Polish state agency ARP confirmed LG Chem will launch the largest electric vehicle battery factory for Europe in 2018. The factory will be scaled to produce enough cells for 100,000 battery packs (of undisclosed sizes), which means no less than several GWh annually. The factory will employ 2,500 people. Currently,…
15 hours ago by Mark Kane 19Comments
One way to possibly free up additional production for the Tesla Model 3 would be to expand to outside the U.S. Makes sense, right? Rumors suggest that Tesla may actually be in talks with a supplier in Europe for Model 3 production beyond the borders of the U.S. This rumor…
18 hours ago by Eric Loveday 31Comments
Aided by the reality that all of the Europe will soon be seriously curtailing gas and diesel sales (while some countries are planning to outright ban them), the switch to the plug-in cars is now in high gear. And if you are in business of selling and distributing liquid fuel to…
2 days ago by Mark Kane 32Comments
The European Union is expected to release (on November 8), a proposal for a new carbon credit plan for electric vehicles – instead of the quotas or outright mandates we have seen for other markets. According to an exclusive, unofficial report from Reuters, the EU will introduce new CO2 standards for…
5 days ago by Mark Kane 10Comments
After several recent major announcements, we can only conclude we apparently missed the memo that it is EV/commercial van month right now, as China’s largest vehicle manufacturer SAIC, has introduced its own all-electric Maxus EV80 van for Europe. According to the company, it is rated at 200 km/124 miles (we assume NEDC,…
Nissan encourages us that it hasn’t forgot about the charging infrastructure found today in Europe, as the company has announced the expansion of fast chargers in the region by almost 20% – all on its own. The plan is to install some 1,000 additional CHAdeMOs over 18 months. According to Nissan,…
2 weeks ago by Mark Kane 28Comments
At the Nissan Futures event in Oslo, Norway, the company is introducing the all-new LEAF and the upgraded e-NV200 with 40 kWh battery to Europe. At the same time, Paul Willcox – Nissan’s Chairman of Management Committee for Europe, said that the European governments must do more for EVs, as penalties…
2 weeks ago by Mark Kane 13Comments
August is typically a difficult environment for plug-in vehicle sales in Europe, so we weren’t anticipated large gains to be made during the month. We thought wrong. EV sales grew by roughly 68% to more than 22,300 registrations, good for a market share of 1.7% After eight months of the…
2 weeks ago by Mark Kane 11Comments
ChargePoint has recently introduced solutions for every charging need in Europe – the second-largest global EV market, using a $125 million Series G investment from Siemens and Daimler. These solutions include charging stations for home, work, around town, and long distance travel. While the DC chargers in play for Europe…
A year ago LG Chem began construction of Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery factory in Poland, that would supply up to 100,000 plug-in cars. Now LG Chem has announced in a regulatory filing last week that a new investment in the facility amounts to 436 billion won ($387 million), to be…
1 month ago by Mark Kane 11Comments
EV INCENTIVES ARE GROWING ACROSS EUROPE — HERE’S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW All across the globe, aggressive mandates are being set up to transition countries away from petrol and diesel cars. In fact, according to Climate Change News, “the European commission is considering implementing an electric car quota to be achieved by automakers by 2030, according to diplomats…
2 months ago by EVANNEX 14Comments
41% percent more plug-in electric vehicles were sold in Europe in July than a year ago, which continued the strong growth trend we have seen so far in 2017 with 154,733 plug-in deliveries overall – up 34%. Out of the total 19,643 sales that were made in July, nearly 10%…
2 months ago by Mark Kane 14Comments
