27 Dec 2018 | 2018’s EV Highlights: Part 2 March and April
Looking Back At The Headline EV Stories Of 2018 | An Incredible Year For Electric Cars | Part 2
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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 27th December 2018. It’s Martyn Lee here and here’s the first part of your 2018 in review.
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REVIEW OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2018
1ST MAR
More Love For Hyundai Kona Range| Kia Niro Spotted As BEV | Kia Soul EV To Use Kona And Niro Platforms | Škoda PHEV Thanks To Passat GTE Parts Shelf | Rome Bans Diesels By 2022 |Industry Group Says It’s Choice Not Charging Holding Back EV Adoption | Porsche Power Up Dealerships | Chevrolet Bolt Battery Teardown | Carjacker Can’t Drive An EV
2ND MAR
Top 10 Things I Love About I–PACE | Strong Regen | Battery Preconditioning | Infotainment Tech | Talk To Your Car | SUV Size | 300mile Range | I-PACE eTrophy Race Series | ICE Beating Performance | Competitive Pricing With Tesla | Over The Air Updates
3RD MAR
Tesla Dual Motor Seen | Golf And Passat GTE Hybrids Get A Big Brother | eGolf Tops Sales Charts For First Time | EVgo Gets A Makeover | CHAdeMO Gets Ludicrous Mode | Merc EQC Shots Published
4TH MAR
February EV Sales | Model 3 Wins Sales Battle | Dyson Wants 300 More EV Experts | VW Vizzion Set For Geneva | SEAT Go Touring Car Racing With Electric Cupra
5TH MAR
Another Hyercar Maker Goes Electric | China Solar Road | Mazda Bring Back The Wankel As A Range Extender | Nissan e-Power Takes Off |BYD Battery Plans | 5th Ultra Fast Charging Network For Europe
6TH MAR
Jaguar I-PACE First Drive Reviews | Seat Cupra e-Racer Specs | Smart Becomes Officially Mercedes EQ | EQ Diesel Plug In Hybrids | Former Opel CEO Loves Electric | New Ford Focus 48v Hybrid Rumours | Nissan LEAF Cold Weather Test | Readers Letters
7TH MAR
Bentley Bentayga Luxury PHEV | Honda and Toyota Announce Drops Diesels For Hybrids | Honda Concept To Be Made | BMW Add i4 To Line-up | Porsche Mission E Gets Crossover | Aston Martin Electrify Lagonda Brand | VW Boss Says Governments Will Need Diesel | Whilst UK Government Launch Anti-Diesel Incentives
8TH MAR
Goodyear Reinvent | Rimac C_Two Insanity | Renault Zoe Gets Bigger Motor | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Gets Increased Specs | Toyota Unwrap New Auris With Two Hybrid Options | Audi e-tron Prototypes
9TH MAR
Elon Musk Tweets Navigation Update ‘Nearly Done’ | More Pics Online Of Semi Truck Hauling Batteries | GM CEO Increases Bolt Production | Oil Industry Execs Join Hands To Hate On EVs | McLaren Put Off Full Electric To 2022 | 350Kw Charging Cheaper To Install
10TH MAR
Best Cars From Geneva Motor Show | Polestar 1 | VW I.D. Vizzion | Honda Urban and Sport EV | Renault EZ-GO | Second Generation Formula E Racer | Top 5 Reasons To Lease An EV | My Top 5 Responses
11TH MAR
Dodging A Ticket With Tesla Autopilot | Nice Chinese EV Called Venere |Rimac Find Humour In Grand Tour Crash | e-tron Orders Start In UK | UPS Build Their Own EVs For Urban Delivery | Connected Mercedes Wallbox
12TH MAR
Model 3 Software Complete | To Plug Or Not To Plug | The Renault Zoe Is All Yours To Own | Battery Production Spreads Into Europe | Ssangyong e-SIV
13TH MAR
