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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

Green Car Congress

BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. Service Fabric enables the automaker to build individual mobility graphs with personalized data and real-time context. Open Mobility Cloud.

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

EV Central

As a motoring writer, this is the question we’re most asked after what’s the best you’ve driven. Beyond that, it was the Seres 3’s poor drive experience, unresolved technology features, its failure to accept DC charge without explanation and bunny hop-inducing regeneration that has landed it top on my Wall of Shame.

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Daimler chief Zetsche: Daimler working toward swarm organization; mobility services, digitalization and e-mobility

Green Car Congress

Such as the person in charge and the team manager, or straight from the person responsible to the executive board. … The company is targeting 150 subject areas worked out and signed-off on by the end of 2016. We have to be prepared to constantly re-examine our core business and adapt it to market demands.

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Volkswagen ID.3 electric car video review

Drive Electric

3 Pro Performance with the 62 kWh battery, which means that you’ll get 58 kWh of usable battery contributing to 215 miles of real-world range. Charging the VW ID.3. You have the charging flap located in the normal position where you would have your fuel flap. This is the 1st edition ID.3 Volkswagen ID.3

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

The concept for an all-EV reboot of the classic Type 2 Microbus appeared in 2016 and was confirmed for production in August 2017. It’s longer than the one sold in Europe, has a genuine third row of seats, a larger battery and a more powerful motor, and available all-wheel drive. and Canadian markets in the second half of next year.

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Peugeot E-Expert walk around and first drive

Drive Electric

I personally love this distinctive grid at the front, it really looks like it means business. The charging flap is located here at the front left of the vehicle, this opens which opens like so to reveal your Type 2 and your CCS connector. The CCS connector is your public rapid charge port. First impressions. Functionality.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

Development work on these continues; Audi, for example, is refining MLB evo—the second-generation of MLB and the foundation for the battery-electric e-tron quattro SUV due out in 2018. It shows that we have four core innovations: smart sustainability, automated driving, intuitive interaction and personalized connectivity.

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