Christina Bu in New Zealand
We are please to announce that Drive Electric will be hosting Christina Bu, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Electric Vehicle (EV) Association. Christina has been the leader of the Norwegian EV Association for almost 2 years. Before that, she worked as a political advisor at The Norwegian Automobile Federation since 2007, specifically covering new […]
DE Board announcement
The Drive Electric Board has been seeking to add more Board members and is delighted to announce that Gary Nalder, from Westpac New Zealand has agreed to join the Drive Electric Board. Bringing the financial sector, and especially Westpac – with its very clear focus on sustainability and growing the CleanTech sector, will assist with […]
GM Invests $500 Million in Lyft, Sets Out Self-Driving Car Partnership
Above: Lyft cofounders Logan Green (left) and John Zimmer (right) with GM President – via The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors Inc said on Monday it will invest $500 million in Lyft Inc and laid out plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. The biggest single Detroit-Silicon […]
Carmakers Forge Ahead With Electric Vehicles
– via The New York Times LAS VEGAS — Although sales of electric and hybrid vehicles have struggled, automakers are charging ahead to bring new battery-powered vehicles to market. Several car companies have focused on electric vehicles at the International CES consumer trade show here, including General Motors, which on Wednesday introduced the production version of […]
Why Cheap Gas Isn’t Bad News for Electric Cars
-via Slate.com With gasoline prices falling sharply, consumers are reverting to mean behavior: They’re buying gas-guzzlers. The No. 1 seller in December was a pick-up truck, the Ford F-150, which sold 85,211 units—a 10-year high. According to Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, the average new vehicle sold […]
The Microbus of the future?
Market for electric vehicles is ready to explode
-Via Ecomento.com A report from research firm IDTechEx entitled Electric Vehicle Forecasts, Trends and Opportunities 2016-2026 says the market for electric vehicles is set to explode over the next 10 years, creating nearly a half trillion dollars worth of new business along the way. “Batteries, supercapacitors, energy harvesting, wireless charging, power electronics and structural electronics are all […]
BMW and Nissan partner up to offer new DC Fast Chargers around the US
by Andrew Krok. Automakers are no stranger to partnering up with the competition. Subaru and Toyota have built multiple vehicles on the same platform in the past, for example. This time, BMW and Nissan are getting together to flesh out America’s electric infrastructure, which should pave the way for easier adoption of alternative-propulsion vehicles. Together, […]
Swedish electric car firm in $12 billion Chinese deal
“National Electric Vehicle Sweden, the electric vehicle company born out of the ashes of Swedish automaker Saab, has inked a $12 billion deal with a Chinese leasing firm that it says goes a long way to meeting its business objectives. In a statement Thursday, the company said it will be providing 150,000 sedans to Panda […]
Long term extension to Plug-in Car Grant announced
Yesterday the Government announced a long-term extension to the Plug-in Car Grant which will continue until at least the end of March 2018. The new grant reflects the growing popularity of electric vehicles with consumers and as business fleets. Sales have doubled over the past year, and there are now 29 ULEVs on the market, produced […]