Germany: Tesla Giga Berlin Construction Interrupted Again The company is required to make a security deposit of €100 million ($123 million). By Mark Kane Industry - Dec 18 2020 -
Germany: Plug-Ins Captured 20% Of The Car Market In November 2020 November was an all-time record month as sales increased more than 5-fold. By Mark Kane Sales - Dec 16 2020 -
Volkswagen Launches DC Wallbox Pilot Project In Germany Are they considering charging the ID. cars with DC current at home? By Mark Kane Charging - Dec 13 2020 -
Tesla Offering Model 3 Refresh, Pre-Refresh, Showroom Discounts In Germany Thus far, these deals only apply to Germany. Will Tesla make the same push elsewhere? By Steven Loveday Deals - Dec 10 2020 -
Audi e-tron GT Enters Production The Porsche Taycan cousin for the mainstream market? By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Dec 9 2020 -
Harvesters Are Back At The Tesla Giga Berlin For More Clearing Tesla is looking to hire 7,000 employees at the site. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Nov 23 2020 -
VW's Emden Plant To Produce All-New, All-Electric Volkswagen Aero But where is the "ID." prefix? By Mark Kane Official - Nov 18 2020 -
Germany: Plug-Ins Accounted For 17.5% Of Car Market In October 2020 The German electric locomotive is speeding up. By Mark Kane Sales - Nov 18 2020 -
BMW Will Produce All-Electric Cars At All Plants In Germany Munich, Dingolfing and Regensburg will join Leipzig in all-electric car production. Most will make battery modules/packs too. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Nov 7 2020 -
BMW Just Produced Its 200,000th i3 The BMW i3 happens to be one of the top 10 best-selling electric cars globally. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Oct 16 2020 -
Germany: Plug-In Electric Car Sales Exceeded 40,000 In September 2020 The biggest European plug-in market is booming! Records everywhere, but ID.3 was not the best-selling model. By Mark Kane Sales - Oct 14 2020 -
Mercedes-Benz Readying Wörth Plant To Produce eActros From 2021 The final version of the truck will offer the same payload as the diesel version. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Sep 25 2020 -
Tesla V3 Superchargers Surprisingly Charge Other EVs For Free It's a bug over in Europe, not a feature, so it will not last long we guess. By Mark Kane Charging - Sep 12 2020 -
Volkswagen Starts Deliveries Of ID.3 1ST Finally, after years of development, Volkswagen ID.3 entered the market. Will it beat every other electric compact hatchback? By Mark Kane Sales - Sep 11 2020 -
BMW Munich Plant Is Ready For The i4 Production But the i4 still needs some time. It will come out in 2021. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Sep 10 2020 -
Germany: Opel Zafira-e Life Priced From €45,825 After Incentives Opel Zafira-e Life is quite capable, but despite incentives, it also costs a lot. By Mark Kane Pricing - Sep 9 2020 -
PSA And Total Officially Launch Automotive Battery Cell Company PSA Group/Total moves forward with its battery cell joint venture. Two gigafactories coming in Europe. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Sep 5 2020 -
VW Is Remodeling Hannover Plant To Handle New Multivan & ID. BUZZ Volkswagen ID. BUZZ is one step closer to market launch in 2022. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Aug 24 2020 -
Germany: A5 Autobahn Gets Catenary Overhead Lines For xEV Trucks One more trial of the e-highway for electrified trucks was recently started in Germany. By Mark Kane Charging - Aug 22 2020 -
Volkswagen's Emden Plant To Produce ID.4 And Other BEVs The investment of about €1 billion ($1.13 billion) will result in manufacturing capacity for 300,000 BEVs By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Jul 6 2020 -
BMW Opens Competence Centre For E-Drive Production For 500,000 EVs BMW bets on in-house production of high-voltage batteries and electric motors in Dingolfing. By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Jul 3 2020 -
Mercedes-Benz And Farasis Energy Announced Strategic Partnership Daimler to take a 3% stake in Farasis Energy, which will build a new battery cell plant in Germany By Mark Kane Corporate / Financial - Jul 3 2020 -
Volkswagen Ends Production Of ICE Cars At Zwickau And Goes Electric After 116 years of operation, the plant in Zwickau no longer produces internal combustion engine cars. It's now all-electric By Mark Kane Manufacturing / Production - Jun 26 2020 -
Germany: Huge Electrification Stimulus Package Is Coming The announced stimulus package will be hard to beat. By Mark Kane Industry Outlook - Jun 24 2020 -
