Electric Mobility News

The Pininfarina Battista has finally made its North American debut at the New York International Auto Show 2019. The all-new electric hypercar developed by Automobili Pininfarina had its global premiere this March, at the Geneva Motor Show 2019, and is slated to enter production late next year.

Pininfarina, has officially showcased two new cars at the ongoing Shanghai Auto Show 2019. While the first one is the all-new Karma GT from its partnership with Karma Automotive, the second one is Grove Hydrogen Automotive's new concept car designed by the China-based team of Pininfarina Shanghai.

Renault has unveiled the production version of the Kwid EV at the ongoing 2019 Shanghai Motor Show in China. The new EV is based on the K-ZE concept that was unveiled last year and the electric offering smallest yet from the French automaker. The Renault City K-ZE is based on the same CMF-A platform as the India-spec Kwid, but the electric model is specific to the Chinese market for now. The electric hatchback though is being evaluated for the European markets but won't make it there before 2021. Sales in China though will commence later this year.

The Rapide E is powered by an 800V electrical architecture battery - encased in carbon fibre and Kevlar casing - with a 65kWh installed capacity using over 5600 lithium-ion 18650 format cylindrical cells.

Gugu Energy is a new EV tech startup from Coimbatore and recently took the wraps off Gugu R-SUV, which the company says is an 'electric SUV bike' and is a cross between a scooter and a motorcycle.

Audi took the wraps off the AI:ME electric vehicle at the ongoing Auto Shanghai 2019 which gets level 4 autonomous tech along with a bunch of high-tech features.

Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to sell electric car technology to Singulato, its first deal with a Chinese electric vehicle startup, allowing the fledgling firm to speed up development of a planned mini EV.

Volkswagen is pushing its joint venture partners including SK Innovation (SKI) to build electric car battery plants which have at least one Gigawatt manufacturing capacity, Chief Executive Herbert Diess told Reuters. "Anything below that amount would make little sense," Diess said on the sidelines of the Shanghai Auto Show on Sunday. Volkswagen will buy 50 billion euros ($56.57 billion) worth of battery cells for electric cars and has identified South Korea's SKI, LG Chem and Samsung SDI as strategic battery cell suppliers as well as China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL).