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  • Canoo electric vehicle delivers on first pickup truck

    EV startup Canoo which was struggling for the last few years has delivered the first pickup truck to the army of the United States for the purpose of analysis and demonstration. The LTV of the company is built on same platforms such as Duplo of Canoo which is a toy-looking prototype of an Electric Vehicle truck which had been revealed in the year 2021. This is a major achievement for canoo electric vehicle

    Back in the month of July, the army had announced that Canoo was awarded a $67,500 contract for producing a new light to the heavy duty BEV or the series-hybrid electric vehicle for the Government analysis and demonstration as per the analytics.

    Also Read: Construction activities Kalabarri electric vehicle chargers Australia (evworldnews.com)

    Canoo electric vehicle comes from a company which had been founded in the year 2017 by a couple of former Faraday Future employees, has developed many EV concepts including a delivery van which can be used for many purposes and the electric truck. This is a company which is also working on the lifestyle vehicle which had chosen by NASA to transport the astronauts to launchpad as the part of Artemis mission to Moon.

    LTV is a modular vehicle which can be transformed into many configurations including the flatbed truck, cargo vehicle or mounted with ramps, racks, tents, storage boxes or the tactical system. Canoo has said that the LTV has been engineered for the extreme environments and includes stealth configurations using the carbon Kevlar for durability and strength. The electric vehicle development will be a huge step for both the company and the army.

    Drivetrain of the all-wheel drive vehicle has the ability to put out 600 horsepower with the air springs, a raised suspension along with the 32 inch all-terrain tires for building higher ground clearance which is suitable for the rugged and extreme conditions.

    Whether Canoo is going to now get green light for putting LTV into the production is a decision which is going to rest with the army now and will depend on how much the electric vehicle market share is going to be for this company.

  • Construction activities begin in Kalabarri to give electric vehicle chargers Australia a big boost.

    Construction activities have started on the longest Electric vehicle highway within the town of Kalbarri towards the north of town in Perth for hosting the new first charger on the EV network of Western Australia. The government of Western Australia made an announcement that the installation of the charging stations is underway at the Kalbarri as well as in the Northampton region with the construction is going to start next week at the Geraldton site. It is expected to cover over 6600 km across the mammoth stretches of the regions of Western Australia. The WA EV network is going to boast 98 chargers located across the various locations. It is going to extend from the Kununurra in the Northern region to the Esperance region in the south and east to the Eucla region and near South Australia on Nullabor. This will be a big boost to the electric vehicle chargers Australia and its further development.

    Effectively, this is going to reduce the electric vehicle cost in the world.

    The first among these sites is going to be operational early in 2023 with the construction on remaining locations happening through the year.

    The government says that is excited to see the construction start on the project which is being managed by the Synergy and Horizon power.

    Also Read: BYD electric vehicle coming to Mexico – EV World News

    It is expected that there will not be over 200 kilometers between two chargers and that is going to help in the reduction of range anxiety which is going to allow the electric vehicle owners in exploring the state.

    The installation has been done by a regional company known as Hamersley Electrical contracting. It is a company that specializes on the renewable energy assets.

    electric vehicle conversion Australia is looking at now is due to the work which has steadily been done over the last few months.

  • Sun Mobility to increase motor electric vehicle charging infrastructure by three times.

    Sun Mobility has been a game changer when it comes to the battery charging infrastructure of the motor electric vehicle. This is critical as it is helping the Indian government in helping cope with the problems of the climate change and help in ringing in changes for the transition of the country from traditional fuel to the electric vehicle model which is going to be the future of this industry.

    The company is a universal provider of energy infrastructure and has an aim of powering close to 1 million Electric Vehicles. The services of the company use the lithium-ion battery technology which straight forward is going to provide a longer charger time. The Sun mobility has been launching a battery-swapping network for building the EV battery of India. The company is a joint venture between the Sun Group and Maini Group. This is a partnership which is going to diversify the engineering powerhouse providing solutions for the electric mobility for the campuses. This is going to help India in competing with the Electric Vehicle Europe.

