With sales growing rapidly in the US, ramping in Europe and just stating in Asia Tesla has growing pains. Each car requires a great deal of battery capacity. With a Model X next year and a lower priced car on the horizon, Tesla needs lots
Zero Carbon Britain’ on 11 March at 7.30 at the United Church, Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8RZ. The Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth in Wales presented their important report ‘Zero Carbon Britain’ to Parliament when it was published towards the end of last year.
Interesting article in the LA Times today. They cover a prediction from auto industry consultant HIS Automotive who suggest that 2014 will be good for EV sales. IHS Automotive it expects global production of EVs and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) to rise 67% this year.
You might be unfamiliar with the name LTI TXII, but if you’ve ever visited London you’ve probably traveled in one at some point. It’s best known as London’s black cab or ‘Hackney Carriage’, and it’s known the world over for its iconic shape. Nissan has
Upcoming Volkswagen Golf Plug-In Hybrid To Be Dubbed GTE Model First, there were the all-new 2015 Volkswagen Golf and GTI models. Now, VW will offer a sporty-hatchback GT hybrid with the GTE name GTE stands for GT Electric, and it will be the badge
Volkswagen e-Golf Following hot on the heels of the e-Up, the new zero-emission version of Europe’s perennial best seller is planned to go on sale in the UK this spring at a price, Volkswagen’s head of R&D Hans-Jakob Neusser suggests, will see it undercut the
Mercedes-Benz confirms S500 Plug-In on route for Europe for later 2014 and the US in early 2015 according to news from Detroit Auto Show. Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber, Daimler AG management board member and research and development chief for Mercedes-Benz cars, confirmed that this model
We know that in 2013 the US market was a total of 16.5 million vehicles with 96,000 classifies as plug-in electric cars. This represents just over half a percent of the market. Market share is a good statistic: It’s useful, and easy to track. In order
Audi joins the plug in bandwagon with the latest A3 variant the A3 E-tron. Audi have shown a number of e-tron concepts and now seem fixed on bringing the A3 plug-in version to life with models expected in the UK in summer 2014. The Audi
To invest over $400 million on new manufacturing equipment According to the SFGate Tesla can expect state aid worth $35 million on the purchase of $415 million of tooling and manufacturing equipment for its plant in Freemont as the company gears up for increased production.
