Poland is betting on electric batteries to turbocharge its economy, but its dependency on coal could challenge its strategy as the EU seeks to champion European manufacturers that promote clean energy.
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is an iconic SUV that is best known for its go-anywhere capability. It also turns out to be one of the vehicles that you think of when someone says gas-guzzling vehicles. With stringent emission norms and the need to look for alternative fuel sources, it is more difficult than ever to keep the G-Class legacy alive. However, that could soon change as the future of the G-Wagen family will be electric. Daimler Chairman and Head of Mercedes-Benz - Ola Kallenius has confirmed that the company will produce an all-electric version of the G-Class. Daimler's Head of Digital Transformation, Sascha Pallenberg, took to Twitter to make the announcement.
Tesla Inc plans to double the number of repair and maintenance shops, add about 100 charging stations and revamp showrooms in China as the electric vehicle maker gears up to open its Shanghai plant.
Having listed the ZS EV on its Indian website earlier this week, MG Motor India will be officially unveiling the new electric SUV and its second offering for the country next month. The MG ZS EV will be unveiled on December 5, 2019, and the new electric offering is expected to hit the market during the first quarter of 2020. Morris Garages has been teasing the upcoming offering for a while now, and the model will take on the Hyundai Kona EV that was launched earlier this year.
MG Motor India has come out with the first promotional video, teasing its upcoming electric vehicle, the MG ZS EV, earlier known as the eZS. Set to become the company's second product in India after the Hector, the new MG ZS EV will also be the company first fully electric SUV for the Indian market.
The fully-electric Audi e-Tron SUV has become the top-selling vehicle in Norway, for the month of October 2019. According to the registration data shared by the Norwegian Road Federation, the Ingolstadt-based carmaker delivered 879 units of the Audi e-Tron electric SUV in Norway last month.
Mahindra Electric, the EV arm of the utility vehicle manufacturer, Mahindra and Mahindra has retailed almost 2000 electric vehicles in India, in October 2019. According to a social media post by Pawan Goenka, MD & CEO, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., the 2000 units are the cumulative sales between e-Verito, e-Alfa Mini, and Treo.
Volkswagen AG is ramping up production of electric cars to around 1 million vehicles by end of 2022, according to manufacturing plans seen by Reuters, enabling the German carmaker to leapfrog Tesla Inc and making China the key battleground.
