Electric Cars

Seshan Vijayraghvan

Oct 18, 2019, 8:57 PM

All-Electric Jaguar I-Pace Becomes The First Race eTaxi At Nurburgring

Jaguar Land Rover has announced becoming the first manufacturer to offer an all-electric Race e-Taxi at the legendary Nurburgring circuit, with the Jaguar I-Pace. Like the regular race taxi experience, here too professional drivers will take thrill-seeking passengers around the world's most famous and demanding Formula One race track in the all-wheel-drive zero-emissions Jaguar I-Pace. The company says that with the introduction of the first all-electric Race eTaxi it has taken another step in Jaguar's electrification strategy, offering people a different experience with its award-winning I-Pace electric car.

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  Reuters | Oct 18, 2019

  Ford Partners With Volkswagen, Amazon To Build Charging Network For Cars

  Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it was teaming up with Volkswagen AG and Amazon.com to give its future electric car customers a range of charging options from highways to homes.The network of charging stations will be the largest in North America with 12,000 locations and more than 35,000 charge plugs, Ford said.

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  Reuters | Oct 18, 2019

  Tesla Gets Approval To Start Manufacturing In China

  Tesla Inc was added to a government list of approved automotive manufacturers, China's industry ministry said on Thursday, as it granted the electric-vehicle maker a certificate it needs to start production in the country. The list was published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. This means "the green light is fully given to Tesla for production in China," said Yale Zhang, head of the Shanghai-based consultancy Automotive Foresight. Tesla can start production any time, he said.

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  Ameya Naik | Oct 17, 2019

  MG Motor Partners With eChargeBays To Set-up Charging Stations For ZS EV Customers

  MG Motor India has announced its partnership with eChargeBays, a Delhi-based start-up, to assist its customers with last-mile assistance in setting up infrastructure at their home for charging their Electric vehicle. As part of the partnership, MG will send experts to identify the best way in which MG ZS EV buyers can install an EV charger at home. The move comes ahead of the MG ZS EV launch in December 2019.

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  Reuters | Oct 15, 2019

  Tesla To Start Powerwall Home Battery Installations In Japan

  Tesla Inc will start installing its Powerwall home power storage batteries in Japan next spring, the U.S. electric car and battery maker said on Tuesday, marking the product's debut in Asia. The 13.5 kilowatt-hour (kWh) Powerwall can store power generated by solar panels and costs 990,000 yen ($9,135), including the Backup Gateway system which manages the grid connection, but excluding installation costs and retail tax. It will be sold directly online by Tesla or via certain third-party installers.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 14, 2019

  Uniti One EV Launched In Europe; Price And Specification Revealed

  The car will be available initially initially to buyers in northern Europe and with first deliveries planned in Sweden and the UK for mid-2020.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 12, 2019

  Toyota Unveils Revamped Mirai Hydrogen Sedan To Take On Tesla

  Toyota Motor Corp unveiled a completely redesigned hydrogen-powered fuel cell sedan on Friday in its latest attempt to revive demand for the niche technology that it hopes will become mainstream.

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  Sameer Contractor | Sep 22, 2022

  Volvo XC40 Electric To Get All-New Infotainment System With Built-In Android OS

  Volvo Cars has been teasing the all-electric version of the XC40 SUV for a while now and the automaker has now dropped a new detail about the model that will be unveiled on October 16, 2019. The Volvo XC40 Electric will get an Android-based operating system for the new infotainment unit that is officially known as the 'Android Automotive OS' and has been specially developed for cars. The OS is a result of Volvo's parent company Geely's partnership with Google announced in May 2017, which makes the Swedish carmaker the first company to team with the tech giant for a completely integrated infotainment system inclusive of Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play Store built-in.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 9, 2019

  User Blog: What It's Like To Own A Hyundai Kona Electric

  Having waited for EVs to enter the Indian market Arun Bhat finally bought himself the Hyundai Kona Electric, and we get a user's perspective which helps understand what exactly it's like to live with

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