Tesla Motors yesterday made the announcement that it will soon begin charging users of its Supercharging network, under a new business model. The fast-charging infrastructure, named the Supercharging network, is made up of 735 Supercharger stations, with 4625 Superchargers globally, and eight in Australia. These stations have traditionally been free […]
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Tesla Model S P90D cut from range, full glass roof option added
Tesla has released an optional glass roof for its Model S sedan, also removing the P90D variant in the latest raft of updates to the electric sedan. The latest option for Tesla owners does away with the roof’s central crossbar in favour of opening up the sky significantly more than […]
BMW sells 100,000th ‘i’ car, confirms X3 EV variant for 2020
BMW has announced that three years after the launch of its i sub-brand, it has managed to hit the 100,000 sales milestone. More than 100,000 plug-in hybrid and all-electric models have rolled off the production line since BMW’s launch of i division in November 2013; 60,000 of which were the […]
BMW i5 to arrive in 2021, after i8 spyder – report
BMW is planning on creating an all-new i5 SUV for release in 2021, following the introduction of the i8 Roadster in 2018, a report has revealed. We reported several months ago that BMW’s ‘i’ team was working away on its next creation. Now we’ve got some more tangible evidence as […]
SONO Motors shows innovative EV, crowd-source backing
SONO Motors, a German start-up company, is hoping to revolutionise the EV industry, aiming to release an all-electric car covered with solar panels and a range of 250km within the next two years. The company, headed by three young residents from the German city of Munich, has already crowd-funded $375,000 […]
Fisker EMotion revealed as Henrik’s new EV
Henrik Fisker’s new EV, the Fisker EMotion, is the famed designer’s latest tilt at the green energy market following the somewhat ill-fated Karma plug-in hybrid. A shadowy teaser was shown last week, with the sedan demonstrating its butterfly front and rear doors, plus its aggressive front end treatment. Promising an […]
Faraday Future previews all-new electric SUV, to target Model X (video)
One year after it shocked and perplexed onlookers with the FZERO1 electric supercar ‘technological showcase’, Faraday Future will show something altogether more rational in the form of a production-ready SUV next year. The 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will be the venue of choice once again. The latest […]
Mercedes-Benz EQ electric models to be built in Germany, 10 EVs to come by 2025
Mercedes-Benz has announced it will produce the first model from its sub-brand known as EQ in the German city of Bremen. The announcement was made overnight by Daimler, confirming that the first vehicle to be produced by EQ will hit the roads by the end of the decade. Mercedes has […]