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Audi shows new A6 e-tron concept electric vehicle in Shanghai

Green Car Congress

In cooperation with its long-standing joint-venture partner FAW, Audi is currently building a completely new automotive plant specially for the future generation of electric-powered models on the basis of the new PPE technology platform. The future series version will be produced in Europe and China, and is intended for sales worldwide.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

It’s a series plug-in hybrid like the Chevrolet Volt. The Future of Electric Emergency Vehicles. However, as automakers shift to producing electric cars, trucks and SUVs, electric vehicles could account for 25 percent of new sales by 2035 by some estimates. The post Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

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Everything You Need to Know About Electric RVs

Clean Fleet Report

The eRV2 comes equipped with a 48-volt house battery, which is typically 12 volts in a standard RV, to power the indoor amenities. It is not yet for sale. It uses Ford E-Transit underpinnings to deliver 266 horsepower but a mere 108 miles of range, which may be a hard sell for people looking to live on the road.

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The 60,000 Volt Question

Plug In Partners

could reportedly produce up to 60,000 Volt electric cars in 2010 , its first anticipated year on the market. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that first year sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid could quadruple that of the Toyota Prius' U.S. Is the Plug In Car in your future ?

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Plugless: first wireless charger to provide 1 million charge hours for PEVs

Green Car Congress

In 2014 Plugless began selling 3.3kW wireless EV chargers for Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF. Plugless continues to be the only wireless EV charger for sale to consumers in the world. The 2nd Gen Plugless system is designed to charge Tesla Model S and any EVs upgraded with a 2nd Gen Plugless systems in the future.

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GM To Forge Ahead With Electric, Plug-In Hybrid, Other Electrified Vehicles

Green Car Reports

When oil prices drop, the knee-jerk response of many analysts is to forecast doom for sales of electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and other green cars. General Motors Batteries Plug-In Hybrids GM Future Cars Chevy Volt plug-in cars Chevrolet Bolt' That''s not something General Motors recognizes as an issue, though. DON''T MISS.

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Lucid readying Tesla Model Y fighter that will pinch advanced tech from the luxury Air limo

EV Central

That means it should come equipped with a 900-volt electrical architecture and its next-gen batteries that will be capable of being topped up well beyond the 350kW the very fastest in its class can achieve. It’s now thought Lucid will launch here once the new mid-size SUV is ready for sale in either 2026 or 2027.