31 Dec 2018 | 2018’s EV Highlights: Part 6 November and December
Looking Back At The Headline EV Stories Of 2018 | An Incredible Year For Electric Cars | Part 6
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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 31st December 2018. It’s Martyn Lee here and here’s the sixth part of your 2018 in review.
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REVIEW OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2018
1ST NOV
Faraday Has Come Unplugged | VW Could Share Its Electric Car Platform With Ford | Tesla Tells Model 3 Buyers To Order Now To Avoid This Price Jump | Panasonic Profit Weighed By Tesla Costs, But In Talks For Further Investment | EDF Energy Partners With Nuvve To Install 1,500 Smart EV Chargers | First Public EV Charging Lamp Posts Installed In London | Octopus Energy Dishes Up Time Of Use Tariff Success
2ND NOV
Tesla Jumps To #1 In Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales In 2018 YTD | Formula E Announces UK YouTube Live Streaming For New Season | Polestar Evaluates Strength Of Carbon Fibre In Successful First Crash Test | Tesla Energy Is Now Mainly Using Its Own ‘Tesla-Branded’ Solar Panels Made At Gigafactory 2 | Tesla Auto-Park 'Summon' Upgrade Ready In Six Weeks, Elon Musk Says | Jaguar’s Electric I-Pace Is Germany’s Car Of The Year
3RD NOV
Tesla Launches Powerpack Battery Storage System At UK Tidal Station | BMW Electrified Vehicles Sales Dropped 8.5% YoY In October | What Jaguar Says About The Battery In Its New Electric Car | Do We Need A True Range Test? | Zap-Map Makes Booking Ev Parking Easier With Yourparkingspace
4TH NOV
BMW iX3 Captured From All Angles In New Spy Shots | Why The Hyundai Kona Electric Is Our Top Plug-In Car Of 2018 | Elon Musk Says Tesla & Panasonic Now Producing 60 Percent Of World's EV Batteries | Elon Musk Says Tesla & Panasonic Now Producing 60 Percent Of World's EV Batteries
5TH NOV
China Has Record Electric Car Sales Month | Chargepoint And FLO Make Driving Electric Across North America More Accessible Than Ever | Jaguar I-Pace Named 2018 Scottish Car Of The Year | Fastned Targets UK EV Charging Market Following €11 Million Fund Raise | Tesla’s Elon Musk Suggests Ford Will Not Survive Next Recession
6TH NOV
Chinese Model 3 Buyers Could Get Theirs In March | Community Tesla Battery Trial | Tesla Semi Is Not Scaring Daimler | Tesla Patent Addresses Panel Gaps | Scottish Power Links With Car Dealership To Make Electric Vehicle Switch ‘Simpler’ | Bulgarian Supercar Maker Eyes IPO To Expand Into Electric Cars | De: Telekom Launches Nationwide EV Charging Network | 2021 BMW i4 To Lead Bavarians Into EV Expansion | EV Sales Save The Day For UK Car Industry | Nissan To Expand Charging Network In Spain | Nissan Enters Autumn With Fresh New Offers
7TH NOV
Daimler Increases Battery Pack Resources For EQC Production | Germans To Vent VW Fury In Mass 'Dieselgate' Suit | VW Considers Converting 2 German Factories Over To EV Production | Nikola Tre Is A Hydrogen Semi For Europe | Hyundai Kona Electric Sales Almost Doubled In South Korea | EPA Officially Rates Jaguar I-PACE Range | General Motors Is Building An e-bike And Wants You To Name It | Tesla Cuts Price On Autopilot Upgrade | Spacex's Starman Roadster Has Ventured Past Mars
8TH NOV