    Also Read : Car Lobby in UK pushing for urgent action to develop electric vehicle infrastructure – EV World News

    The environmental problems electric vehical are solving in the country are going to help in the growth of the Electric Vehicle market. The expanded network of the company which had come up with the first electric car of the country, Reva is going to aim at doing close to 30,000 swaps in a day by the next year in comparison to the 11000 which it is currently doing. This is a news which has come to the fore after a new factory has been opened up in Bengaluru. Among the new stations, majority are going to be in the capital city of Delhi followed by Bengaluru.

    The company is going to offer an entire eco-system which is going to include the swappable batteries and the swapping stations for the e-rickshaws and two-wheelers.

  • BYD electric vehicle coming to Mexico

    BYD, the motor electric vehicle maker from China, is going to launch its cars in Mexico in the coming years. This is in light of the executives putting up a sales target of close to 30,000 vehicles in the year 2024.

    In the coming year, BYD is going to start selling fully electric versions of the Tang SUV alongside the Han Sedan. It is planned to be done through 8 dealers all across Mexico and was announced by the country head Zhou Zhou.

    The automotive industry association of Mexico has sold less than 5% of the cars. In the first few months, of the year these were hybrid and around 31,000 of 693,000 sold in its entirety.

    BYD in Mexico

    In September, the company set itself a pre-sales price for the Han and Tanga models at €72,000 in the electric vehicle Europe market. There are only a handful of Mexicans who make over $10,000 per year according to the statistics of the country. Zou from BYD further said that the company aimed to sell the cars through as many as 15 licensed dealers in the Mexican region by end of the 2023 and then hit 30 by the end of 2024.

    The environmental problems electric vehicles can solve are immense. And hence Mexicans will look at this as an opportunity to solve this problem through the sales of BYD electric vehicles.

    This announcement comes in the wake of Mexico’s planning to make electric vehicles more affordable for their users. Mexico, a major car manufacturer, will now be looking to cut sales taxes and import tariffs.

    Recently, the officials in Mexico are positive about turning half of the automotive production into electric by the end of the decade. Though, skepticism surrounds the claim as experts believe that only 15% can be achieved.

    Also Read: Sun Mobility to increase motor electric vehicle charging infrastructure by three times. – EV World News

  • Car Lobby in UK pushing for urgent action to develop electric vehicle infrastructure

    In an important development for the electric vehicles Europe, there has been a call from the car lobby in United Kingdom for taking urgent action for helping the industry transition into the electric vehicle production including the support for the high energy costs, investments and tax reforms particularly when it comes to the charging infrastructure.

    The electric vehicle Europe association has not commented so far, but the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have said that the UK auto industry is going to face multiple threats as it is going to shift away from the fossil-fuel technology including the economic instability, trade protectionism, cost of living crisis, skill shortage and soaring cost of the energy already close to 80% higher than the European average.

    UK Car Lobby - Electric vehicles

    The country’s car industry is also facing a challenge related to Brexit under the rules of origin agreed with the EU starting in the year 2024, a rising proportion of a particular vehicle would have to be made locally. Therefore, Britain is going to be under pressure to build the battery supply chain of Electric vehicles.

    The UK government efforts thus fac have been fostering less results as only one motor electric vehicle factory project has come up and that too has failed to gain any traction with the investors.

    The industry employs close to 170,000 people and they could be in trouble without enough plants to work on. This is going to come as the former Prime Minister of the country, Boris Johnson has been pushing for a UK ban on the new combustion engine models by the year 2030.

    SMMT said that it wanted the government plan to ensure the competitiveness, attract the investment and driving skills, innovation and the long-term growth.

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    The group said that this should include an extended support for the energy costs and help for the struggling businesses.

  • 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.