Cleantech & EV’s

Following entry into the Norwegian EV market last year, XPeng Motors is expanding to the Netherlands and Sweden, opening branded retail stores. XPeng’s business model for Europe combines direct sales with an agency model, delivering branded retail locations almost immediately. Xiaopeng, aka XPeng Motors, sits as one of the more prominent EV automakers in China, with expansion to other markets…

Tesla has released a quick sneak peek of the paint shop inside Gigafactory Berlin, which the automaker has been taunting as “its most advanced paint shop” yet – and it should enable new colors. It’s literally has been years since Tesla has launched a new vehicle paint color. Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to offer a variety of colors, but the automaker decided to…

The problem with the heat pump leading Tesla owners to lose heat in extreme cold and the subsequent software fix that Tesla issued has now been revealed in more detail in the new NHTSA recall. Last month, Electrek reported on Tesla owners losing heat in extreme cold as some heat pumps were failing. As we explained, it’s a problem that first emerged last winter with Tesla vehicles equipped…