E-Bike Sales Skyrocket In Nordic Countries | GoFundMe Campaign Aims To Keep Faraday Future Employees Afloat | Electrify America Update | Fair Dinkum Road Tax | BMW Dented By Upfront Expenditure For New Car Launches | Hyundai Raises Stakes In Auto Tech With $250m Investment In Grab | Four Car Companies Are Going To All Sell The Same Car In China | BYD Presents Mobile Charging Station For Electric Buses
9TH NOV
Tesla Model 3 Spotted In Europe With Different Charging Inlet | Tesla Appoints New Board Chair | Electric Vehicles And Solar Are Fuelling A Battery Storage Boom | eMotorWerks Partner With EO Charging | Ford Tries Being A Scooter Company | Ford Tries Being A Scooter Company | Instavolt Hits 200 | BP Invests £25m In Rapid Charge Points | BMW Secures CATL Battery Cells Worth Four Billion Euros
10TH NOV
Harley-Davidson Introduces Electric Livewire Motorcycle | Arc Vector EV Motorcycle Wants To Be The Tesla Of Two Wheels | Tesla Model 3 Performance Track Mode | Tesla Finally Launches Model 3 Key Fob | VW Planning $21,000 Entry-Level Subcompact EV Crossover | ChargePoint Gives Europe Equal Billing In Electric Car Grid Plan
11TH NOV
Government-Subsidised Plug-In Cars May Never Have Been Charged | Mitsubishi Won’t Do An Electric SUV: Committed To PHEVs | Tesla Increases Base Price Of Model S And Model X
12TH NOV
Tesla Enables Free Supercharging To Escape Wildfires | JB Straubel Pockets $5m | Hyundai Saga EV Concept Revealed | Mazda Scrambles To Build Electrified Cars To Avoid Huge Fines | Jaguar I-PACE Sales Exceeded 1,000 In October | Andy Murray Talks Jaguar I-PACE And Electric Car Charging | 45% Of Current Electric Car Drivers Plan To Buy A Tesla Next
13TH NOV
VW Boss: We Could Build Up To 50 Million Electric Cars | The Wheels On These Buses Go Round And Round With Zero Emissions | Tesla’s First 400 kWh Of Free Supercharging For Model S & X Ends | Tesla Model 3 Performance Disqualified - Electricity Not A Fuel | Electric Pickup Trucks Are Not In GM’s Plans Yet | New 2020 Citroen C4 Cactus To Feature Electric Powertrain
14TH NOV
Tesla Drives Forward Battery Development | Car Battery Pioneer Says New Breakthrough Will Lower Cobalt Use | Volkswagen Nominates SK Innovation As Fourth Battery Supplier | Tesla Model 3 Coming To Europe Tomorrow | Swarco Evolt Launches New Pan-European Charging Platform | BBC Trials Electric Broadcast Vans | Electric Backhoe Cuts Construction Noise
15TH NOV
European Tesla Model 3 With CCS Combo Socket | Models S & X With CCC Adaptor | Kia Eyes Increased Ev Profits | New Kia Soul EV To Get 39kWh Battery From e-Niro | VW Supervisory Board Approves The Plans This Friday | Electrify America Opens First Fast EV Charging Station In California
16TH NOV
Panasonic Says Solid-State Batteries Are Still 10 Years Off | Tesla Acquires Trucking Capacity | BMW 330e PHEV Coming Summer 2019 | Experian Automotive Says Tesla’s Customer Loyalty Is Unmatched | What Happens To Used Lithium-Ion Battery Packs From Electric Cars? | Zipcar To Trial Mobile Electric Vehicle Charging In London
18TH NOV
Renault Tests Zoe Prototype With Ccs Combo Charging Inlet | Daimler Accelerates Localization Of Mercedes-Benz Products With Investment In New Tech Center China | First National Car-Sharing System Launched In Malta | Tesla Slashes Price Of Solar Systems By Up To 20%, Cites Vertical Integration
19TH NOV
VW Confirms Joint Development With Ford, Denies Merger | Jaguar I-PACE Named Pocket-Lint’s Best Car Of 2018 | Altmaier Sniffs At German Automakers | Tesla Australia To Add Ccs Chargers To Support Model 3 | 273,000 Passenger Electric Plug-In Cars Sold In Europe: Q1-Q3 2018
