After the first five months of the year, the British market with a big advantage remains the top market for plug-in hybrid models in Europe. British PHEV sales are not only the highest, but with 47% growth, it’s hard to find any contender that co…
Month: June 2018
UPS To Deploy 35 Arrival Electric Delivery Vans In London And Paris
UPS will trial in London and Paris 35 all-electric delivery vehicles supplied by UK-based Arrival, who earlier delivered the same vehicles to Royal Mail. The modular, light-weight EVs for UPS will have range of 150 miles (240 km), which is significantl…
Prost To Part with Renault e.dams Prior To Nissan Taking Over
Nico Prost will leave the e.dams Formula E squad at the end of the 2017/18 season, the team has announced. The French driver has raced for the team, which will be swapping Renault’s involvement for alliance partner Nissan ahead of FE’s fifth season, si…
148 Nissan LEAF Batteries Power This Stadium
Nissan presents one of its latest and apparently Europe’s largest energy storage system with electric car batteries at the Johan Cruijff Arena stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 2.8 MWh/3 MW ESS was installed in partnership with Eaton, BAM, T…
China’s Didi Teams Up To Get 10 Million EVs On Road By 2028
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-sharing company engaged in tautonomous driving developments, outlines bold electrification plans. In 2017, Didi had 450 million users and 21 million drivers, which used about 260,000 plug-in cars. Business is developing s…
Renault Electric Car Sales Increased By 31% In May
In May, Renault sold nearly a third more electric cars than a year ago and is on track to achieve full-year result of around 40,000. In total, around 3,169 electric cars (excluding Twizy) were delivered (up 31% year-over-year). In Europe, where most of…
Porsche shatters the Nürburgring record we thought was unbreakable
Porsche’s hybrid racing car continues its amazing farewell tour.
Alleged Tesla Saboteur Opens $500,000 GoFundMe For Legal Expenses
Alleged saboteur/whistleblower Martin Tripp has been talking about the need for a lawyer to go to bat against Tesla and Elon Musk. Now, he’s taking the first step. After Tesla sued Tripp for reportedly hacking its Manufacturing Operating System, …
Tesla Electric Motorhome Comes To Life
With Tesla’s plans for electric semis and hardcore pickup trucks, an electric motorhome could be an awesome idea. The problem with Tesla is surely not a lack of promising ideas, but instead, so many good ideas that it just can’t keep up. Ob…
Tesla Model 3 orders open, 2019 Chevy Volt, dieselgate update, Volvo plans: The Week in Reverse
Which country plans to put a million electric cars on its roads by 2022? What mountain did an electric car climb this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 29, 2018. Frid…
