CEO Elon Musk has made an announcement about a surprising new feature of the firm’s electric cars
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Rivian lands $350m of new investment
The electric pickup truck firm has acquired the new funding from automotive services company Cox Automotive
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Motor industry, technology and the environment
The technological impact on the environment In recent years, technology has opened up new possibilities and the motor industry is constantly adapting. The motor industry is considering the needs and priorities of its customers like never before. This is in contrast to environmental concerns being at the forefront of everyone’s mind, the automotive industry is…
Read MoreAudi e-tron first EV to score maximum safety rating
It received the maximum score from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety after being assessed across six different crash tests
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Cornwall Insight Ireland comments on the half-yearly Irish EV sales
Irish EV sales: Although the Irish passenger car market is down 7.36% on 2018 for the year-to-date (YTD), the sales for alternatively fuelled (BEV, PHEV and hybrid-electric) passenger cars have shown steady growth. 9,582 alternatively fuelled vehicles have been sold for the YTD, a 69% increase on 2018’s total. The below graph compares monthly alternative…
Read MoreResidential EV chargers funding doubled
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said an additional £2.5 million will help pay for the installation of more than 1,000 new charging points on streets around the country
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The rise of collaboration in the electric vehicle space
The rise of collaboration in the electric vehicle space Electric vehicle (EV) collaborations between global automotive manufacturers have started to gather pace. In fact, the latest research from Cornwall Insight’s Charged Up: Future Fleet shows that these ventures have steadily grown since December 2018. With eight of the 13 major car manufacturers having either…
Read MoreIgloo Energy partners up to give customers free EV charging
Working with ev.energy, the challenger supplier is offering all new customers to its single tariff a total of 1,200 free miles
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Pixie Energy’s analysis of UKPN’s Optimise Prime
In March, Hitachi confirmed that 2019 would see London and the South East play host to Optimise Prime – a UK Power Networks (UKPN) project. The project aims to understand the charging patterns of commercial (fleet) electric vehicles (EVs) and their impact on networks. The Optimise Prime project seeks to answer how the network impact…
Read MoreEV adoption to speed up under new partnership
Smarter Grid Solutions and SP Energy Networks have teamed up to find better ways to charge electric vehicles
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