Cleantech & EV’s

Is Volkswagen launching an affordable EV? At a conference Wednesday, the automaker’s CEO, Oliver Blume, said an electric car priced around $22,000 (20,000 euros) is possible by the latter part of the decade. Blume explained that reducing battery costs will be the main driver in lower EV prices during a Berlin conference, as Reuters reported. He pointed to advances in unified battery cells…

The Polestar 4 was unveiled just over six months ago, and now Polestar has completed the first production example of the rear-windowless CUV coupé at its Geely-operated factory in China. The company says the first Polestar 4s will be received by customers in China by the end of 2023, with other markets following in early 2024. The car will be the most ecologically sustainable produced by…

German automaker BMW has finally called it a wrap on the production of internal combustion engines, in its own country at least. Now its main Bavarian plant will be converted for the production of EVs only, while the company relocates its ICE production to the UK and Austria.  BMW, unlike its rivals, hasn’t committed to a firm date for when it plans to discontinue petrol and diesel vehicle…

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