InsideEVs Report Correct About February Model 3 Pause | Elon Says EV Investing Dumb | Cleaning Up Your EV Miles | Honda Urban EV Designer Interview | BMW M Performance CEO On Adding Artificial Sounds
14TH MAR
Battery Contracts Worth 20bn Euros Signed | 40% More Battery Investment Than Tesla | 16 Locations Will Make VW Electric Cars | 3 Million Electrified Vehicles By 2025 | Equivalent Of One EV Announced Per Month From 2022 | Audio e-tron First Electric Car On Sale | First VW ID Called The NEO | Self-Driving Sedric Confirmed For Production
15TH MAR
2,500 Kona EV Heading For Norway | VW I.D. Production Locations | VW Debut For China | BMW’s Returns Guarantee | Save Money With PHEV | More Batteries For Europe | Tesla Supercharging Price Increase | Tesla Semi Stops For Beers | Tesla Model 3 Long Range Motor Tweak | Unions Urge Ford To Electrify
16TH MAR
VW Bring The Price Down | Audi e-tron Price And Gran Tourismo Edition | CHAdeMO Update | Hyundai Get More Cold Miles | Panasonic Add Another Update | Tesla Update Improves Autopilot
17TH MAR
Ford See Hybrids As The Future Of Trucks And SUVs | Beefy Renault Zoe On Sale | LEAF SUV Going Into Production | Audi Q3 Electric For China | VW’s MEB Platform Used For ‘Cute, SUV’ Audi
18TH MAR
Happy Birthday To The Original Roadster | Tesla Grid Storage For Colorado | Contactless PAYG Rapid Charging | Energy Conference To Focus On EVs | North American Utilities Underprepared For Your Electric Car | Supercharge With Solar
19TH MAR
Audi e-tron Quattro Borrows From Porsche | e-tron GT To Use Mission-E Platform | 7 Cars To Trouble Tesla | Renewable Records Set In U.S. and Europe
20TH MAR
Range Rover PHEV Review | Goldman Sachs Raise Red Flag Over Tesla Model 3 | VW Showcase Extreme EV For Pikes Peak | UPS Go All Electric For Deliveries | Skoda Catch Up With Electric Citygo | VW Compare EV To Combustion Engines | London Cabbies Get More Chargers | Evolution of Tesla Superchargers
21ST MAR
Tesla Semi Truck Shows Up In Dallas | BMW Searched By Prosecutors | Nissan LEAF February Sales 10,000 | No Future For UK Grant | Hyundai IONIQ Production Slows | Does LEAF Desperately Need Thermal Management | Model 3 20 Inch Rims | Commit To Electric Car For Earth Hour | Green Investor Tips EVs | Toshiba Next Gen Battery
22ND MAR
Elon Gets 10 Year Incentive Worth Megabucks | VW e-Golf Sales Soar | BMW Press Conference Confirms Future Line-Up | VW Factory Investment In North America | Pod Point Breaks Record In UK | Hyundai Electrifies Tucson | New BMW 3-Series Spied
23RD MAR
2019 For Right Hand Drive Tesla Model 3 | Daimler Electric Trucks | 64amp Home EV Charger | SEAT 4th Gen Leon Will Be Electric | Nissan LEAF Review | Maven Use Bolts For Austin | Zero Emission Miles | Model 3 And Sri Make Friends | New Volvo Engine For Hybrids
24TH MAR
Nissan Wants 1 Million EV Sales A Year | Second Life Use For Old Car Battery | All Electric Bentley Borrows From Porsche Mission E | Peer To Peer Charging | I-PACE Laps Monaco Circuit At Night
25TH MAR
Elon Says “Slow Down” To Focus On Quality | Five EVs Tested In The Harsh Weather Of Norway | Isolated Reports Of LEAF Rapid Charing Issues | Next Gen Porsche Cayenne Hybrid | Cobalt Nickel Batteries | UK LEAFs Could Power 300,000 Homes
26TH MAR
Electric Cars Are Cleaning Up | BMW Ix3 Gets Closer | Formula E Gen2 ‘Batman’ Car Hits The Track | Genesis EV For New York
