Tag: europe
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Toyota plans rival to Tesla Model Y, VW ID4 at Shanghai show
Toyota will utilize the Shanghai auto show next month to unveil a near-production concept of that a full-electric utility vehicle that will compete against battery-powered models like the Tesla Model Y and Volkswagen ID4. The EV is similar in size to the company’s RAV4 crossver. The automobile is based on the automaker’s brand new electric-only…
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Crypto-currency pioneer Diana Biggs joins digital assets startup Valour as its new CEO
Crypto-currency pioneer and early Bitcoin thought-leader Diana Biggs has joined Swiss-based startup Valour, which lets investors easily buy digital assets through their bank or broker. The move is significant with the news that Tesla has bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, thus massively boosting the mainstream markets for crypto assets. Biggs explored the potential for…
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Rivian Targets China And Europe With Smaller Future EVs
According to Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe, his firm can follow up on its initial two goods (full size SUV and pickup) with smaller models targeted at Chinese and European markets. So while the R1S SUV will go on sale in Europe come 2022 and China soon after, “what will really drive volume in…
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Honda Joins FCA In EU Emissions Pooling Scheme With Tesla
Desperate times call for desperate measures, it seems. Back in April of 2019, Fiat Chrysler agreed to pay Tesla hundreds of millions of dollars in order to include the EV maker’s cars in its fleet and avoid paying fines for not complying with the EU’s tough new emissions regulations. Ford looked at Volvo recently and…
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458 HP Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Arrives In Europe As Its Fastest-Accelerating Crossover
Ford’s fully-electric Mustang Mach-E GT has finally been unveiled at Europe, where it’ll go on sale in late 2021. According to the Blue Oval, nothing in its own class accelerates faster than the Mach-E GT. European buyers placing orders this past season and also in 2021 will get five years of free access into the…
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Tesla Will Start Exporting China-Made Model 3s To Europe In The Coming Months
It might seem that Tesla intends on exporting Model 3 EVs constructed at the carmaker’s Shanghai plant to markets such as Europe, according to individuals knowledgeable about the matter. Those people claim these China-built Model 3s will enter production in Q4 of this year, and that their target markets include not only Europe, but also…
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Global equities find some footing after another slide in US tech stocks, led by a record fall in Tesla
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the start of trading August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson European and US equity futures rose on Wednesday as investors went bargain-hunting following a massive sell-off in Big Tech.Asian indices declined after the previous day’s total wash-out saw tech favorites such as Apple,…
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Europe Pulls Ahead Of China In Terms Of EV & PHEV Sales
According to a report from Matthias Schmidt, an independent car analyst at Berlin, Europe’s electrified automobile sales have exceeded those of China during the first seven months of the season. The tally stood at roughly 14,000 extra units for Europe in the previous month, with roughly 500,000 plug-in battery and hybrid electrical models registered on…
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Tesla’s US-made Model 3 vehicles now come equipped with wireless charging and USB-C ports
Tesla Model 3 vehicles made in its Fremont, Calif. mill will reportedly come standard with a wireless charging pad along with USB-C interfaces, upgrades which were first spotted by Drive Tesla Canada. Electrek additionally reported to the changes. The upgrades now set U.S.-made Model 3s on par with the very same vehicles made at Tesla’s…
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Ireland Set To Ban Sales Of New Petrol And Diesel Cars By 2030
The government of Ireland is reportedly drafting new legislation that will prohibit new gas and diesel car registrations in the country by 2030. Ireland’s Minister for Climate Action, Richard Bruton, is currently working on the draft,” which will be set to be made for approval early in the year, according to RTE. The last invoice…