10 Apr 2019 | FCA Turns To Tesla For Emissions Help, Jaguar I-PACE Sales Last Month and Electric Motorcycle World Speed Record
New Audi Ad Campaign Aims To Counter Skepticism Of EVs | FCA Joins Open Pool With Tesla To Beat European C02 Fines | Jaguar I-Pace Accounts For Almost 6% Of Jaguar Sales In U.S. | Survey: 60% Of UK Adults Willing To Purchase An Electric Vehicle To Benefit The Environment | Former MotoGP Champ To Attempt Electric Motorcycle Speed Record | Skoda Prepares The Launch Of The E-Citigo | Tesla Reportedly Working On Model S & X Powertrain Upgrade
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NEW AUDI AD CAMPAIGN AIMS TO COUNTER SKEPTICISM OF EVS
- There's a new Audi TV ad out with a great sense of humour, all about people having outdated perceptions of electric cars. Autoblog Green reports: "It's called "Not For You," and the 60-second ad opens on a man clad in robe and slippers who has come out of his home with his dog to fetch the morning paper. He watches as a garage door across the street opens to reveal an E-Tron connected to a charger. Then, he's transported to a variety of scenic locations — a dusty desert plateau, a snowy mountain range and rainy forest — and the not-so-scenic, crowded parking lot of a gas station, all to make points to counter doubts about range, charging infrastructure and performance of EVs."
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https://www.autoblog.com/2019/04/09/audi-ad-campaign-skepticism-evs/
FCA JOINS OPEN POOL WITH TESLA TO BEAT EUROPEAN CO2 FINES
- "Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has found a solution to its CO2 emissions problem. Starting next year, the European Union’s target for average CO2 emissions drops down to 95 grams per kilometer." says Jalopnik: "FCA’s collective average emissions in 2018 amounted to 123g/km. According to the Financial Times, FCA will pay Tesla hundreds of millions of euros for emissions offsetting credits to avoid what could be billions of euros in fines when the new target becomes law in 2021."
- Julia Poliscanova, a senior director at Transport & Environment: "“For Europe, this is the first time that completely separate manufacturers have pooled their emissions together as a commercially viable compliance strategy. Once you’ve set up a pool, it is valid for several years.”
- Engadget say: "It was expected that car makers would pool their own sub-brands together. VW can use improving emissions with its regular brands to offset exotic brands like Porsche and Lamborghini, for example. However, this (along with a deal between Mazda and Toyota) is the first time two wholly separate car companies have agreed to pool their emissions in Europe, and shows the pressure on companies to electrify their lineups. This sort of deal isn't completely unusual for Tesla. In 2018 alone it made $103.4 million by selling zero-emissions credits, and it made $279.7 million the year before that. The EU pact could significantly pad Tesla's bottom line, though, and it's coming at a good time. "
https://jalopnik.com/fca-joins-open-pool-with-tesla-to-beat-european-co2-fin-1833869284
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/07/fiat-chrysler-to-pay-tesla-to-avoid-eu-fines/
JAGUAR I-PACE ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST 6% OF JAGUAR SALES IN U.S.
- "In March, Jaguar sold in the U.S. 212 Jaguar I-PACE, which is over 5.7% of its total result of 3,679 (by the way, up 13% or 419 units year-over-year). Sales during the first quarter amounted to 608, while cumulatively the total is now 1,001." reports Mark Kane for InsideEVs.com: "It prompts us to ask whether the I-PACE or other new BEVs like the upcoming Audi e-tron will be able to match Tesla at some point in the future?"
- Forum member Scottf200: "Is this one of those scenarios where you can make statistics sound like whatever you want be it good or bad? I mean 6% sounds good on the surface but less ~200 per month does not.
- JAN FEB MAR — 2019 U.S. EV SALES
- 210 186 212 — Jaguar I-Pace"
https://insideevs.com/jaguar-i-pace-sales-u-s-march/
SURVEY: 60% OF UK ADULTS WILLING TO PURCHASE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TO BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT
- "Poor air quality in cities is caused by a combination of traffic, construction sites, building energy use for utilities such as heating and hot water, as well as domestic appliances and even cleaning products. In a survey of 2,000 adults across the UK, Nissan’s research found that...60% of respondents being willing to purchase an electric vehicle to benefit the environment, only a quarter of respondents were aware of the financial incentives available to help them do so. This contrasts with the 43% that said they were more likely to make the move to electric as a result of financial incentives."
FORMER MOTOGP CHAMP TO ATTEMPT ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE SPEED RECORD
- "Originally unveiled in 2013, Voxan Motors is prepping its electric motorcycle, the Wattman (cute, right?), to take to the Bolivian salt flats in an attempt to unseat the current electric motorcycle land speed record holder. The rider they’ve enlisted to make this attempt is none other than Max Biaggi."reports RideApart.com today: "Biaggi will attempt to break the standing record currently held by Jim Hoogerhyde, who took the Lightning SB220 electric motorcycle up to 327.608km/h (203.566mph) in 2013. Voxan and Biaggi are aiming to break the 330kph (205mph) mark with this attempt. Voxan presents the Wattman as “the most powerful electric motorcycle in the world” with numbers like 200 hp and 200 Nm of torque (that’s 147.5 ft-lbs) with a motor that spins up to 10,500 rpm. Voxan claims the bike’s 0-100 mph time as 5.9 seconds, its 0-80 percent charge time as less than 30 minutes, and a range from fully charged at 180km (not quite 112 miles)."
https://insideevs.com/attempt-electric-motorcycle-speed-record/
SKODA PREPARES THE LAUNCH OF THE E-CITIGO
- ŠKODA will be providing ten prototypes of the all-electric CITIGO E-PILOT built upon the basis of Volkswagen e-up! for selected customers to test in the Czech Republic
- › The participants’ experience from everyday use and their specific suggestions will serve as important feedback before the launch of eMobility of traditional Czech brand
- › Prototypes have completely different characteristics than the later all-electric CITIGO production model
- Pedro from PushEVs.com: "We already know that the production version will cost around 19.000 euros and have a WLTP range of 270 km (168 miles), which means that the battery capacity will double from 18,7 to 37,4 kWh when compared to the current Volkswagen e-Up – on which it’s based on. The current Volkswagen e-Up battery pack is made with 204 battery cells from Sanyo/Panasonic with 25 Ah each in a 102s2p configuration. It’s expected that the Volkswagen e-Up 2.0 and the SKODA e-Citigo get 50 Ah battery cells from Samsung SDI, however since CATL is also a battery cell supplier for the VW Group, I don’t count them out yet."
https://pushevs.com/2019/04/04/skoda-prepares-the-launch-of-the-e-citigo/
TESLA REPORTEDLY WORKING ON MODEL S & X POWERTRAIN UPGRADE
- "Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have said that there are no immediate plans to use the Model 3’s 2170 cell format S and X vehicles. The CEO has also made it clear that a “refresh” is not something the automaker does, at least in the traditional sense. However, new information first reported on Electrek suggests that Tesla is already working on a new motor upgrade for the Model 3’s more expensive siblings." says InsideEVs today: "Currently, the Model S and Model X don’t employ the same system. Instead, they use AC induction motors. If this update happens as reported, that will change. While we don’t have concrete evidence that Tesla is making such plans, the idea makes perfect sense. Electrek learned from its sources that the Model 3 motor setup can be over 4 percent more efficient than the system in Tesla’s flagship offerings."
https://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-x-new-electric-motors/
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