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Transition to Electric Cars is going to shake the industry to the ground

Interesting report from Reuters showcases what we have been saying for some time. The transition to electric mobility will put 75,000 engine and gearbox manufacturing jobs at risk, according to a study commissioned by German automakers and trade unions. The auto industry accounts for 840,000 jobs in Germany, of which 210,000 have to do with […]

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EVinfo selected as one of top 10 Electric Vehicle Blog

EV News

Thanks to our kind readers our site EVinfo.Info has been selected as one of the top 10 Electric Vehicle Blog sites. We received a communication yesterday from Anuj Agarwal, the Founder of Feedspot with the exciting news. Feedspot says: The Best UK Electric Vehicle Blogs from thousands of UK Electric Vehicle blogs on the web

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Three US states to spend $1.3 billion on electric vehicle charging

EV News, Investing

California, New York, and New Jersey’s new efforts could boost EVs beyond niche status Three US states announced major investments in charging infrastructure for electric cars on Thursday. In total, California, New York, and New Jersey will put $1.3 billion on the table in the coming years to help chip away at one of the

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Back to the future as Milk Floats return to EVs

EV News

Milk & More, Britain’s largest milk delivery service is rolling out its quietest and most environmentally friendly milk delivery vehicles to date, following its purchase of 200 electric Work L40 StreetScooters. The £6.5 million investment in the StreetScooters is part of a strategy to secure the future of the much-loved British milkman. The new fleet

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VW land large e-Golf order with ZipCar

EV News, Features, VW

Volkswagen and car-sharing company Zipcar struck up an innovative partnership in 2016 which, in the two years since, has led thousands of Londoners to get behind the wheel of the petrol-electric Golf GTE or internal combustion-engined Polo. Now that choice of car will increase further, with a significant order from Zipcar for 325 all-electric e-Golfs.

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Audi moves into EV market with bold ambition to sell 800,000 electric cars by 2025

Audi, Energy, EV, Innovation

At this weeks annual AGM Audi said it plans to sell around 800,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025, with 20 electrified models on its product line. This plan is to be called “Audi.Vorsprung.2025”. Audi highlighted plans to produce an electrified variant in each model series by 2025, so that every customer

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Hot Spring Sun drives UK to record solar power

Solar

It’s not Nevada but the hottest early May bank holiday weekend ever resulted in solar panels powering their largest-ever share of the UK’s energy mix. As we basked in Sunday’s sunshine, photovoltaic panels across the country produced more power than any other energy source. Solar installations powered as much as 28.5pc of the nation’s electricity,

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Heathrow to use Jag i-Pace EV to help slash airport emmissions

Energy, EV News, Jaguar, Taxi

The new Jaguar I-PACE will form the heart of an all-new zero-emissions luxury chauffeur service to and from Heathrow Airport. As many as 200 I-PACEs will be available at Heathrow as part of a deal with WeKnowGroup, creating one of the largest electric vehicle fleets in the UK. The zero emissions chauffeur service will begin

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All electric Niro from KIA to be launched at Paris show in September

EV News, KIA

KIA is set to join the full EV club with an all electric version of the NIRO mini SUV. Kia unveiled a new all-electric version of Niro at the 5th International Electric Vehicle Expo in Jeju, Korea. This is a large battery vehicle with a 64 KWh battery pack that KIA claims will power the

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UK runs coal free for 3 days

Energy, Solar, Wind

Our collective love for coal is toast. For three days Britian used no coal fired power stations with power instead comming from wind and gas. Coal accounted for less than 7% of the power mix last year, according to official figures. In April, 2017 Britain went its first full day without coal since the 19th

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