Electric Mobility
Cyrus Dhabhar
May 14, 2018, 3:27 AM
Mercedes-Benz along with other group companies like Smart has officially announced that it will be sourcing its electric car batteries for its while range from a Chinese manufacturer. The battery maker in China called 'Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)' will be supplying batteries to the Daimler group. It is uncertain though on whether Mercedes-Benz will be buying batteries from CATL for all cars made globally or only for the Asia region. The first fully electric purpose built car from the Mercedes-Benz lineup EQ will be a compact luxury SUV called the EQC and will be launched very soon. The electric SUV has already been spied undergoing rigorous testing across the world.
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Cyrus Dhabhar | May 10, 2018Electric Vehicles To Get Green Number Plates In IndiaElectric vehicles in India will finally have some differentiation from their internal combustion counterparts on the road. All electric vehicles in India will soon get a new (and we think rather cool) green license plate. The government yesterday approved of this new move to a different coloured plate specially for zero emissions vehicles for both private and commercial use. The private electric vehicles will have a green backing and white fonts while commercial electric vehicles will have a green background and yellow fonts. These will also be applicable to electric busses and other electric commercial vehicles that are road legal.1 min read
car&bike Team | May 10, 2018Audi Aims To Sell Around 8 Lakh Electric Vehicles By 2025By 2025, Audi will invest approximately 40 billion Euros into strategic areas such as e-mobility, autonomous driving and digitization.1 min read
Cyrus Dhabhar | May 10, 2018Aston-Martin To Launch All-Electric 'Lagonda' SUV By 2021Aston Martin has announced that it will launch an all-electric SUV in 2021 under the recently resurrected Lagonda marque.1 min read
Cyrus Dhabhar | May 9, 2018Toyota, Honda And Nissan Join Forces In Japan For Solid-State BatteriesJapanese automakers, Honda, Toyota and Nissan have all come together as a part of this program in order to benefit from it for their electric and hybrid mobility projects.1 min read
