Audi, EnBW To Turn Electric Car Batteries Into Grid Support Tools
German carmaker Audi and utility EnBW are setting up an electric car battery operation at EnBW’s Heilbronn plant to build scaleable storage facilities by the end of this year, drawing on retired batteries to help power grids. Electric vehicle battery…
Hero Electric Partners Autovert Technologies To Introduce Subscription-Based Financing Plans
Hero Electric, a leading two- and three-wheeler electric vehicle maker has partnered Bangalore-based fintech start-up Autovert Technologies for seamless alternative ownership models for Hero Electric’s new customers. Under this partnership, Autovert will allow Hero Electric customers to avail for subscription-based…
Mitsubishi Announces Large-Scale Investment In New EV Kei Cars
Mitsubishi announced that a large-scale investment is coming to its Mizushima Plant in Kurashiki city, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, to produce new electric kei-cars. The company was one of the first established carmakers to jump into the EV bandwagon over 10…
Nissan Accepting Electricity As Payment For Parking
Nissan is giving customers yet another reason to love their electric cars: the ability to pay for parking with electricity. In a global first, electric vehicle drivers will be able to discharge power from their car’s battery pack to pay…
Kandi Brings America’s Most Affordable Electric Vehicles To Market
Kandi America, the U.S. subsidiary of Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., an international automotive manufacturer, announced today its formal launch of the most affordable electric vehicles (EVs) on the U.S. market, with an initial focus on the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. In…
PSA To Launch EV-Optimized Platform In 2023
PARIS — PSA Group will introduce a new architecture optimized for electric vehicles in 2023 that will underpin compact and midsize models. The architecture, the Electric Vehicle Modular Platform or eVMP, will allow PSA to build battery-electric cars with a…
New Factory In Rajasthan, Electric Cruise Scooter On Track: Okinawa
COVID-19 notwithstanding, Gurugram-based electric two-wheeler maker Okinawa Autotech will go ahead with its plan to start a factory and launch new models later this year. Work on commercially launching an electric cruiser scooter is on schedule and going ahead as…
Zoomcar Partners With ETO Motors Shared EV Platform To Boost Electric Mobility
Zoomcar, a subscription-based car rental provider, has announced signing an agreement with Hyderabad-based ETO Motors, an electric mobility solutions & services company, to provide platform services for ETO’s electric, shared 3-wheeler business. Under the agreement, Zoomcar will provide ETO Motors…
Green Hydrogen Transport To Get Boost With Australian Refuelling Station Network
Australia may see a rapid expansion of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, with a new partnership that will see green hydrogen for heavy vehicles situated alongside EV charging stations across Australia. Hydrogen project developer Infinite Blue Energy says it will partner with…
All-New Buick Velite 7 EV And Velite 6 PHEV Launch In China
General Motors has just renewed its commitment to Buick‘s range of green vehicles, simultaneously launching two new Velite models – the exclusive sub-brand family of electrified models for China. A few weeks after revealing the first details, the company officially…