article thumbnail

Volkswagen presents all-electric ID. XTREME off-road concept car

Green Car Congress

XTREME off-road concept car. The fully electric concept car with all-wheel drive system is based on the ID.4 A high-performance drive on the rear axle and software adaptations in the drive control unit increase the system power of the concept car by 65 kW to 285 kW compared with the ID.4 At the international ID.

article thumbnail

Swiss Post, Austrian Post to move to fully electric fleets by 2030

Green Car Congress

Together, the four companies will switch 22,000 fossil-fuel vehicles to electric. With two out of three new cars in Europe being sold to the private sector, business commitments to electric vehicles send a clear signal of demand for EVs to automakers. Austrian Post is the largest logistics business in Austria.

article thumbnail

BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

Green Car Congress

The combustion engines with four, six, eight and 12 cylinders produced there will be manufactured at the company’s locations in Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in the UK going forward. By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle. Rendering of the new assembly hall.

BMW 396
article thumbnail

Ineos Announced Its Third Off-Roader and This One Is Electrified

The Truth About Cars

Company chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe said the vehicle offers Ineos’ robust off-road capabilities, noting that the range extender makes a fully electric vehicle more practical for many buyers. The Fusilier will be built in Magna’s Graz, Austria factory and undergo thorough bad weather testing on Schockl Mountain nearby.

Austria 98
article thumbnail

bp invests €7.5M in EV charging service provider Service4Charger as part of a €10M Series A

Green Car Congress

million from Smart Energy Innovationsfonds, the corporate venture capital arm of Energie 360°, a Swiss energy provider which invests in sustainable companies across the energy sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. —Gareth Burns, vice president bp ventures In May 2023, fully electric cars represented 17.3

Charging 150
article thumbnail

The MINI Electric as a Company Car: Biogena takes over the Largest MINI Cooper SE fleet.

EV Obssesion

The Austrian-based health company Biogena offers the opportunity to integrate electric mobility into everyday business life with the MINI Cooper SE. The total of 82 vehicles ordered create the largest MINI Electric fleet in Austria. The post The MINI Electric as a Company Car: Biogena takes over the Largest MINI Cooper SE fleet.

Fleet 62
article thumbnail

SAIC introduces large electric panel van in Europe: Maxus EV80

Green Car Congress

The Maxus EV80 van has become the first fully electric large panel van on European roads, ahead of the brand’s full launch in 2019. It is available initially to fleets in France, Germany, Austria and Benelux, with other markets to follow soon. It is offering these large panel vans from its sites across Germany and Austria.

Europe 186