29 Dec 2018 | 2018’s EV Highlights: Part 4 July and August
Looking Back At The Headline EV Stories Of 2018 | An Incredible Year For Electric Cars | Part 4
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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 29th December 2018. It’s Martyn Lee here and here’s the fourth part of your 2018 in review.
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REVIEW OF JULY AND AUGUST 2018
1ST JUL
Can #teamtesla Make 5,000 Model 3's Per Week | 8 Analysts All Say Tesla Till Miss Targets | All Model 3 Reservation Holders Can Now Configure Their Car | Kia Niro EV For USA And More On Hyundai Kona For UK | PG&E, Tesla Team Up On Big Batteries | BMW Signs Billion Dollar Battery Deal With CATL
2ND JUL
Tesla Made 5,000 Model 3 A Week, 7,000 Total Cars | That’s $250 Million Revenue At $55k Average Price | Model S And Model X Also Enjoying Sustained Production Rates | Carlos Ghosn: Why Car Makers Must Adapt - Or Die | Nissan Add Extra Disclaimer To The LEAF
3RD JUL
Elon: "I Think We Just Became A Real Car Company" | Magna CEO Sees An EV Future | Ford Taps EV Expert To Be New Boss For Australia | Nissan Scraps Potential $1Bn Sale Of Battery Unit To China's GSR | Next-Gen VW Beetle Could Transform Into Four-Door EV | EV Myth Busting
4TH JUL
Tesla Bringing Model 3 To Europe At The Goodwood Festival Of Speed | A Shouting Elon Musk And Changing Rules: Inside Telsa's Model 3 Sprint | Hyundai Confirms Hybrid And PHEV For Santa Fe | Nissan's E-Power Technology Is Annihilating Toyota Prius In Japan | VW Ends German Diesel Fleet Renewal Subsidies | Toll Discounts Offer One More Reason To Go Electric | Australian Fast-Chargers For German Autobahn | Sweden’s Vehicle Tax Hike Sparks Last Minute June Car Sales Frenzy | Tourist Tax To Fund Electric Vehicle Charging Stations | Gridserve Announce UK-Wide “Forecourts Of The Future” | What’s Driving Oil Companies To Buy Electric Car Charging Firms?
5TH JUL
Inside EVs Scorecard | Audi E-Tron Quattro High-Tech Cabin Unveiled | Delight For Jaguar I-PACE At 2018 Auto Express New Car Awards | Former Top Gear Presenter Tests New Tesla P100D For Electric GT | Two Car Sharing Schemes Announced | China To Produce 2 Million Cars Per Year From 2020
6TH JUL
Blogger Questions Tesla Safety | Tesla Could Join V2G Party | You Can Now Configure A Polestar 1 | Battery Swaps Could Come Back | Brits Love Korean Cars | British Golfer Bags BMW i8 Roadster After Hole-In-One | London's Famous Black Cabs Head To Berlin
7TH JUL
Shell Would Support UK Bringing Forward Petrol Ban From 2040 | 2019 Chevrolet Bolt Production Up By 20% | Tesla Release Footage Of Model 3 Performance Drifting On Track | Seat's Cupra Electric Racing Car Hits The Track | Do Women Hold The Keys To EV Take-Up? | Software Update Breaths New Life Into Tesla Model X 100D | Mercedes-Benz A-Class Plug-In Hybrid To Debut In 2019 | Mayor Launches Bid To Reduce Number Of Minicabs In C-Charge Zone | Faraday Future FF 91 Goes High-Speed Testing
8TH JUL
Swiss Chargers By EVTEC Plugged Into 60kwh Nissan Leaf | Will Tesla Model 3 Double The Speed Of Model S? | Tesla Offers Model 3 Test Drives For First Time | Next Peugeot 208 Gti To Go Electric? | UK EV Sales Exceed 6,000 In Last Month | See Volkswagen's I.D. R Pikes Peak Run From A Helicopter | Relax, Your Electric Car Won’t Short-Circuit Your Pacemaker
9TH JUL