27TH MAR
Bentley Designer Says Full Electric Will Happen | Electric Cars Save Money For Fleets | Norway Hits 5% EVs | Jaguar Taking I-PACE To NYC | 100 Mile Workhorse BEV For San Francisco
28TH MAR
Google’s Waymo Agree To Buy 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE Electric SUVs | 10% Wiped From Tesla Stock Price With News Of Investigation Into Fatal Crash | Chinese Plan To Standardise EVs | Nissan Launch LEAF Battery Exchange | Japanese LEAF Owners To Get Solar Panels | More Electric Vans From MAN | Hyundai Union Chief Calls Electric Cars Evil | 10,000 BMW i3’s Sold In UK
29TH MAR
Tesla Face Another Tough Day In The Markets | Electric Mini Arrives In New York | VW Atlas Plug In Hybrid Concept | Average EV Now 80mpg Equivalent | National Grid Can Cope With 2030 ICE Ban | Nissan LEAF Wins Green Car Award | Mechanic Training Schemes For EVs | Porsche Mission E Spied Testing | VW Must Sell Two New Pure EV Models In California By 2019 End | Wireless Charging Advances
30TH MAR
Model 3 Production Ramps Up | Automakers Team Up With States | Workhorse Debuts EV Van | Genesis Essentia Concept | Beverley Hills Bans PHEVs | SF Motors Reveal
31ST MAR
Tesla Issue Recall For 123,000 Model S Cars | Nissan Respond To LEAF Battery Degradation Report | Lincoln Aviator Drives With Your Phone | EPA Regulations And China Advances
1ST APR
Rimac C_Two Sells Out | Electric Car Parade For New York Auto Show | Tesla Back In Germany’s Good Books | Model X Autopilot Crash Update | Tesla Maps Now Being Rolled Out In Beta | Solid State In No State For Production Say Nissan
2ND APR
Model 3 Surprise For One Buyer Meeting Franz von Holzhausen | BMW To Invest In More Chargers In China | EVs Will Be Up To 70% Cleaner In The Future | Final Hours Of Model 3 Production Before Earning Call | Aston Martin Say EVs Are No Risk
3RD APR
Elon’s Late Late April Fool | Has Musk Taken Control Of Model 3 Production Line? | Email To Model 3 Staff Suggests Over 2,000 Weekly Rate | Tesla Throws Some Shade On Twitter | More Electric Buses For London | End Of The Line For i3 and i8
4TH APR
Tesla Produce 34,484 Vehicles In Q1 | Model 3 Reaches Almost 10,000 | 2,000 Due To Be Made Per Week | Roundup Of Results Opinion | VW To Unveil eCrafter Electric Van | Henrik Fisker Moving Forward With Affordable EV | Buick Heads To China | New Geely EV Unveiled Soon
5TH APR
Nissan Up Their European Prices For New LEAF | Nissan Disclaimer For Slower Rapid Charging | New York Award For New LEAF | Norway Reaches 55% Market Share | Swedish Ferry Powered By EV Batteries | Trump Trade Tariffs Hopefully Won’t Affect EVs | Electric Cars Not Butch Enough For NZ Men | Electric Black Cab Review | Pod Point Join With Mitsubishi | New Ford Focus Teased | Record German EV Sales | Spy Footage Of Silent Ferrari | Another Tesla Exec Defection | Tesla Solar Roof Joy | Big Order For Workhorse
6TH APR
Biggest Ever Batch Of Model 3 VINs Registered | Groupe PSA Gets Serious About EVs | UK Dirty Diesels Crash Whilst Electrics Rise | Biggest Chinese Investment For Startup | BMW Let You Subscribe To Your Next EV
7TH APR
Record Sales For LEAF In Japan | Honda Go Driverless And Wireless | McLaren Rule Out EV On Technical Grounds | Tesla Shuttle Service In Australia Passes One Million Miles | Tesla Batteries Makes Renewables More Useful
