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  • Model S Vs Taycan (Tesla Vs Porsche) Drag Race

    Tesla No longer the Only Electrical Vehicle brand in the world.

    Truth to be told, whenever the Tesla Model S Drag Race Vs Porsche Taycan debate is considered, Porsche has had its flag dug on as the winner. In fact, in all the 5 drag races by Top Gear, Porsche has successfully flaunted its performance each time with a tiny however increased margin with every succeeding race.

    For the Taycan Turbo S, the foremost figures recorded were:

    0-60:                          2.61

    0-100:                        6.12

    ¼ mile:                       10.69s @ 131.6mph

    Porsche Taycan (Image Credits: Porsche Newsroom)
    Porsche Taycan (Image Credits: Porsche Newsroom)

    For the Tesla Model S, the top figures recorded were:

    0-60:                          2.83

    0-100:                        6.64

    ¼ mile:                       11.23s @ 123.2mph

    Tesla Model S
    Tesla Model S (Image Credits: Tesla)

    The above figures are as per the TV show Top Gear.

    Obviously, we cannot expect Elon Musk to sit hand on hand when it comes to his electric cars! He further took this video issue in his hands as the video clearly shows Porsche Taycan Turbo S beat Tesla Model S. Further it came into picture that Top Gear hadn’t turned on the “Ludicrous Plus” feature of Tesla Model S. This feature enables the car to achieve the fastest acceleration possible.

    As per Tesla, the performance trim of Model S can accelerate from 0–60 mph in just 2.4 secs and that the top speed of it is 163 mph. Musk further commented that the Top Gear show should rather be called as Low Gear!

    Last Words

    So when the Model S Vs Taycan drag race debate is considered, Tesla is very confident about its Model S. On the other hand, Porsche won’t take a step back when it comes to enter into competition with Tesla. However, some third party making any kind of false comments on both these competitors’ electric vehicles and damaging their images is just not fair to the competition itself! What do you think? Do let us know your views on the same in the below comments.

  • Ford To Change Plans for Electric Car, New UAW Agreement Says

    Ford Motors sees 65% dealers agreeing to sell its electric vehicles.

    Ford might be in plans to change its electric car strategy. The tentative agreement of Ford with the UAW shows that the plan of bringing the EVs production to the Flat Rock factory manufacturing Lincoln Continental and Ford Mustang is changed. As per the Ford electric vehicle plan made in March, the factory is to start building EVs in 2023 at the facility.

    Ford electric vehicle plan and UAW agreement
    Ford-UAW agreement (Image Credit: REUTERS)

    The UAW released the terms of this new agreement which state that the factory will receive an investment of $250 million in order to continue the production of Mustang along with the new version and derivatives coming soon (date unspecified). Also, the plant will produce the present-generation Continental. As per the document, at Flat Rock, Ford will continue to scout out all the future opportunities throughout this agreement.

    The head of electric vehicles at Ford, Ted Cannis, was not willing to offer any details regarding the Ford electric vehicle plan at Flat Rock. However, the agreement specifies that new product will surely be further added to the Ohio Assembly Plant of Ford in 2023, which is also a part of the investment of $900 million.

    Ford Transit PHEV
    Ford Transit PHEV

    Ford was also in news with its all new plug-in hybrid electric car. According to Ford, Transit PHEV is a greener way to get the goods delivered. This new hybrid electric van comes with a 1L turbocharged 3-cylinder engine along with its motor powered by a huge 13.6 kW-h battery which can last for 31 miles. However, in October, Ford stated that Transit’s plug-in hybrid version will not be made available to the U.S.

  • Tata Motors To Bring Electric SUV Next Month

    Tata Power commits to building 1000 electric vehicle charging stations in Odisha.

    Tata Motors is expected to introduce their maiden electric SUV which is based on Nexon on the 16th of December 2019. The EV is going to see a launch in the Indian markets between January and the month of March in 2020 as had been announced earlier.

    The electric SUV is going to feature the EV technology called Ziptron by the brand which had recently been unveiled. The SUV is likely to have a range of close to 300km and is going to be priced somewhere in the range of Rs.15-17 lakhs.

    It had been revealed earlier by the company that the Nexon’s Ziptron powertrain is prepared keeping the driving in India and the conditions of the climate in mind and is going to provide appropriate performance and range for the buyers in India. The battery pack of the Nexon EV is going to comprise of lithium-ion cells and is going to feature liquid cooling for maintaining operating temperature which is idea.

    The company has also gone on to say that the battery pack of the SUV is coming encased in a steel casing that has high strength and also boasts of a rating of IP67 which is one of the highest standards for dust protection and waterproofing. In addition, Tata Motors is going to offer a warranty of 8 years on the motor and the battery pack.