Mercedes EQC Spied Testing At The Nurburgring | Elon Musk: “Norwegians Are Right To Be Upset With Tesla” | Report Says Electric Cars Will Match Ice Range, Refilling Times By 2024 | Nissan Leaf: ‘Much More Than Simply A Car With An Electric Motor’ | Why Tech Founders Get Hot
10TH JUL
#RoadToZero - The Good, Bad And Uncertain | Tesla Raises Prices By Nearly 20 Percent In China | Over 18,000 EV's For France So Far This Year | German Carmakers Left Reliant On Others For Battery Cells | BMW I3 Review: Living With The Ultimate Electric Car? | YouTube Delivers For More Nuburgring EV Videos | Ford Has Big Electric Plans - But They're Still Just Plans | Tesla Gigafactory Battery Tech Risk Is A Myth | Elon Musk's Muskiest Moments Of 2018
11TH JUL
Tesla To Build Gigafactory 3 In Shanghai | Mercedes eCitaro Is An Fully Electric City Bus | Volkswagen Expands "Roadmap E" Initiative In China | China's CATL Builds First European EV Battery Factory In Germany | DHL Offering New Yorkers Free Zero-Emission Rides | Now Anyone Can Configure A Model 3 | Skoda Preparing eRS Electric Car | VW Eyes Goodwood Record With Its I.D. R Pikes Peak Electric Racer | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Remains UK’s Top Plug-In Hybrid
12TH JUL
Mini Electric Looks Almost Ready | Tesla Q2 Volumes Almost Equal To Jaguar | Article Says “Mr. Musk Goes To China But Too Late For Tesla” | Tesla Has 100 Model 3 Performance Cars For Test Drives | Tesla Registers More Than 6,000 New Model 3 Dual Motor AWD VINs | Tesla Pickup Times Are The Bottleneck
13TH JUL
Tesla Is First To Hit 200,000 EV Sales In North America | Good News For EV Drivers - Oil Prices On The Rise | Young People Bang Up For Electric Cars, Old People Not So Keen | AA Develops Europe’s First Mobile Fast Charger For Electric Cars | Southern California Edison Proposes To Install 48,000 More Charging Points | Elon's Bloomberg Interview Highlights | McLaren Announce Electric Plans
14TH JUL
Tesla Model 3 | Polestar 1 | RoboRace | VW I.D. R Pike Peak Racer | Formula E Generation 2 Car | NIO EP9 | Mini Concept | Shell Recharge
15TH JUL
Polestar 2 Electric Will Debut At Geneva To Take On Tesla Model 3 | Elon Musk’s Talks To Bloomberg About Learning From Model 3 Production | Next-Generation Renault Zoe Expected In 2019 – Unveiling This Fall? | Lexus Boss Warns EV Push Could Be Too Soon | New York ePrix: Di Grassi Wins, Vergne Crowned Champion | Tesla Want You To Buy A Performance Model 3
16TH JUL
Delivery Times Are Dropping For New Tesla Model 3 Orders | Electric Power Dominates At Goodwood | New York ePrix: Vergne Wins Finale, Audi Teams’ Champions | More Model 3 VINs | June 2018 Electrified Vehicle Sales In The Us
17TH JUL
Rumour Mill: Tesla To Adopt CCS Combo 2? | Engineering Boss Says EVs "Single Most Important Transformations Of All Time” | Tesla Model 3 Rollover Crash Has A Good Ending For The Driver | 20% Of Parking Spaces Should Be Converted To EV Charge Points | Formula E Teaches Car Companies How To Make Electric Vehicles | Lamborghini Aventador V12 Hybrid To Launch A Generation | London's Biggest On-Demand Car Club Is Going All Electric
18TH JUL
Long Range Nissan Leaf E-Plus Coming In 2019, Will Have 200hp | Jaguar Land Rover Has Partnered With Plugsurfing | Porsche Taycan: Orders For Brand's First EV Already Building | Tesla Hiring Spree In July | Model 3 Dual Motor And Performance Versions Are Now EPA-Rated
