“A battery-powered vehicle having a fire incident is newsworthy. A gasoline-powered vehicle having a fire is newsworthy only if it stops traffic.” Above are the words of Steven Risser, a leading expert in electric vehicle fire risk and seni…
Mission E To Become The Porsche Taycan
Series production of the first purely electric Porsche Mission E is set to begin next year. In preparation, the vehicle previously operating under the working title “Mission E” has now been given its official name: Taycan. The name can be roughly…
DoE – U.S. Plug-In Electric Cars Consumed 2 TWh Of Electricity In 2017
According to the Office Of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, plug-in electric vehicles consumed nearly 2 TWh (2,000 GWh) of electricity last year in the U.S. The amount of electricity consumed during charging increases every year as there are m…
Electrek Podcast: flurry of Tesla news, Daimler’s response to Tesla Semi, Jaguar starts pushing the I-Pace, and more
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a flurry of Tesla news from the shareholder meeting, Daimler unveils new electric trucks in response to Tesla Semi, Jaguar s…
Renault e.dams Co-Owner To Exit Ahead Of Nissan’s Entry Into Formula E
Renault e.dams co-owner Alain Prost is leaving the French squad ahead of its takeover by Nissan, team founder Jean-Paul Driot has confirmed. Four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost has been part of Renault e.dams since the inception of Formula E…
Breaking – Porsche Mission E To Get Official Name Of Taycan
It now has an official name, thus moving it one step closer to reality. Word has slipped that the official name of the Porsche Mission E, when it enters production, will be the Porsche Taycan. Taycan has a meaning. It’s “lively, young horse…
Porsche’s Mission E all-electric vehicle becomes the ‘Taycan’
Porsche’s first all-electric vehicle has been known so far as the Mission E, but the company made the announcement today that the production version of the vehicle will be called the ‘Taycan’. more…
Porsche Mission E to be called Porsche Taycan
Porsche announced Friday that its long-running Mission E electric sedan will be called the Porsche TKTKTK when it starts production next year. The 2020 Porsche Taycan takes its name from the horse on the Porsche crest, according to the automaker, which…
Electric Cars Sales Will Grow, But Electric Bus Sales To Outpace Cars
According to the latest report-forecast from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, plug-in electric cars will take the majority of sales (55% or 60 million units) by 2040. In 2017, some 1.1 million were sold (at average battery cost of $209/kWh) and this year …
Kia unveils new all-electric Niro CUV ‘up to ~280 miles of range’
After revealing the all-electric Niro concept earlier this year, Kia is now unveiling the production version of their new all-electric vehicle at the 2018 Busan International Motor Show today in Korea.
The vehicle appears to feature the same powertrain…