    As a part of their marketing initiatives, the company has driven the car from Manali to Leh through a few of the tough terrain for proving its durability and performance in spite of the limited infrastructure of charging under the weather conditions which are extreme in the portions of the country where the drive took place.       

  • Volvo To Bring Polestar Precept In Geneva Motor Show

    Polestar to tie up with CAKE to create electric vehicle Makka

    The performance sub-brand of Volvo known as Polestar is going to bring a striking electric concept car, Polestar Precept, in the 2020 Geneva Motor Show scheduled to take place next month. Instead of them putting their focus on the flashy specs of performance, the company is going to take up different issues when it takes up the usage of material which is sustainable through the car and more deep integration with the operating system of Google known as Android Automotive.

    This car is going to be known as the Polestar Precept and the company has said that this name was chosen so that they can emphasize the role that the vehicle has in establishing the intent of Polestar as a brand of electric performance. 

    Their press release has said that the precept is going to act as a manifesto for how things are going to shape up. The CEO has said that this is a declaration and a vision of what Polestar really stands for and what is making this brand relevant as a response to the challenges which the industry and society are facing presently.

    They have said that this isn’t something they are looking at in a distant future and they expect to apply their innovation in minimizing the impact of the environment through the vehicle.

    The company has said that the interior panels and the seatbacks have been made out of the flax-based components that account for the reduction in plastic waste and also a reduction in the weight. The headrests have been made from recycled cork. The company has said that this is going to redefine the premium luxury.

  • Details Of 11 Electric Vehicles From Hyundai Remain Murky

    Hyundai Ioniq 5 to hit the Indian markets soon

    Euisun Chung who is the executive vice chairman of Hyundai has recently kicked 2020 off by the announcement of an expansion in output of the electric vehicles as well as other advanced technologies. The Hyundai group which has come up with brands such as Genesis, Kia and Hyundai is going to invest over $87 billion for production of 23 EVs by the year 2025. The details of a possible 11 new electric vehicles have not been provided clearly.

    Hyundai EVs

    The announcement states that the group is going to grow as many as 23 electric battery electric vehicles as well as six plug-in hybrids in the coming five years. The first of the 11 of these new dedicated electric vehicles is expected to come out by the year 2021 though the recent statements which have been made by Hyundai have been contradicting each other.

    The announcement of a dedicated EV has dated back till 2017 at least. Reports from the previous two years have suggested that it is going to be badged as Genesis and given a target for competing with the Model 3 from Tesla.

    However in June, there had been reports that the company is starting production for a compact SUV which is all-electric to be used as a platform for Electric vehicles. This report had point at the prototype being unveiled in the middle of the year 2020 and the production in early months of 2021. 

    The release today about the event on the New Year has stated that the new system for Electric Vehicle architecture system is going to be introduced and also applied to the models which have been slated to be launched in the year 2024.

  • MG Motors Launches ZS EV In India

    ZS EV to bring affordable version to Indian markets

    MG Motor unveiled a second product. This product is the ZS EV in India. This has happened after in July they unveiled Hector that became instantly popular. The electric SUV has the same specs as that of MG GS model sold globally in multiple markets. The iconic brand from Britain now owned by the SAIC Motor Corp showed its model of ZS off in New Delhi on Thursday.

    This vehicle has the capability of going to a distance of 340 km in one charge as per the claims of the company. This vehicle is going to compete directly against the Kona by Hyundai Motor and other brands that have electric SUVs in the country.

    The vehicle comes with sky roof and also an air purifier which is inbuilt. The company is going to begin selling in just five cities. The cities are Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Hyderabad. 

    This model is going to be produced at the manufacturing facility of the company based in Halol Gujrat. The price that is being expected for MG ZS is going to be close to Rupees 25 lakh.

    MG is going to go up against Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki, both of which control the market share of passenger vehicle as 2/3rd of all the vehicles had been sold till March were made by the two of them. However, only a fraction over 8,000 EVs had been sold in the past few years as per data.

    MG has been working towards creation of an ecosystem for EV before they launched the ZS EV including the infrastructure for charging and other utilities.

  • Bajaj Auto Invests In Micro-Mobility Yulu

    E-rickshaws to lead the electric vehicle revolution in India.

    Bajaj Auto Ltd is going to now invest in the cycle sharing platform based out of Bengaluru named Yulu. Bajaj is the 2nd biggest manufacturer of motorcycles in India. This platform offers bicycles and electric cycles for connectivity to the last mile.

    This is coming in the wake of mobility landscape changing in India. The interest from Bajaj Auto has coincided with the interest of Uber in this sector. Also, Bajaj Auto has Rajiv Bajaj at the top in this firm.

    The companies have together issued a statement. Further the statement says that Bajaj is going to invest about $8 million in the bike sharing company Yulu. The reason, complimenting the relationship between both the companies.

