In a TESLA like presentation Fisker showcased the next 3 cars in the growing Fisker range Henrik Fisker believes the electric vehicle is the most fundamental shift in personal transport since the transition from the horse to the gasoline engine. Henrik created a new kind of car company with a transformational vision to do things […]
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Email today from Fisker with an update on production and delivery dates of the Ocean One. The Ocean One is the Launch Edition with UK retail price of £60,000 and the company expects deliveries of the One to be completed by August this year. Fisker plans to produce 5,000 of the launch edition. Looking to
Tesla just reported that the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle in Europe overall during the first quarter of the year. More bad news for the German and other European car companies as Tesla increases market share, again. Add in price cuts and the option of special versions for the UK business market as
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In a surprise move Tesla UK introduced a new Model 3 variant for UK business customers. In the UK business customer have strong incentives to go electric. The value of the vehicle can be written down as cast rather than an expense, making a Tesla a great way to eat profit. And all company car
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We reported recently on the start of the fraud trial of Nikola founder and chief con artist, Trevor Milton. – Yes he who filmed a truck heading down the freeway claiming it was Hydrogen powered then in fact it had no engine as was rolling down hill powered entirely by gravity. The jury found Milton
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As Q3 ends we have plenty of sales data to review. Some big numbers, some hits and some misses. Let’s starts with Tesla The market was expecting Tesla to deliver between 350,000 and 370,000 units. On the weekend Tesla reported over 343,000 cars delivered and over 365,000 produced. In the third quarter, we produced over
Nikola founder and chief showman, Trevor Milton went on trial Monday on fraud charges. This is the company that promised heavy duty trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells and electricity. Nikola was long on promotion and showcased a video of a prototype truck barreling down a freeway. The company also claimed it had leading edge
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By 2030, the UK wants 5 times more EV chargers than the number of petrol pumps it has today There are around 30,000 EV chargers in the UK today. But by 2030, if the government has its way, there will be 10 times as many. It has committed £1.6 billion to its new Electric Vehicle
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We are heading high speed into an energy train wreck with a perfect storm of bad luck, bad policy and plain bad decision making. Let’s list the key ingredients for this recipe of disaster. Rush to switch to low carbon generation. Slashing gas storage facilities. Outlawing fracking. No new nuclear power plants operational. Additional fees
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The SMMT reports that new car production in the UK slid by 37% in July to a new low of just 53,438 vehicles. It represented the worst July performance since 1956 as manufacturers grappled with the global shortage of semiconductors and staff absence resulting from the ‘pingdemic’, with some altering summer shutdown timings to help
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