Good news! The first 100% electrically powered Porsche is on its way. The supervisory board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG has given the green light for the Mission E project. In the words of Dr. Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board, Porsche is thus “beginning a new chapter in the history of the sports car.” Mission E is due to be launched around 2020.
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My Electric Avenue is a three-year Ofgem-funded project that has been carrying out trials to discover the impact that charging clusters of electric vehicles (EVs) might have on local electricity networks at peak times. As sales of plug-in cars continue to rise*, and as EVs gain ever-larger battery capacities, the trial results show that collaborative action will be needed by the energy and automotive industries to support the growing…
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The COP21 conference held in Paris this year may mark the beginning of the end for fossil fuel as Europe and indeed the world sets its sights on reducing global emissions. The EU has already pledged to reduce CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030 and with scandals such as Dieselgate highlighting the fact that even the best engineers in the world are feeling the pressure to cheat emissions tests, the writing’s on the wall for traditional fossil fuel.
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North East Ambulance Service has added five fully electric Nissan Leafs to its fleet of pool cars, to reduce its carbon emissions and save costs on fuel.
Providing a number of NHS services and covering 3,200 miles across the counties of County Durham, Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear, the service has worked closely with independent suppliers and installers of EV charging equipment, Elm EV, to build their charging infrastructure.
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Faraday Future (FF), a new electric vehicle and future mobility startup company, has announced the company will invest $1 billion in a U.S. manufacturing facility as a phase one investment. The company has been considering several locations including California, Georgia, Louisiana and Nevada, for its state-of-the-art facility. The exact site of FF’s first manufacturing facility will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Nissan and Ecotricity are campaigning to the UK government to introduce official road signage to highlight the location of the many thousands of standard and rapid EV charging points across the UK.
There are more than 9,000 EV charging points across the nation yet no official signage to help motorists find these often obscurely positioned charge points. The locations of charge points has largely been a lottery in…
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Aston Martin is today showcasing a fully electric concept of its Rapide S four-door sports saloon outside Lancaster House in London – the venue for a meeting between The Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and President of The People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.
The new RapidE concept has been developed in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering…
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General Motors have today announced their strategic partnership with LG Corp. The Korean’s bring to the table a not inconsiderate investment of some $250 million for their LG Electronics providing them with an engineering and manufacturing facility in Incheon, Korea, to support the component development and manufacturing for Bolt EV components.
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The latest new car registration numbers from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) in partnership with Go Ultra Low shows booming demand for plug-in cars as motorists realise the cost saving potential and environmental benefits low-emission motoring offers.
Analysis by Go Ultra Low shows 20,992 motorists made the leap to plug-in power between January…
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Following the widely publicised official reveal of the Tesla Model X, Mitsubishi are perhaps a surprising manufacturer to have come up with a near competitor, albeit a smaller crossover vehicle than a full blown SUV like the Model X.
With the current diesel crisis spear headed by VAG (Volkswagen Audi Group), electric and hybrid cars powered by petrol are likely to be the solution car makers look towards to regain customer confidence.
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