    Additionally, Yulu is going to source from the electric two wheelers of Bajaj. These EVs have been manufactured and co-designed for micro mobility sharing. Also, Bajaj is considering facilitation of vehicle financing requirements that Yulu has for the deployment of large scale electric vehicles.

    Bajaj and Yulu

    The start-up is engaged in urban mobility. It has Amit Gupta and RK Misra as their co-founders. Furthermore, it has gained traction from investors and capitalists.

    A lot of Indian cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai, Bhuvneshwar, Delhi and Pune launched this service. For congestion reduction and control of pollution, the shared micro-mobility can come in handy in future, says Bajaj; and this is what will drive this segment.

    This along with the rapid transport like Metro will help larger cities boost the demand for Yulu. This is because it provides last mile connectivity in a flexible manner.

    This was the primary reason why they took this decision of partnering with Yulu. Rajiv Bajaj mentioned this in his statement.

  • Tesla: Capacity Of Lithium-Ion Batteries To Expand

    Tesla launching its cars in Thailand

    Tesla is in plans to make the biggest-in-the-world lithium-ion battery. The company is looking to increase the capacity at its Hornsdale site located in South Australia. This is going to increase the capacity to 150 megawatts which is a 50% expansion, as per Tesla.

    This is according to an announcement form Neoen SA, which is a French company and is operating the site. The storage site in the first year of operation has already been able to save the consumers over $34 million.

    Since its installation in 2017, the battery helped in stabilizing the grid and avoiding outages. It also helped in to lower costs by the offset of intermittency in power generation which is renewable. This has helped in blazing a trail for its other plants all across the world.

    Tesla: Hornsdale site

    The utility-scale batteries which can be affordable have often been seen as the link. This link is the one which was missing for making wind and solar power as realistic competitors of fossil fuels.

    The green sources can be less expensive; however, they are not as reliable as the fuels traditionally. This makes the energy which is carbon-intensive tough to jettison, which is necessary for avoiding the impacts of changing climate.

    Meanwhile, the storage industry has been increasingly important in many places such as South Australia. These places have lesser access to the sources of fossil-fuels like natural gas and coal.

    Although Tesla’s outback battery is providing important insights into the contributions, it was never intended for curing all the state’s problems. Potentially, the storage systems can offer these contributions. This can be an important contributor to the fight against carbon emissions.

  • Electric Vehicles’ Demand Not Up To Expectations

    Debate between Battery electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles still going on.

    In the previous decade the mismatch in the expectations of electric vehicles and the realities of the market has never been more if the experts are to be believed.

    In the year 2010, the CEO of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn had proclaimed that by the year 2020, 10 % of the vehicles in the world are going to be electric. This was the time when the automobile giant had introduced their electric vehicle Nissan Leaf EV. The car is still on sale till the date even after the career of Ghosn is in the ruins as he is awaiting a trial in Japan on financial malfeasance charges.

    In reality, the market globally for the plug-in vehicles which includes the electric vehicles which are run on battery and the gas-electric hybrids is at about 2% as 2020 is less than two months away.

    Image Credits: Forbes

    A decade is a time which can be termed as being more than enough for the development of a market for a new kind of vehicle. This is been the case many a times whether it was the transformation from muscle cars to the sedans to even minivans. The growth in the sales of Electric Vehicles has been so weak as compared to the expectations that it is being seen as a clear indication of people not wanting these cars fundamentally.

    USA which is considered to be the most competitive market has also seen that people do not want the hybrid cars. There is demand for SUVs as well as pickups. This is a trend which is good for the carmakers as they have high profitability, the very purpose of creation of electric vehicles which is climate change is being defeated currently with people not embracing electric cars.

  • Toyota And BYD Come Together For Building EVs

    Toyota Innova Crysta Electric Vehicle gets tested for use in Indian market

    BYD is a company which has been working for a very long time now on the electric vehicles; however, most of the EVs from the Chinese company particularly in the United States are right now the zero-emission buses. This looks like it is going to change specially in China as it was announced that Toyota and BYD are going to get into a new joint venture. This venture is going to focus on the developing and researching of the battery electric vehicles.

    The companies said that the new Joint Venture will be set up in 2020 in China as each of the companies is going to contribute 50% of the investment needed. The JV is going to develop and design all-electric vehicles which are going to include related parts and platforms. The resulting vehicles are destined for China as they will be made in a way to make them more attractive for the customers in China.

    The news is following an announcement made in the month of July. The announcement stated BYD and Toyota are going to consider coming together for the all-electric sedans and also low-floor SUVs.

    BYD
    Image Credits: Wikipedia

    They had then said that the batteries which were going to be developed by the companies is going to be for the SUVs and sedan models and is also going to be used for the other vehicles.

    The companies gave more details about how they are going to staff in this new JV as they are going to transfer BYD and Toyota engineers from the related jobs in R&D in the companies to this JV as per a new statement issued by the companies.