The British Motor Show in Farnborough on August 19-22 has a hall dedicated to electric vehicles. The Select Electric Motor Show is part of a revised format at a new site following a 13-year absence, the whole event reported to be one of the first few automotive shows …
Reports from China indicate the smaller and more affordable US$25,000 Tesla is close. Claims a prototype has already been completed have come from a “prolific auto leaker”, Teslarati reports, adding that earlier this month Tesla China announced its research and development centre is about to go online. “It …
Nio aims to mass-market a new sub-brand designed as a more affordable EV to its premium ones. The company’s founder and chief executive William Li says the relationship between Nio’s two entities will be similar to Audi-Volkswagen and Lexus-Toyota. It has recently completed winter testing of the ET7 …
Hyundai Motorsport wants to secure its first overall victory at the fourth round of the PURE ETCR (electric touring car racing) season, as the series moves to the Hungaroring racetrack in Hungary on August 20-22. Drivers Jean-Karl Vernay, Augusto Farfus, John Filippi and Tom Chilton aim to leverage …
The China-made Nio ET7 electric luxury sedan has been tested in New Zealand’s winter as it gears toward mass production, due to be launched in early 2022. In July 2021, Nio spent a month testing the ET7 at the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds near Queenstown. It has about …
An investigation of Teslas on Autopilot colliding with emergency vehicles at crash sites has been launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the US. It comes just ahead of a briefing by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk on its work with artificial intelligence (AI) planned for …
Monash Business School and Griffith University researchers are encouraging the Australian Government to review taxation law to support EV affordability and charging infrastructure. The Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 (RACE for 2030) co-operative research centre, has awarded $220,000 to Dr Diane Kraal from Monash Business School and …
Mercedes-Benz dealers in Germany are now taking orders for the all-new electric EQS luxury sedan and dealers in the USA will begin taking orders in the fourth quarter says the manufacturer. Two models are on offer being the 245kW rear-wheel-drive EQS 450+ and the 385kW all-wheel-drive EQS 580 …
Almost a third of transport CO2 emissions come from trade-related fleets, according to the International Transport Forum. To get a jump on inevitable electrification before a 2030 ban on fossil fuel car sales in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, many companies are taking matters into their own hands …
New research from The Australia Institute shows that South Australians would be less likely to make the switch to an EV if the government proceeds with its plan to copy the Victorian Labor Government’s EV ‘tax’ or road user charge (RUC). The institute’s survey of a representative sample …
Power management company Eaton has announced its Vehicle Group has developed a series of 48-volt technologies to assist its global commercial vehicle customers transitioning from traditional 12 and 24-volt vehicle systems to systems that include 48-volt architecture. These 48-volt systems can power new, advanced energy-consuming components – particularly …
The Horwin EK3 Electric Motor Scooter will be released for the Australian market, distributed via Brisbane-based e-Motion Concepts Pty trading as EMoS light EV and urban transport specialist. Recent collaboration between EMoS and Horwin resulted in the full volume compliance approval with the Australian Road Vehicle Certification System …
Audi has revealed the first member of a new family of concept vehicles, a spectacular electric roadster called the Skysphere concept due out in 2022. The two-door convertible is geared for autonomous driving, and includes a revolutionary redesign of the interior, and a seamless digital ecosystem. It offers …
Plants found in Australian backyards could unlock future Queensland jobs in new minerals. A study of native plants like selenium weed and a variety of macadamia tree are being researched for their abilities as “hyperaccumulators” that extract rare earth metals from the ground through a process called “phytomining”, …
General Motor’s first recall of the Bolt in 2020 was a significant milestone in the EV industry. About 69,000 cars produced between 2017-2019 were recalled for potential battery fires, says IDTechEx in its report Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles 2021-2031. The “solution” was a software update limiting the …