8TH APR
Bentley Boss Says Future Is Electric | Why Are EVs Harder To Build Than Rockets | 2019 BMW 8 Series Spotted | Did Chevrolet Just Reveal New Full Electric Crossover | Biggest Order Yet For Tesla Semi | Nikola Motors To Refund All Deposits | 310-Mile Seat Leon EV Coming 2020
9TH APR
Teaser from Electric GT Tesla Championship | Musk Tweets Model 3 Dual Motor Coming July | Mega Review Of Nissan LEAF | Mercedes Add Another EQ Model | Ford Investors Not Buying Electric Plans | Norway Electrifies Cars, Ships and Planes
10TH APR
Audi Make A Gran Turismo Concept Into The Real Thing | James Dyson On Batteries And Talent | Magna Team Up With BAIC | 100,000th Zoe Just Made
11TH APR
Nico Rosberg Brings Formula 1 to Formula E | TV Deal Done For ElectricGT | Formula E Season 6 Manufacturers Confirmed | Tesla Grants Autopilot Wishes For Model 3 Owners | Model S Video Shows Improved Autopilot | German Government To Support Battery Makers | Kia Soul With Wireless Charging
12TH APR
Pagani Confirm They Will Make An Electric Hypercar | Chevrolet Bolt Owners Issued With Software Update | Making Electric Cars Sound Old Fashioned | Audi SQ3 Spy Shots | Mitsubishi Boss Looks To A Performance Future | China Relaxes Rules
13TH APR
Elon Musk Introduces Us To Time Shifting | Electric Mercedes S Class To Take On Tesla | Chevrolet Bolt Gets Over The Air Updates | Volkswagen Announce Battery Plant To Make 500k Packs Per Year | Sweden’s Electric Road | Volvo Announce Fully Electric Delivery Truck
14TH APR
Elon Musk Shows Off Model 3 Production Line |Audio e-tron VisionGT | GM Making Two Cars Based On Bolt Tech || Maven Gig Economy Drivers Boosted By EVgo Fast Chargers | Sharing Economy Applied To EV Charging | BMW On Target For EV Sales | DriveTribe To Promote EVs For Audi | Study Says Ample Grid Capacity For Intelligent Electric Vehicle Charging
15TH APR
Hyundai IONIQ Could Be Getting Bigger | Top 5 Fastest Electric Cars | Tesla Reworking Some Parts | Could A BMW i1 Be Coming | New Hampshire EV Owners Get Overnight Deal
16TH APR
Geely Boss Li Shufu Predicts Spluttering End To ICE | First 175kW Chargers Ready For New Generation Of EVs | Solar And Storage For Mitsubishi Dealers In Japan | French March EV Saves Back With A Bang | Lexus Look To More Electrification
17TH APR
Tesla Surprises Workers With Model 3 Shutdown To Resolve Production Issues | China Allows Foreign Car Makers To Start Making Electric Cars | USA vs China Differences In New Energy Vehicle Buyer Preferences | Porsche Announce Their Own Charging Network To Rival Tesla | 10,000 Electric Vehicles For Indian Ridesharing ‘Ola’ | Envision EV ARC Solar Charging Stations For California | Formula E Gets Power Boost
19TH APR
Leaked Staff Email From Elon Musk Shows Focus On Quality, Quantity and Profit | Prince Charles Drives A Jaguar I-PACE In London | Massive Charging Network Revealed By Electrify America | Vehicle To Grid Arrives In UK | Buick Announce New Electric Cars For China
20TH APR
Audi e-tron Quattro Nürburgring Video | Polestar 1 Video Of Artic Cold Weather Testing | Nissan’s Infiniti To Use e-Hybrid Tech | Nissan e-NV200 Gets Long Range Battery | Clarification On CHAdeMO Charge Speeds From Electrify America | More Fast Chargers For Walmart | New Chargi...