20TH NOV
Head Of Renault-Nissan Alliance Carlos Ghosn Arrested | Porsche Taycan Brings Its Fake Exhaust To The Nurburgring | Production I.D. Hatchback To Be Called I.D. 1, Trademarks Suggest | Graphene Based Ultra Capacitors Boost Double, Single Decker Buses | Tesla Model 3 Accounted For Over Half Of All Midsize Luxury Car Sales
21ST NOV
Panasonic Look To Tesla For Profits | Fedex Expands Its EV Fleet With 1,000 Chanje Electric Vans | Industry Groups Ask Congress Not To Extend EV Credit | Tesla Model 3 Production Hits Estimated 125,000 | Catching Up On Elon Tweets | Another Large Semi Order | British Gas Launches Time-Of-Use EV Tariff
22ND NOV
Hyundai Turns Up Kona Production | 2020 Kia Soul Shown In Profile Ahead Of L.A. Auto Show | China Kicks Off Production Of Solid-State Batteries | Tesla Partners With Car Auction Firms To Sell More Used Cars, Report Says | Schaeffler Enable Audi's Legendary Quatrro On The Etron | British Columbia Plans To End Non-Electric Car Sales By 2040 | Recap On VW Plans | More On Big Oil Vs EV Subisides
23RD NOV
Navigate On Autopilot Coming To Canada | Carlos Ghosn Officially Out Of Nissan | VW Add EV Section Online | Germany Exempts Electric Trucks From Road Tolls | Honda Urban EV Spied Testing | BMW Group Sold Over 110,500 Plug-Ins Up To Date | Tesla “Absorbing” Import Tariffs To Reduce Prices In China | Bill To Standardise EV Charging Welcomed By AA | EV Sales To 'See A Big Lift' Over The Next 2 To 3 Years | GAC Ne Launches Super E-Car Brand Aion S
24TH NOV
Porsche Plan $6.8 Billion Push For Electric Cars | DPD To Deliver With Electric Vehicles Exclusively | 2020 Range Rover Evoque Debuts With Brand's First 48-Volt Soft Hybrid System | Autocar Drives GT X Experimental EV | BMW Vision iNEXT Unveiling In L.A. | Deposits Taken For 60kWh Nissan Leaf
25TH NOV
Tesla Model 3 Performance Conquers Raceway | Range Rover Evoque PHEV Scheduled For 2019 With 11.3kWh Battery | Permission Granted For £25mn Norwich Grid-Scale Battery And Ev Charging Station | Sono Motors Increases Price Of Its Sion Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle | Question Of The Week Answered
26TH NOV
Tesla Superchargers Get A Thanksgiving Workout | Elon Musk Considers Move To Mars Despite 'Good Chance Of Death' | New York Spurs EV Sales With Fast Chargers And Lower Power Rates | Pep Guardiola Travels To Man City Training In £28,000 Electric Nissan Leaf | Bentley Boss Talks To Auto Express | The Jaguar I-Pace Is The 2018 Professional Driver Car Of The Year
27TH NOV
Electric Start-Up Rivian Unveils Pick-Up Truck | Porsche Taycan Platform For Audi's Model S Competitor | Elon Musk Interview: Weeks From Failure | Nissan Postpones Launch Of 60kWh Leaf E-Plus | GM Cancels Volt
28TH NOV
Audi e-tron GT Actually Deserves Title Of Tesla Fighter | Volkswagen I.D. BUZZ CARGO Concept | South Korea's SK Innovation To Build First U.S. EV Battery Plant | Hyundai Launch Australia’s Cheapest Electric Car | 2018 LA Auto Show Preview: Green-Vehicle Intros That Matter
29TH NOV
2021 Rivian R1S Electric SUV Is Just As Potent As The Pickup | Chargepoint Raises $240 Million | 2020 Lincoln Aviator Lands In LA With Potent Plug-In Power | Volkswagen e-Up! Price Cut Reaches UK: Interior Gets Extra Flair | Nissan LEAF Helps To Power Company’s North American Facilities | Automobili Pininfarina Teases The PF0 Electric Hypercar
30TH NOV
