Electric/Hybrid

Polestar establishes new UK research and development facility to create future electric performance cars

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 Robin Whitlock Polestar has significantly expanded its research and development capacity with the establishment of a new R&D centre in Coventry in the United Kingdom which will allow the company to increase its own ...

Volkswagen ID. Hub launched as electric ID. family approaches

Tuesday, 07 May 2019 Robin Whitlock Ahead of the first Volkswagen ID. model’s introduction to customers, the brand has launched the ID. HUB – a dedicated area of the Volkswagen.co.uk website, designed to inform the public about Volkswagen’s ...

lrizar Awarded Contract to Supply Electric Bus System in Switzerland

Monday, 06 May 2019 REM Spanish company, lrizar, has been awarded the supply contract for the first line of electric buses for the city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in a public tender. This is a unique project in Switzerland ...

Volkswagen launches international e-mobility marketing campaign

Friday, 03 May 2019 Robin Whitlock At the start of the pre-booking phase for its new full-electric ID. electric vehicle (EV) in Europe on 8th May, Volkswagen is launching a broad-based international e-mobility marketing campaign, focusing ...

InstaVolt switches on first four-charger site

Thursday, 02 May 2019 Robin Whitlock EV charging company InstaVolt has switched on four brand-new rapid chargers at Merrywalks Shopping Centre in Stroud, the first location in the town to benefit from public rapid chargers and the first location ...

Drax Revs Up Businesses With Bespoke EV Services

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 REM SES Water, the first EV customer of UK-based B2B energy supplier Drax, has invested in 16 new charging points and is initially replacing 10 of its 120 strong fleet of diesel vans with electric vehicles. ...

Groupe PSA implements electric offensive on light commercial vehicles

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 Robin Whitlock In line with its ‘Push to Pass’ strategic plan, Groupe PSA is continuing to electrify its entire range, including the Peugeot Boxer Electric and Citroën Relay Electric large vans which will be offered ...

Electric car registrations surpass 100,000 units in Europe for the first time

Monday, 29 April 2019 Robin Whitlock

The electrification shift in the European car market continues at pace, despite the seventh consecutive month of decline in overall demand for cars in March 2019.

Volkswagen presents its ID.R fully electric racing car

Thursday, 25 April 2019 Robin Whitlock Volkswagen has presented the continuously developed version of the ID. R fully electric racing car which will set a new lap record for electric vehicles on the 20.832-kilometre-long Nordschleife motor ...

Rivian Announces $500 Million Investment from Ford

Wednesday, 24 April 2019 REM Michigan-based EV startup, Rivian, has received an equity investment of $500 million from Ford Motor Company. In addition to the investment, the companies have agreed to work together to develop an all-new, ...