19TH JUL
Tesla Model S Logs Over 400,000 Miles In Three Years | BMW i3 120Ah Rumoured To Have A Range Of Over 350 Km | Volvo XC60 EV Versions Hinted With B4, B5 Trademarks | Germany Orders Tesla Drivers To Pay Back EV Subsidy | LG Chem To Build $1.8 Bln Ev Battery Plant In China | Electric Car Supercharging Hubs For UK | Tesla Virtual Power Plant In Australia Passes Initial Testing | And Finally - Leaf Discounts
20TH JUL
First Test Drives Of The Tesla Model 3 Performance | Kia Launches Niro EV In Korea | Nissan LEAF NISMO Goes On Sale In Japan | 487 Electric Vehicle Makers In China Now | New EV Law For UK | Gatwick Launches UK First Electric Car Sharing Service | Ecotap And Allego Deploy 4,500 Public Chargers In The Netherlands | Oil Refiners Express Scepticism, Worry Over Electric Cars | For E-Truck Revenues Look To BYD
21ST JUL
How EVs Are Part Of A Smart Software Solution To Manage Energy | Home Batteries Don’t Need To Be As Large As We Think | Using EVs For Vehicle To Grid (V2G) And Vehicle To Home (V2H) | The Future Of Home Energy And When You’ll Charge Your EV | Using Algorithms To Know When It’s Cheapest To Charge Your Car
22ND JUL
VW Group Canada Forms ‘Electrify Canada' To Install Ultra-Fast Electric Vehicle Chargers | 2018 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid Drops Base Price By $1,350 | A Week To Forget For Elon? | More Details On Porsche Turbo Chargers
23RD JUL
Microlino EV Looks Poised To Hit European Roads Soon | Renault Zoe Climbs To #1 In Germany | In June, Over 78,000 Plug-In Electric Cars Were Sold In China | Tesla Police Cars Start To Patrol In Luxembourg | Tesla Might Soon Have A 'Near-Monopolistic' Hold On The EV Market | Model 3 Arrrives At Clean Technica | Model 3 Track Mode
24TH JUL
U.S. To Propose Revoking California Power To Set Auto Emissions Rules | Tesla Asks Suppliers For Cash Back To Help Turn A Profit | Supercharger Network Vs Third Party Networks | Volta’s Ad-Supported Electric Vehicle Charging Service Raises $35 Million | UK Electric Car Drivers Face Paying More To Charge At Peak Times | Final Smart Charger Installed For Electric Nation | Will FCA Change Of CEO Affect EV Plans? | Car Of The Decade: ‘Savagely Quick’ Tesla Model S | An Electric Motorcycle For $1,995 In The U.S. | Peugeot 508 Plug-In Hybrid Arriving Next Year
25TH JUL
Audi e-tron Gets Closer | Three More Model 3 Performance Reviews | Hyundai Kona: Great Long-Range All-Around EV | Chinese Luxury EV Startup Gyon Launches Next Month In L.A. | carboncounter.Com
29TH JUL
U.S. Reservations For The Audi e-tron Open September 2018 | Mercedes EQC To Debut In Stockholm | Auto Trader Reveals The Best Electric Cars Of 2018 | Tesla Production Rising Toward 7,000 Vehicles A Week | Land Rover's Least Pricey Model Due For Makeover, Plug-In Variant | FCA Reveals Their Plans For Hybrids And Electric Vehicles | Big Automakers Are Breaking Themselves Apart To Compete With Silicon Valley
30TH JUL
London Powers Ahead In Ranking Of Best Cities For Electric Vehicle Infrastructure | BYD Booming In The Nordics – Big Electric Bus Order For Sweden | China Launches Pilot EV Battery Recycling Schemes | Tesla Redefines ‘Luxury’ Segment As Industry Shifts Focus To Technology | From An Aston Martin To A Tesla Model S: Why One Owner Made The Change | Tesla Is Making A $1500… Surfboard?
