Electric GT, January Plug In Sales and EVgo Milestone | 2 Feb 2018
Friday 2nd February 2018.
EVgo provided 40 million miles of gas-free miles in 2017 from their 1,000 DC fast chargers. The average fast charge session lasted 25 minutes.
In 2017 France led the way with 12,000 new EV charging points, ahead of Germany and UK.
Nearly half of all buses on the roads will be electrified by 2025 with China leading the way.
A brand new factory opened today in Oxfordshire, UK, to build 100,000 EV motors annually year including Jaguar and Williams as customers.
The famous London black cabs are heading further afield as an international deal sees them arriving in Norway, albeit with a new livery and Scandinavian interior.
CATL in China is valued at $20Bn and new investment sees them building a new plant to build cells, second in size to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada.
Numbers are starting to come in for January 2018 Plug In sales and the year hasn’t started as well as last year ended. However that was without full sales for the new Nissan LEAF and as Tesla Model 3 production increases.
MOIXA is a UK company which provides PV plus storage to 1,000 customers, and now added Japanese investment will see new markets open up for their AI-driven system which sells excess energy back to the grid.
SolarEdge has unveiled an integrated inverter charger for your electric car. Combining your PV and grid connection provides 9.6kW Level 2 charging for your electric car.
And finally the Electric GT series has been given the green light by the FIA, which will see the all-electric racing series start later this year, with 20 drivers taking on European circuits in race ready Tesla Model S P100Ds.
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Sources:
https://uk.motor1.com/news/229029/france-charging-points-2017/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42891960
http://www.cityam.com/279888/londons-new-electric-black-cab-has-just-been-unveiled
http://wardsauto.com/fia-approves-new-tesla-based-ev-racing-series