Nissan released a statement today about a fix for 2016 and 2017 Leaf battery electric cars that are experiencing indications that their vehicles’ 30 kWh batteries were losing range and capacity at an accelerated rate.
Buick is showing it wants to take the lead in China by unveiling three electrified cars at last month’s Auto China 2018 in Beijing.
SF Motors unveiled an upscale crossover electric vehicle and showed off some of the company’s technology. While the car itself may be a bit of a me-too (high-power, connected, autonomous-capable in a conventional SUV coupe-like shape), the back story of the technology this well-funded formerly stealth start-up has developed tells a much more interesting story.
Hyundai announced recently that its 2017 Tucson FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) reached some pretty lofty numbers–the, 150+ models leased since 2014 have been driven in excess of three million miles.
Henrik Fisker is back with a successor to the Karma, which he calls the Fisker EMotion, an electric sports GT, which debuted at the CES. It will challenge the EV purveyors to the rich and famous when it debuts at the end of 2019.
The incremental cost of the Delphi 48-Volt system is in the hundreds of dollars to the OEM, according to Delphi. The company expects systems like this to grab 20 percent of the new car market by 2025.
Eric Lundgren took his junkyard dog BMW electric car with 90 percent recycled parts and made a run for a Guinness Record. Built at a cost of $13,800 in 45 days with no R&D and three-year-old batteries repackaged from broken cells, “The Phoenix” was going to challenge the current record for the furthest distance driven by an electric car on a single charge.
A 48-volt battery system, which will increasingly begin to appear on new cars, trucks and SUVs, allows for smaller engines with fewer emissions, better fuel economy and performance.
The 2019 Audi A8 has leapfrogged in every area with the recently refreshed BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class flagship sedans as well as the challenger, the Tesla Model S. Starting with the all-new 2019 Audi A8, every single model will soon feature a 48-volt hybrid system.
The 2018 Nissan Leaf was unveiled to the world today and it marks a strong competitive move in a market full of new rivals.