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Daimler to spend 100M Euro expanding battery production

Daimler will spend about 100 million euros ($125 million) in coming years to increase production of lithium-ion batteries in East Germany The German automaker said on Monday it will expand capacity at Deutsche ACCUmotive, its battery-making division in Saxony as it expects “high and steadily-growing demand” for electric-car batteries. The unit supplies batteries for the […]

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Saudis say No Cuts and oil price falls more

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Oil rich Saudi Arabia blocked calls on Thursday from poorer members of the OPEC oil exporter group for production cuts to stop a slide in crude prices, sending benchmarks plunging to a fresh four-year low. Great news from ICE drivers. Less beneficial for EV drivers, unless your volts come from an oil fuelled power station. Brent oil

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Kia join rush for Electric Vehicles

EV News

We have a new entrant into the UK Electric Car market. Yes – Kia has launched its first 100% electric vehicle, the Kia Soul EV. With a starting price of £24,995 (after the government’s £5,000 Plug-in Car Grant), Kia claim the Soul EV can deliver 132 miles from a single charge. Slightly more than Nissan claim

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Early reviews of twin motor Tesla S P85D

EV News, Features, Tesla

Rave reviews from car journalists Only a handful of so called auto experts have been allowed to test-drive the latest Tesla Model S P85D — its flagship performance dual-motor 85 kWh battery version — and write about the experience. Their described experiences suggest the vehicle’s performance might have left internal-combustion-engine vehicles in the dust for good. Here

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First USA e-Golf delivered

EV News, VW

VW delivered the very first e-Golf to a new owner in the USA. The car was auctioned by VW and awarded to the highest bid. The three week auction saw Mr Bruce Oberg place the highest bid of $41,000. That’s a little more than the $36,265 base price. Bruce takes delivery of the White e-Golf

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Formula E Sparks interest

EV News, Features

Formula E is a new FIA single-seater championship and the world’s first fully-electric racing series.
formula eCommencing in September 2014 through to June 2015, the championship will compete in the heart of 10 of the world’s leading cities – including London, Beijing and Miami – racing around their iconic landmarks. For the inaugural season, 10 teams, each with two drivers, will go head-to-head creating a unique and exciting racing series designed to appeal to a new generation of motorsport fans.

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Charging point installed at EV central

EV News, Nissan Leaf

Here at EVinfo HQ we have just upgraded our charging facility with a new Charge Master supply. This was installed yesterday. The new Nissan Leaf long-term test vehicle will be with us on Friday. It will be a red Acenta model. This should be us very soon, except in red.

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Cambridge Econometrics report on energy costs

EV News, Features

A new report from Cambridge Econometrics looks at the Climate Change Act and the effect on greenhouse gas emissions. Cambridge Econometrics (CE) was commissioned by WWF-UK to assess the impacts of climate change mitigation measures on UK households, businesses and the macro-economy. MDM-E3, CE’s econometric model of the UK economy, energy system and environment, was used

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DECC claim Q1 renewables record generation

EV News, Features

The renewable energy industry contributed nearly one fifth of the UK’s electricity mix in the first quarter of the year. New statistics from DECC revealed renewable technologies produced 18.1TWh of clean energy, a 43% rise compared to the same period in 2013. Hydro generation rose by 78% on a year earlier – from 1.3TWh to

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Nissan prepares to slash battery production

Battery, EV News

Reuters reports that Nissan is preparing to cut battery manufacturing, people familiar with the matter said, in a new reversal on electric cars that has reopened deep divisions with alliance partner Renault. The plan, which faces stiff resistance within the Japanese carmaker, would see U.S. and British production phased out and a reduced output of

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