Three months ahead of its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen is providing a first look at the fascinating contours of its new premium saloon, the Arteon. The totally new model arriving next summer sits above the Passat and and some see it as a replacement for the Phaeton which ended production this year. Volkswagen's Porsche … [Read more...]
JLR want UK as global centre for EVs
Jaguar Land Rover has ambitions for the UK to become a worldwide centre of excellence for electric vehicles. Speaking the Warwick Manufacturing Group dinner Jaguar Land Rover CEO Dr Ralf Speth confirmed his vision to double the production output of the business, make Electric Vehicles in the UK and the desire to make the UK a global centre of excellence … [Read more...]
EV claims overlook payload range cost
The range of an electric van can almost halve when it is carrying a full payload in real world conditions, according to a new trial by Arval, a leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company. The study showed that, over the same 33.58-mile course, an EV with a full payload lost over 85% of its range compared to a 45% loss for one that was carrying … [Read more...]
Fleet managers need to plug-into EVs to cut costs, says Arval
A lack of knowledge about how to integrate plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles into choice lists is hampering their adoption by some fleets, says Arval. With choice lists typically based on factors such as estimated whole life costs, actual costs and CO2 output, these vehicles often do not fit directly into existing fleet structures, the company … [Read more...]
Newslines 24 October
The Government is sending out a mixed message about low carbon transport, says the AA. AA president Edmund King said the Government 100% EV grant has been cut by a £1,000 to £4,500 while it was increasing provision for workplace and public charging. The Severn Tunnel has reopened after closing for six weeks for rail electrification … [Read more...]
Hybrids hopes challenged by new EVs
Hybrids are likely to be a passing phase in car technology that will be surpassed by electric vehicles in a matter of a few years, predicts Glass’s. The vehicle data provider says that EV technology is advancing so quickly that a new hybrid vehicle being bought today could be effectively obsolete by the time it reaches the end of its normal … [Read more...]
EV sales charge to over 500K this year
Europe will see more than half a million electric vehicles on its roads by the end of 2016, says a report by Transport & Environment (T&E) . In three years the EV fleet on European roads has risen from 100,000 to almost 200,000 by 2014, and almost doubled again last year and is on course to end the year at 600,000 at current rates of acquisition … [Read more...]
Tradelines 5 October
The cost of unleaded petrol and diesel crept up again in September, as a result of rising world oil prices putting upward pressure on the wholesale cost of both fuels, says RAC Fuel Watch. The average cost of a litre of petrol ended the month at 112.07p, and diesel averaged 113.34p per litre, the highest average price since August 2015, and up 0.42p while … [Read more...]
EV parts making is new opportunity for struggling car plants
Car-makers have an opportunity to save jobs and protect themselves against future technology threats if they fully embrace design and manufacture of electric vehicles and their parts. Unions at Daimler, the world's oldest mass car-maker, have been working with the company to manufacture more components in their own plants for the new generation of EVs … [Read more...]
Integrate, involve and invite to boost EVs
Integration into the wider transport network is the key to the future development of Low Carbon Vehicles, according to the Transport Systems Catapult. At the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV2016) on the 14 and 15 September, the TSC will highlight how emerging technologies and business models will enable new ways of reducing transport emissions - both … [Read more...]
