Nissan announces plan to create "electric car ecosystem" that will allow sharing, supply and storage of energy using li-ion batteries in cars or in a "second-life".
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.
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'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 takes another step towards sustainable transport, announcing a "mild hybrid" model to its Range Rover Evoque range and maybe plug-in hybrid later.