The Skoda Enyaq iV was the most registered electric model, both in April and year-to-date.
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Check Out This Tesla BEV Sales Comparison With Other OEMs (2017-2021)
Tesla expressed hope that “every car manufacturer will strive to produce hundreds of thousands of EVs per year.”
Source: Electric Vehicle News
VW's Scout EV brand a surprise to dealers: Will it try to bypass them for Tesla-like sales model?
The Volkswagen Group kept dealers out of the loop ahead of the recent announcement of its Scout EV brand, Automotive News reported Monday. VW announced the Scout brand May 11, confirming plans for a North American-market electric pickup truck and SUV under a separate brand structure. Scout, which revives the name of the classic International…
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Florida Pilot Program Explores Electrification Of Rental Car Fleets
Two-thirds of EV renters surveyed indicated their experience made them more likely to purchase an EV as their next vehicle.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
With electric bike theft on the rise, Wing Bikes is offering free location trackers on its e-bikes
It was an inevitability that once electric bikes started skyrocketing in popularity, more e-bike thefts would soon follow. But NYC-based electric bike company Wing Bikes is helping riders fight back with a free location tracker included along with its electric bikes.
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Source: Charge Forward
Volvo Trucks' First EV Battery Assembly Plant To Open In Q3 2022
The battery assembly plant is located within Volvo Trucks’ existing manufacturing complex in Ghent, Belgium.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
REE Automotive shares robotic assembly update and teases walk-in van prototype
Electric vehicle technology company and platform provider REE Automotive has offered two updates to its progress in the commercial EV segment. First, REE has proven its cloud-based robotic assembly approach and is on schedule to implement it in the UK followed by the US. Additionally, REE has teased its first commercial EV developed alongside JB Poindexter subsidiary, EAVX. REE Automotive’s walk-in van prototype will begin customer evaluations this summer.
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Source: Charge Forward
The first electric fire truck is deployed in the US by LAFD
The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) has deployed what is believed to be the first electric fire truck in North America.
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Porsche Mission R Lives On As 1,073-HP 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance
The electric test car will make its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 23–26) where it will race up the famous hill.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
Battery passports will trace content and carbon footprint of EV batteries in Europe
Sustainability is the raison d’etre of EVs, so it’s obviously important to find a way to document the sustainable nature of the raw materials that go into EV batteries. A “battery passport” that traces the content and carbon footprint of batteries could be the solution, and that’s just what a new German-funded consortium of automakers and battery producers aims to develop.
Reuters reports that a consortium of 11 partners, including BMW, Umicore and BASF, has received 8.2 million euros ($8.78 million) in government funding to develop standards for gathering and disclosing data on batteries, which could soon become mandatory under European Union regulations.
A European Commission proposal due to be discussed later this year would require that EV and industrial batteries sold in Europe must disclose their carbon footprint starting in 2024 and comply with a carbon emissions limit starting in 2027.
Companies would be required to disclose the content of recycled raw materials in their batteries from 2027, and required to use minimum shares of recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead from 2030.
According to Germany’s economy ministry, the consortium is the first project in Europe to attempt to design a digital product to meet these regulations. The idea is that each battery could carry a QR code linking to a database from which EV owners, businesses or regulators could retrieve information on the battery’s composition.
Source: Reuters
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