Author: Shaun Williams

Five IDs. The customized Buzz Cargo has been handed over to Miele at its headquarters in Germany. This makes Miele one of the first customers to receive individualized ID. Buzz Cargo. Volkswagen and Miele are known to have a longstanding partnership, with the consumer goods maker having used the VW Bulli van since its inception. Miele will implement its first vehicles in customer service assignments in Germany, Spain, Norway, Great Britain and Austria. Five IDs. Buzz Cargo has been customized for Miele customer service with the predominant red color. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) CEOs Carsten Intra and Lars Krause (pictured)…

Lyft and driverless technology company Motional will launch a driverless ride-hailing service in Los Angeles, using the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The two companies have already made public trips at Ioniq 5 throughout Las Vegas, United States (US). Los Angeles users will have access to new autonomous vehicles and a classic ride-sharing service that uses Motion’s Level 4 autonomous system. Lyft noted that Los Angeles is one of its largest ridesharing markets, while Motional has been operating and present in the city since 2016. “LA is the second most populous city in the US and represents a huge market opportunity for…

BrightDrop is targeting $1 billion in revenue by 2023 with mass production of electric delivery vans set to begin this December. BrightDrop CEO Travis Katz said General Motors’ EV unit will achieve $1 billion in revenue by 2023. Travis Katz had this to say at General Motors investor day on Thursday. The company did not release earnings data for 2021, the year it was launched, or this year. “What we are seeing is an incredible amount of demand,” Katz told CNBC. “This isn’t just about saving the environment or saving the planet. This saves companies money. That’s part of why…

Nikola announced that Bruce Kurtt has joined its executive team as Senior Vice President of Sales and Commercial Operations. Reporting to Nikola President and CEO, Michael Lohscheller, Kurtt will lead all commercial activities for Nikola, including oversight for its sales, sales operations, dealer support and relationships, charging solutions, and service and warranty teams. He succeeds Pablo Koziner, who has elected to leave the company in December. For over 30 years, Kurtt has held executive leadership roles in the heavy and medium duty commercial vehicle industry. He has served in senior level commercial positions on the manufacturing side with Volvo and…

Tesla targets to produce 100 Semi electric trucks this year. The Tesla Semi truck entered production early last October at a factory near the Gigafactory Nevada, USA. Quoting Electrek, production equipment at Gigafactory Nevada makes it possible to produce about five Tesla Semi electric trucks a week. The factory can produce about 250 trucks per year. Tesla plans to produce more at the Texas Gigafactory. “Tesla may produce 100 Semi trailer trucks this year,” said Tesla Chairman of the Board Robin Denholm quoted from Insideevs today, Friday, November 18, 2022. The largest electric car maker Tesla last month said it…

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) has just launched a commercial vehicle design using fuel cells. The hydrogen powertrain is showcased in the form of a 5.5-tonne technology demonstrator. Glasgow, UK-based HVS said the demonstrators offered clues about the company’s planned zero emission HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) 40 tonnes. HVS claims the fuel cell truck will have the capacity to cover a distance of more than 500 km although it depends on the route traveled, road conditions and driving style. The company claims it will be “the UK’s first genuine Hydrogen HGV, designed and built from the ground up.” The HVS tractor…

Geely’s subsidiary specializing in commercial vehicles, Farizon Auto, previewed the future product. The company also introduced the SuperVAN which will be launched in 2024. As a subsidiary of Geely, Farizon Auto has been around since 2016 and targets to be a major player for zero emission trade in China. Last year, Farizon Auto presented the Homtruck truck which will be produced starting in 2024. Homtruck comes in two options, namely a pure battery with a battery swap option and as a hybrid version with a methanol fuel cell. SuperVAN was developed based on the Geely Multi-Purpose Architecture (GMA) and supports…

Electric car start-up from California, Drako, recently showed off its newest electric SUV which claims to be the most powerful and fastest in history, called the Draco Dragon. This electric SUV is the second unit launched by Drako after the Fisker Karma-based GTE sedan. This SUV is capable of spitting out enormous power, which is up to 1491 kW from its four electric motors. With this much power output, Drako Dragon is claimed to be able to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.9 seconds and can reach a top speed of more than 322 km/h (200 miles/hour). This…

Lucid Motors has launched the new Lucid Air Pure electric car as the cheapest variant of the Lucid Air. The Lucid Air Pure completes the new Lucid Air electric car lineup and was launched alongside the midsize variant of the Air Touring. Despite its status as the cheapest variant, the new Lucid Air Pure electric car costs $87,400. If purchased with all-wheel drive, the price will be 96,900 US dollars. Of course, at this price, the cheapest Lucid Air already offers performance and features that are not inferior to the top variants. At its launch, Lucid Air Pure comes with…

The Chinese automotive giant, BYD, has just produced and delivered its 3 millionth New Energy Vehicle (NEV). From January to October 2022, sales of new energy vehicles from the Shenzhen-based automaker jumped 240 percent annually to 1.39 million units. It is known that BYD will stop production of conventional gasoline-fueled vehicles in March 2022. “Starting as a niche brand and then becoming mainstream, BYD’s development reflects the rise of China’s auto brand and the rapid growth of the new energy vehicle industry in the country,” said BYD Founder Wang Chuanfu, as quoted by Xinhua, Thursday (17/11/2022). Wang revealed that BYD…

The Swedish automaker Volvo Group has signed a Letter of Intent with the North American region-based Pilot Company for the development of a public data charging infrastructure for electric trucks. This partnership exists as a form of support for North America in meeting their environmental goal of reducing the carbon footprint of congested highways. Pilot Company is looking to install a high-performance charging infrastructure in its existing network of Pilot and Flying J travel centers across the US. The network will also be open to all makes of heavy duty vehicles, and will be able to support charging medium duty…

Lucid Gravity will be the second electric car as well as the first SUV from the manufacturer led by Andrew Liveris and Peter Rawlinson. Lucid said the Lucid Gravity electric car will greet consumers in 2024 and can be ordered starting in early 2023. “Gravity builds on everything we have achieved to date, namely driving the development of our in-house technology to create a performance SUV that stands apart,” said Peter Rawlinson, Chief Executive and Chief Technology Officer, Lucid Motors. “As Lucid Air redefines the sedan segment, Gravity will make an impact in the world of luxury SUVs,” Rawlinson added.…