California regulators last week approved a plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars in the state by 2035, setting an aggressive timeline for reducing the use of fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. A nationwide transition from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles is widely viewed as an essential step toward meeting the country’s
Electric vehicle owners will have access to 300,000 public charge points by the end of the decade, the government has said. Some £500m will be invested to hit the target, according to the Department for Transport, which represents a 10-fold increase on the current 30,000 public charge points across the UK. The 2030 deadline is
Volkswagen will build their $2.2 billion, EV-only manufacturing plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. The state-of-the-art facility will be located near the firm's headquarters and will produce around 250,000 cars per year. The decision to build the new plant came after VW realized it was easier to construct a new factory from scratch as opposed to retooling
The pricing for Kia’s EV6, the company’s first all-electric model, has finally been revealed, and it ranges from $42,115 to $57,115 (including the mandatory destination fee), depending on the trim level, the company said in a statement. The EV6 lineup will include rear-wheel drive (RWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) options. Compared to Kia’s Niro EV,
Renault accelerates its transition to an all-electric future in Europe, but the automaker has a "Plan B" as well. According to Automotive News Europe, Renault CEO Luca de Meo said at a media event that the French brand will become 100% electric in Europe in 2030. Previously it was expected that Renault would be at
Ford has invested $500 million in EV company Rivian, with the partnership set to deliver the US manufacturer a new pure-electric model. Rivian has already developed a flexible 'skateboard' platform for its R1 range. Rivian platform, photo: .nextgreencar.com Battery sizes of 105 kWh, 135 kWh, and 180 kWh are set to be offered
Battery-powered vehicles are so popular these days in fact that the Nissan Leaf – the best selling electric car in the world. So Nissan recently topped the list of fastest-selling used cars in the UK. The list, published by used car marketplace Auto Trader(according to InsideEvs), covers all kinds of cars. The Leaf came out
Tesla Model 3 right from the start of volume deliveries in Europe has become the best-selling plug-in electric car model in Belgium. With 197 new registrations, Tesla Model 3 was #1 in February, but with a few more such results, there is a big chance for the Model 3 to take lead for the year.
Nissan LEAF is the first EV in history hit 400,000 sales Nissan happily announced that, in terms of cumulative sales, LEAF is the best-selling model globally. The total mileage of LEAFs exceed 10 billion km (6 billion miles). According to Nissan’s estimations, the LEAF fleet saves 3.8 million barrels of oil a year. LEAF is
ABB boasts that so far it installed around the world more than 10,500 DC fast chargers for electric vehicles (cars, trucks and buses), across 73 countries. It’s quite an achievement for ABB and a success story of the acquisition of the Dutch Epyon start-up in 2011, which was the foundation for the 50 kW Terra
