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Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

In Australia, Mitsubishi was an early EV adopter, selling the i-Miev battery electric mini-car from 2010 to 2014. The former has been revealed as a spin-off from the Australia-bound Megane E-Tech and the latter is expected be based on the next-gen Leaf. Neither are as yet ruled in or out for Australia. “We

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Nissan and Honda may team up to slash EV prices and take on Chinese automakers like BYD

Baua Electric

Nissan weighs partnership with Honda to lower EV prices As automakers look to prevent falling further behind EV leaders like BYD , partnerships could become more common According to Nikkei , Nissan may take the plunge as it weighs a partnership with Honda to develop more affordable EV tech. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Nissan and Honda confirm new EV partnership as they look to play catch up with Tesla, BYD

Baua Electric

The Japanese automakers will explore new software platforms, EV components, and other related tech. Toshihiro Mibe, Honda’s CEO, said the company will see if combining tech and knowledge “will enable us to become industry leaders by creating new value.” It will be interesting to see what Nissan and Honda can come up with.

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Students’ biodiesel electric car takes first place

Green Cars News

There were celebrations all around Mississippi State University after its students scooped first place in the 2010 EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, California. The team built a biodiesel extended range electric vehicle with a 21.3kWh battery pack from A123Systems that provides an electric range of 60miles.

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GM Hummer electric SUV

Electric Vehicles India

At the moment, we have few specifications about this electric SUV which are General Motors estimates. This electric SUV still has tough looks just like its IC version instead of a high-tech appearance which is common in most of the upcoming electric SUVs. About Hummer . In 2008, GM acquired the original IC Hummer brand.

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Longtime Tesla battery partner Panasonic sells entire TSLA stake

Teslarati

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has sold its entire stake in American electric car maker Tesla for about 400 billion yen ($3.6 per share in 2010. . As per a filing submitted on Friday, Panasonic effectively offloaded all its TSLA stock by the end of March 2021. . Panasonic bought roughly 1.4 million TSLA shares at $21.15

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GM’s Volt Program = $700m

Revenge of the Electric Car

GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. By Richard Kessler for Recharge News. “GM is spending $336m to upgrade the Hamtramck plant; $202m for a new plant in Flint, north of Detroit, that will build 1.4 GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. Related Stories.

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