Longer range Nissan Leaf facing delays after Ghosn firing
Plans by Nissan for a bigger battery and longer range for its Nissan Leaf electric vehicle put on hold following sacking of its CEO and ensuing scandal.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
GM finally wakes up to battery electric future, shuts five ICE factories
GM to close five ICE car plants and sack 15 per cent of its workforce as it finally concedes it needs to focus on a future of battery electric vehicles.
Germany gets huge EV charging station for 4,000 electric cars
Germany's Sortimo to build world's largest EV charging station on the A8 highway at Zusmarshausen between Stuttgart and Munich, big enough to charge 4,000 EVs a day.
Land Rover launches “mild hybrid” Evoque, PHEV version in 12 months
Land Rover takes another step towards sustainable transport, announcing a "mild hybrid" model to its Range Rover Evoque range and maybe plug-in hybrid later.
The top six pure electric cars at Guangzhou Auto Show 2018
Six of the most notable pure electric cars unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show 2018, as the Chinese auto market turns its focus to EVs.
UNSW students attempt new world record in solar “family” car
UNSW Engineering's solar racing team are about to set out to break the Guinness World Record for most efficient solar electric car.
Honda launches first electric CUV onto Chinese market only
Honda announces it will release its very first all-electric CUV in China, and only in China.
MIT researchers develop totally silent electric plane with no moving parts
Researchers conduct first successful flight of a totally silent electric plane that has no moving parts and flies using "ionic wind".
Musk flags electric tradie van, to go with the Tesla ute, truck and SUV
Musk suggests an electric van for tradies could be coming, but first the focus is on the Tesla ute, truck, SUV, new Roadster - and the solar tile.
Australia “global laggard”, should have EV target to match Labor’s renewables plan
Australia should have a 50% electric vehicle target to match Labor's renewables target. It would save thousands of lives and slash emissions, the EV Council says.