L.A. Auto Show Recap | 64kWh Kia Soul EV Has A Lotta Range For Not A Lotta Money | One Million Evs For USA | Kia Niro EV Gets Official Epa Range Rating | VW Needs A North America Factory For Their EVs | LG Chem To Invest In More European Battery Production
1ST DEC
Musk Email To Staff | InsideEVs.com Exclusive: VW’s $21,000 Future EV Is Actually A Next-Gen e-Up! | New Generation Fiat 500e Will Be Produced In Europe | Multiple Porsche Taycan Prototypes Rip Through Nurburgring For Track Testing | Nissan Debuts Scorching New Leaf Nismo RC Race Car | Mazda Favors Internal Combustion Engines Over EVs
4TH DEC
2,400 EV Charging Bays Across 600 Tesco Stores | November EV Sales Come In | $10 Million Grant Will Provide More Charging Stations For Electric Vehicles | Kia e-niro Electric Car Range Downgraded After Test Error | Chinese Brands For Europe | Chinese Brands For Europe | Nissan Leaf Sales Down Slightly In U.S. In November | Finally...‘Inspirational’ Youngster Travels 300 Miles To Dundee Placing Thank You Notes On Electric Vehicles
5TH DEC
Model 3 Arrives In UK | November Tesla Sales Estimates | Formula E Could Return To UK | Electrive Exclusive: 60kwh Leaf To Debut Without Liquid-Cooling | Faraday Future Furloughs Hundreds More Employees | Venturi Antarctica | UK Has Green Light For World’s Largest Commercial Electric Vehicle Project | Chinese Company Says It Will Soon Cross $100 Battery Threshold
6TH DEC
Model 3 Configurator Open In Europe | Tesla Could Make SUVs In Nevada Gigafactory | Rivian: Third EV Is A Rally-Like Car With “Bananas” Level Of Performance | New 2019 Kia E-Niro EV Pricing | Volkswagen E-Crafter To Debut At Milton Keynes EV Experience Centre | Volkswagen Starts Final Countdown To Phase Out Of Gas, Diesel
9TH DEC
Electrify America Launch California’s First 350kW EV Charging Stations | Polestar 1 Driver Experience Testing Process | Volkswagen Starts Countdown To I.D. EV Launch | New 2020 Vauxhall Mokka X To Gain Electric Version | Plug-In Electric Car Market Share In Norway Nearly Hits New High | Question Of The Week
10TH DEC
VW’s New U.S. CEO: The Tipping Point On EVs Is Already Here | Hyundai, Kia Eco-Friendly Car Sales Jump 2.1-Fold This Year | Pininfarina’s ‘Super-SUV’ To Pinch EV Tech From Rivian | Musk Says Tesla Are Working On Autopilot Through Roundabouts | Evo: New Audi E-Tron Review | Tesla Had “Faraday” As A Backup Name
11TH DEC
EV Champion Carlos Ghosn And Nissan Indicted In Japan | Tesla Model 3 European Referral Codes | Motorway Chargepoints Should Be Saved For Pure EVs | Formula E Is A Must Watch Says BBC | The Bmw iFE.18 Drivetrain | Electric Cars Could Spell End Of Front-Wheel Drive Says VW Says | ABB To Power Europe's Largest Electric Car Battery Factory In Poland
12TH DEC
Daimler Drops 20 Billion Euros On Battery Cells | LG Chem's EV Battery Business Expected To Become Profitable In Q4 | China’s CATL Gets Close To Us’ Traditional ‘Motor City’ In Detroit | Pininfarina Picks Battista As Official Name For PF0 Hypercar | Lotus' First Electric Car Might Be A 1,000hp Monster | Californians Have Now Purchased 500,000 EV | Camaro Chief Engineer Heading To General Motors EV Program | Self Service Tesla Rental | Tesla Patents AR-Based System To Build Your Model 3
13TH DEC
France: Electric Car Sales Up 111% In November | Compact Audi Electric Car To Use VW MEB Platform | Electric Car Racing Gets Real | BMW Investing €200m In Munich Plant For Series Production Of i4 | First Look At New European Superchargers | Rivian Is Building The Longest Lasting B...