the start of pre-orders for the ID.3…
Read full article >>All-new Kia e-Niro wins the ‘Game-Changer’ award at 2019 Autocar Awards
The all-electric Kia e-Niro has been named a ‘Game Changer’ at the 2019 Autocar Awards. The ‘Game Changer’ award is given to cars that bring new, higher standards to a hard-fought class, or for defying conventions to bring unexpected benefit for buyers. The Kia e-Niro has been designed to merge crossover-inspired design with a class…
Read full article >>The new Aston Martin all-electric Rapide E debuts on the streets of Monaco
Following a public reveal at Auto Shanghai just last month, Aston Martin’s first all-electric model – Rapide E – has wowed the crowds in Monaco, after taking to the city’s world-famous streets for it first public demonstration at the Formula E Monaco ePrix. Taking part in two dedicated on-track sessions throughout the day, the British…
Read full article >>The new Hyundai IONIQ Electric has been released with a 8.9 kWh 300km range battery
With over 60,000 cars sold since its launch in 2016, the original IONIQ has established itself as one of the main pillars in Hyundai’s progressive future mobility lineup. Together with the Kona Electric, Hyundai is the automaker with the widest range of electrified powertrains. The latest edition of the IONIQ is the next logical step…
Read full article >>General Motors CEO confirms plans for Electric Pickup Truck to take on Ford, Rivian & Tesla
Just days after the announcement of Fords $500 million USD investment in EV start up Rivian, General Motors has now announced it would also develop an all electrified pickup truck. General Motors CEO Mary Barra confirmed plans for an all-electric full-size truck during Tuesday’s quarterly financial results call to investors. Barra said that electric “full-size…
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