19 Feb 2022 | VW e-UP! Returns To Satisfy Your Tiny EV Dreams

Episode 1379,   Feb 19, 2022, 05:00 PM

On the podcast today:
• Volkswagen's e-up! Is Back for the New Model Year, Did You Miss the Tiny EV?
• BYD Seal set to become new Tesla Model 3 challenger - CnEVPost
• Volta Trucks raises $260 million to fund electric vehicle launch | Reuters
• 2022 BYD Atto 3 electric SUV: Australian pricing and features
• Dongfeng subsidiary 'Voyah' prepares for European launch - electrive.com
• Twisted EV Defender: yours for a quarter of a million | CAR Magazine
• Ingenity day boat dunks electric skateboard tech in the water
• More electric cars are now sold per week than in all of 2012 | World Economic Forum
• Foreign automakers see their chance in Japan with electric vehicles | Reuters

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NISSAN TO BUILD TWO ALL-NEW, ALL-ELECTRIC MODELS AT MISSISSIPPI ASSEMBLY PLANT

- Nissan’s Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Mississippi will become a center for US EV production, including the INFINITI brand. The company is investing $500 million in Nissan Canton to support production of two all-new, all-electric vehicles.  Production is expected to begin in 2025.

- The plant employs approximately 5,000 people and has built nearly 5 million vehicles since opening in 2003. The plant currently builds four models: Altima, Frontier, TITAN and TITAN XD.


VOLKSWAGEN'S E-UP! IS BACK FOR THE NEW MODEL YEAR, DID YOU MISS THE TINY EV?

- Volkswagen was forced to stop taking orders for the e-up! at the end of 2020, as delivery times rose to up to 16 months. Production, however, continued throughout last year, and now that they have finally caught up with the demand, they have once again added the tiny electric hatchback to their online configurator.

- Offered in the e-up! Style Plus trim level, the zero-emission model, which is the brand’s most affordable battery-electric vehicle, kicks off from €26,895 in Germany, including tax

- Add the €9,570 ($10,876) environmental and innovation premium, though, and the pricing will drop to at least €17,145 ($19,485).

- 82 hp (83 ps / 61 kW)

- 32.2 kWh (net) battery

- maximum range of 160 miles (258 km) in the WLTP cycle

- Now that it has returned to the company’s portfolio in Germany, the 2022 Volkswagen e-up! electric hatchback will gradually roll out in other European markets as well, with pricing varying depending on the country, and local government incentives.


BYD SEAL SET TO BECOME NEW TESLA MODEL 3 CHALLENGER - CNEVPOST

- As the largest Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker, BYD has a very rich product matrix. Now, a new model is about to join and is expected to be another one of its hot sellers.

- Local auto site Xchuxing posted several images of what is purported to be a BYD Seal model on Thursday, as well as a spec sheet suggesting that the model could be BYD's to challenge the Tesla Model 3.

- It will be available in single-motor versions with 150kW and 180kW of power, as well as a dual-motor version with a maximum power of 360kW and a top speed of more than 180 km/h, according to the sheet.


VOLTA TRUCKS RAISES $260 MILLION TO FUND ELECTRIC VEHICLE LAUNCH | REUTERS

- Volta Trucks said on Friday that it had raised 230 million euros ($260 million) in Series C funding round, which will finance it through the launch of series production of its Volta Zero electric truck in late 2022.

- Stockholm-based Volta Trucks, which also operates in the UK, said that the funding round was led by hedge fund Luxor Capital, which had previously invested in Volta Trucks.

- Protoypes of the Volta Zero, a 16-tonne fully-electric truck, will be delivered to customers in mid-2022, with series production due to start in late 2022.

- The company said its order book now exceeds 5,000 vehicles with a value of 1.2 billion euros.


2022 BYD ATTO 3 ELECTRIC SUV: AUSTRALIAN PRICING AND FEATURES

DONGFENG SUBSIDIARY 'VOYAH' PREPARES FOR EUROPEAN LAUNCH - ELECTRIVE.COM
 

TWISTED EV DEFENDER: YOURS FOR A QUARTER OF A MILLION | CAR MAGAZINE

INGENITY DAY BOAT DUNKS ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD TECH IN THE WATER


MORE ELECTRIC CARS ARE NOW SOLD PER WEEK THAN IN ALL OF 2012 | WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
 

FOREIGN AUTOMAKERS SEE THEIR CHANCE IN JAPAN WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES | REUTERS


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