Electric Mobility News

Mercedes-Benz along with other group companies like Smart has officially announced that it will be sourcing its electric car batteries for its while range from a Chinese manufacturer. The battery maker in China called 'Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)' will be supplying batteries to the Daimler group. It is uncertain though on whether Mercedes-Benz will be buying batteries from CATL for all cars made globally or only for the Asia region. The first fully electric purpose built car from the Mercedes-Benz lineup EQ will be a compact luxury SUV called the EQC and will be launched very soon. The electric SUV has already been spied undergoing rigorous testing across the world.

HWA AG has been confirmed as the newest team that will be joining the 2018/19 FIA Formula E season later this year. HWA joins as a customer entry and is the 11th team to join the grid in Formula E Season 5, which will see the biggest revamp to the series yet. HWA however, has been pretty active across other motorsport activities and in in contract with Daimler's Motorsport department for providing services in the German DTM series.

The autopilot, a form of advanced cruise control that has come under scrutiny after two crashes this year.

The Mercedes-Benz EQ C Electric Crossover was once again spotted waiting at a red signal ahead of its official debut in October this year at the Paris Motor Show.

The government is also thinking about all cab aggregators having a certain percentage of their fleet as electric vehicles by 2020.

Electric vehicles in India will finally have some differentiation from their internal combustion counterparts on the road. All electric vehicles in India will soon get a new (and we think rather cool) green license plate. The government yesterday approved of this new move to a different coloured plate specially for zero emissions vehicles for both private and commercial use. The private electric vehicles will have a green backing and white fonts while commercial electric vehicles will have a green background and yellow fonts. These will also be applicable to electric busses and other electric commercial vehicles that are road legal.

By 2025, Audi will invest approximately 40 billion Euros into strategic areas such as e-mobility, autonomous driving and digitization.

Aston Martin has announced that it will launch an all-electric SUV in 2021 under the recently resurrected Lagonda marque.