31ST JUL
Tesla Model S/X Interior Update Could Mimic Model 3 | Porsche Confirms Specs For Taycan (Aka Mission-E) | Audi PB18 e-tron EV Concept Coming To Pebble Beach | Surprise Delivery From Elon Musk | Guangzhou Wants 4,000 More Electric Buses | Energy UK Brings Together EV Infrastructure Forum | Samsung SDI's Profits Soaring On EV Parts | Hyundai’s Kona EV To Be Assembled In India | SK Innovation Postpones Release Of EV NCM811 Cells | Network Of Tesla Powerwall Batteries Saves Green Mountain Power $500,000
1ST AUG
Tesla Explores Building Gigafactory 4 In Europe | Tesla Takes 45% Of Plug-In Electric Cars Sales In U.S. | First Complete FF 91 Body-In-White | BMW To Build 1Bn Euro Electric Car Factory In Hungary | UPS To Test Electric Truck With Thor | Mercedes Presents Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sprinter Concept | Toyota Plots The Future Of Zero-Emission Haulage | Update From Workhorse EV Truck Tests | Davidson Electric Motorcycle Coming 2019 | Kingfisher To Install Battery Storage At B&Q Distribution Centre
2ND AUG
Tesla Q2 Results Show Jump In Model 3 Production | Nissan LEAF Sales Down In The U.S...Again | 2018 Sales In Europe Show Electric Up, Diesel Down | Toyota Sales Up In Europe With 46% Hybrids | VW Plans Wolfsburg Closure 1-2 Days A Week To Deal With WLTP | Mercedes-Benz EQS Caught In Spy Shots | Tesla Is Working On A ‘Party & Camper Mode’
3RD AUG
UK Order Books Open For Hyundai KONA Electric | Trump Administration Unveils Its Plan To Relax Car Pollution Rules | Iceland’s New Hydrogen Plant Could Supply Cars And Buses Across The Nation | Volkswagen Mulls Own Production Of Battery Cells In Europe | Volkswagen Threatens Recall Of 124,000 Electric Cars | Elon Musk Makes The ‘Most Valuable Apology Of All Time’ | Here Are The Top 5 Trade-Ins For Tesla Model 3s | Another Tesla Software Update Coming
5TH AUG
'Safe' Levels Of Air Pollution May Cause Serious Changes Linked To Heart Failure | Tesla Says Its New Self-Driving Chip Is Finally Baked | First Tesla Model 3 Performance VBOX Test Yields 0-60 Mph In 3.32 Seconds | Tesla Hits The Streets With New Pop-Up Event In Southern California | Second-Life EV Battery Market To Grow To $4.2 Billion By 2025 | Volkswagen R Division Will Live On Once EVs Take Over | British Touring Cars To Go Hybrid In 2022
6TH AUG
EV Chargers For Birmingham | EV Fast Charger Ribbon Cutting | Top 5 EV's Coming By 2020 | Nissan Thinks Mild Hybrids Will Soon Be Obsolete | Centrica Plugs Into Electric Car Charging Sector To Fuel Recovery | Tesla Model 3 Outsold All Mercedes-Benz Cars Combined | Tesla, The Model 3... And The Market | More Model 3 VINs | Hyundai Realising An Electric Dream | Thank You Patreon Producers
7TH AUG
Europe July Sales Stats | Audi e-tron Spotted In Colorado Springs | Top Gear Big Jaguar I-PACE Test Part 5: How Far Can It Actually Go? | IONITY Comes To France | Number Of CCS Combo Dc Fast Chargers In Europe Hits 5,000 | Nissan Sells Its Battery Business 225-Mile Leaf E-Plus To Get LG Chem Batteries
8TH AUG
“Taking Tesla Private”: Podcast Special Edition | Elon’s Twitter Timeline | Official Tesla Statement | Reaction | What It Means For EV Industry
9TH AUG
Plug Socket Added To Range Rover Sport P400e PHEV | BMW Brings The Electric Heat | Hyundai Delivers First Kona Electric CUV To Norway From 20,000 Reservations | Audi e-tron Pike Peak Regen Test | Daimler And BAIC To Make Electric Smart Cars In China | Nikola Raises $100 Milli...