Electric Mobility Reviews

Maharashtra CM, Devendra Fadnavis today officially handed over twenty-five Tata Starbus hybrid-electric buses to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority a.k.a. MMRDA. Developed indigenously by Tata Motors, the buses can be experienced on the Bandra Kurla Complex route.

VW Chairman says India offers potential for not just the sale of electric cars in the future, but also a great test bed for congested city usage. But still its electric mobility chief rules out prioritising India for VWs immediate soon-to-market electric products.

Volkswagen has added an all-new auto brand under its umbrella in China. Branded as SOL, it is a new low-cost electric vehicle brand specifically for China, under which the company will retail affordable EVs.

A partially camouflaged test mule of the much anticipated MINI Electric was recently spotted undergoing cold weather testing. The prototype model has lost a lot of camouflage from the last time we came across a spy image of the car and now we get to see a bit more of the car's actual skin.

Audi has teased the future of it's electric mobility plans at its annual press conference. The new concept car is a look into the future of Audi's sportier car range and has been christened Audi e-tron GT. The Audi e-tron GT will make it to production by 2021 or 2022 and will have the same underpinnings as the Porsche Mission E. This will be the third fully electric vehicle in the e-tron range after the Audi e-tron SUV and the Audi e-tron sportback that is due to be launched by the end of the decade along with a range of other hybrid vehicles.

Polestar has started accepting bookings for its first new car - the Polestar 1. The Polestar 1 is now available as a pre order by paying a deposit of "2,500 or $2,500 (20,000 Yen if you are in China) since there has been a huge demand for the hybrid coupe since its launch a few months ago. The Polestar 1 is currently only available in 18 countries - The United States, United Kingdon, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The final price of the Polestar 1 will be about $150,000 to $170,000.

The Volkswagen Group is driving forward with the transformation to e-mobility and announced that it will be producing battery powered vehicles in 16 locations around the globe by the end of 2022.

The folks over at Lamborghini and MIT worked together to come up with a carbon fibre body shell that has the ability to self-heal if damaged.