What would happen if you took four motors from a Formula E race car and used them to power a four-door sedan? Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi and Schaeffler CTO Prof. Peter Gutzmer just had to find out, and the result is the Audi 4ePerformance concept. This “Frankenstein-like” supercar sports four electric motors, one… Read more »
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A look at Lucid Motors: Q&A with CTO Peter Rawlinson
The legacy automakers are slowly and methodically developing new EVs, with various levels of enthusiasm, but the most ambitious plans for new vehicles are coming from a handful of EV startups. Most of these pioneers of the new auto industry share a formula: deep-pocketed investors (many from China), former Tesla employees on staff, and plans… Read more »
Jaguar Land Rover will electrify all its vehicles from 2020
Jaguar Land Rover has become the second legacy automaker (after Volvo) to announce that it will soon add electrification to all its vehicles. “Every new Jaguar Land Rover model line will be electrified from 2020, giving our customers even more choice,” said CEO Dr. Ralf Speth at the company’s inaugural Tech Fest, a public exhibition… Read more »
Symbio’s fuel cell range extender for the Nissan e-NV200 electric van
Symbio has integrated a 15 kW fuel cell range extender in a Nissan e-NV200 electric van. The new plug-in hybrid hydrogen vehicle will deliver at least 500 km of range. Symbio plans to introduce it to the European taxi market. Symbio has already done something similar with several hundred Renault Kangoo ZE Maxi EVs. The… Read more »
Lucid Motors unveils Lucid Air luxury sedan
Lucid Motors, formerly known as Atieva, has unveiled its Lucid Air electric luxury sedan. Some of the specs are already known, as the powertrain seems to be much the same as that used in the company’s hotrod van Edna, but the new car’s design was revealed for the first time. The Air uses a new… Read more »
Atieva renames itself Lucid Motors, teases new EV
Atieva, the stealthy EV startup with Chinese financing and a number of Tesla alumni on staff, has changed its name to Lucid Motors, and released some teaser images of its upcoming electric luxury sedan. The vehicle, code-named Atvus, reportedly features an 87 kWh battery pack and output of over 900 hp. In September, a spokesman… Read more »
Tesla introduces 100 kWh battery option
So that’s it! Elon Musk, as is his wont, teased us with tweets of a new product announcement. Some speculated that it would be Autopilot 2.0, some the new solar roof that he has hinted it. Nope. It’s a bigger and better battery. The new 100 kWh battery option increases range to an estimated 315… Read more »
Electrified supercars in Geneva
At the recent Geneva Auto Salon, a number of smaller automakers had electrified supercars on display. Few of these are likely to be seen on the world’s roads any time soon, but it’s interesting to see how designers are combining electric and legacy drives for maximum performance. The British firm Arash (via Green Car Reports) unveiled a… Read more »
Tesla tweaks its battery chemistry: a closer look at silicon anode development
In mid-July, Tesla Motors made a trio of Model S update announcements. The new options included a 70 kWh rear-wheel-drive base model, an upgrade for the high-end battery pack from 85 to 90 kWh (providing about a 6% increase in range), and Ludicrous mode, which offers a 10% improvement in the car’s 0 to 60… Read more »
The EV Show: a roundup of the month’s EV conversion news
The electrical gurus at EV West have started a monthly youtube show about EVs. On The EV Show, Hosts Michael Bream and Eric Hutchison (with Ono the shop dog in the background adding an occasional “woof”) cover a wide variety of news from the EV world, with an emphasis on conversions. This is no mere… Read more »