Electric Cars News

Electric carmaker Tesla Inc interfered with legitimate union organising and must read a notice to workers explaining their rights in a meeting requiring attendance from Chief Executive Elon Musk, a U.S. labour judge ruled on Friday.

Maserati will introduce its first electrified model in 2020 which will be a Maserati Ghibli Hybrid. It will be manufactured at the Modena plant where the company is significantly upgrading the production line.

Nio Inc, one of China's high-profile electric car startups, disclosed a fresh money-raising push this week, saying it had issued $200 million worth of bonds and was accelerating cost-cutting programs to slow cash burn as the company seeks to attract more investors in a slumping market.

Volvo claims that the XC40 Electric will be as safe as a regular Volvo and engineers have completely redesigned the front and rear along with developing a new battery pack cage.

U.S.-listed shares of Tesla rival Nio Inc tumbled 25% on Tuesday after the Chinese electric carmaker posted a drop in quarterly vehicle sales, blaming a cut in subsidies and weak demand.

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos on Thursday pledged to make the largest U.S. e-commerce company net carbon neutral by 2040 and to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from a start-up, as employees and consumers around the world plan protests to address climate change. Cutting emissions is a challenging goal for Amazon, which delivers 10 billion items a year and has a massive transportation and data centre footprint. "We know we can do it and we know we have to do it," Bezos said.

Tata Motors has confirmed that it will launch the Tigor EV with extended range next week and it could be available for private buyers as well. There are no details available on pricing as yet.

Tata Motors is all-set to take its EV game ahead with its latest EV powertrain technology. The Ziptron will power a range of Tata's future EVs and carandbike can confirm that the first two models will be the electric iteration of the Altroz and Nexon. The Company will launch its first EV based on the Ziptron EV tech in 2020 and the next will follow in 2021. The Ziptron tech uses lithium-ion cells which provide a minimum drive range of 250 kms on a single charge.