Category: "Electric Vehicles & EV Charging"
New Energy Narrative posts about electric vehicles and EV charging.
- In complete contradiction to his company’s stated EV-related goals, BMW’s chief engineer says that electric vehicles suck and no one wants them, in a clear sign that he may be insane
- In major blow to the battery industry’s plans to mass-produce unsafe low-cobalt batteries, 4,803 EVs that use CATL’s NMC 811 batteries are being recalled over fire risk
- In the US battle over an EV tax credit extension, its lobbyists for the auto industry, big utilities, and environmental/health groups versus lobbyists for Big Oil
- Thai electric services firm, Energy Absolute, led by billionaire Somphote Ahunai, wants to be the Tesla of Thailand
- BMW just expedited its electrification plans big-time, with plans to now release 25 “electrified” vehicles by 2025 rather than by 2023, to include 13 fully-electric models
- NYSE-listed Chinese EV maker NIO is recalling almost 5,000 of its flagship ES8 all-electric SUVs due to its batteries made by China’s CATL overheating and spontaneously combusting
- Tesla suffers yet another blow to its leadership team as the VP of its Fremont factory abruptly quits after three years with the company
- Volkswagen just debuted its EV-only car sharing service, called WeShare, in Berlin, Germany, with 1,500 e-Golfs in its on-demand rental fleet
- Unlike Tesla, BMW doesn’t seem too keen on making its own batteries, at least not yet, and this is apparently rubbing German government officials the wrong way
- Following a very public fallout of sorts with its primary battery provider, Panasonic, Tesla appears to be planning to produce its own EV batteries in-house
