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 …
More than half a million battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are on UK roads, statistics have revealed. BEV are the industry name for Electric cars. Hybrids and plug in hybrids, while electric are not 100% battery powered. The industry calls this a ‘significant milestone’. Analysis of the latest DVLA data by the RAC Foundation shows 519,266 …
Great reporting from Bloomberg as they cover the details about the trial of Trevor Milton the founder and chief crook of Nikola Motors. An intriguing story about a shady character, fraud, conspiracy and how investors were fleeced for many millions of $. The article concludes with: In July 2021, about six months after the botched …
Trevor Milton looked like the next Elon Musk—and may end in the nick. Read More »
With the recent addition of Sidcup Supercharger there are now 1,000 Tesla Superchargers spread across 100-plus UK locations. The 1000th Supercharger is situated in the newly opened London Sidcup Supercharger site at Ruxley Manor with 15 charge points available. The site is accessed from the A20 and offers amenities, such as a restaurant, café, grocery …
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Nissan has teamed up with the energy company E.ON to offer generous discounts on electric vehicle home chargers in a special Summer Sale. The offer is available to past and current purchasers of new and used electric vehicles at your local Nissan dealership or via the registration form at EON Energy. It means £350 off the …
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New UK car registrations fell -20.6% to 124,394 units in the second weakest May since 1992, after the 2020 pandemic-hit market, as supply shortages continued to hamper new purchases and the fulfilment of existing orders, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The decline, compared with the first …
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Volkswagen’s CARIAD, the Volkswagen Group’s software company, announced this week that it will source chips from Qualcomm to develop autonomous driving software, which the German carmaker has made the backbone of its future strategy. Who is CARIAD? CARIAD is an automotive software company in the Volkswagen Group that is consolidating and further expanding the Group’s software competencies …
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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 …
We are a big fan of Hindenburg Research ever since they uncovered the fun, games and fraud at Nikola. In September 2020 Hindenburg published a report claiming that Nikola is an intricate fraud built on dozens of lies over the course of its Founder and Executive Chairman Trevor Milton’s career. One of the most impactful claims was …
