Toyota will present its first two electric cars at the Auto Shanghai with sales in China scheduled to begin in 2020. Moreover, the Japanese company is working

The ride-share operator Didi Chuxing looks to be the first major customer for the new EV joint venture by Magna and BAIC in China. Singulato Motors also

The Chinese e-mobility startup Singulato Motors is cooperating with the BAIC subsidiary Beijing Electric Vehicle (BJEV) to develop EVs and PHEVs. The partners aim to develop vehicle

The Chinese e-mobility startup has announced to invest approximately 2.4 billion dollars over a 5 year period in the Chinese city Suzhou. Among the investments will be

Singulato, has announced that they plan to bring 6 fully electric vehicles to the market. Singulato was first announced in 2016 as the english language subsidiary of

Audi poaches Volvo exec: Peter Mertens has been appointed to lead technical development at Audi. The carmaker looked outside the VW Group to fill the position, after

Plug-in Countryman debut in LA: The new Mini will premier at next week’s Los Angeles Auto Show. The Mini Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 is the brand’s

Toyota swings to EV: The Japanese hybrid expert will build electric cars from 2020, Nikkei reports. Toyota will set-up a dedicated team by 2017 to develop a

Toyota is launching three electric models on the Chinese market on April 26. One of these vehicles is also soon to be sold in select European markets.

While Toyota will offer their first high volume battery-electric cars in China next year due to the quotas there, Europeans will have to wait another two to

Toyota has just announced the cornerstones of a comprehensive battery collaboration with Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL). This includes not only a “stable” supply of CATL batteries for

Toyota has now announced that it will enter into a number of collaborations in China to accelerate the development of its electric cars by 5 years and

The Chinese joint venture between GAC and Toyota is planning to invest 11.3 billion yuan (around 1.5 billion euros) in expanding production capacities for plug-in vehicles. The

Two Japanese giants consider to join forces to develop and produce EV batteries together. A joint announcement has already been made and reenforces an existing arrangement. 

GM to build more electric cars: GM CEO Mary Barra says they are working on a dedicated EV platform that is to hit the market before 2020.

Hyundai’s next electric SUV: The Kona may be next in line for electrification at Hyundai and at a fairly affordable 35,000 euros, Auto Bild reports. A 50kWh

Reading tip: Tesla might be in for quite a fight in China, thinks Norihiko Shirouzu, because local EV start-ups such as Future Mobility, WM Motor and Singulato

Expect a new electric Citroën by 2020 but it will not be a dedicated model. The group will instead leave it to consumers to make the sensible

Electric Chrysler in Vegas? Insiders apparently told Bloomberg that Chrysler will show an all-electric car based on the Pacifica (which is already available as a PHEV) at

VW plans battery production in Germany: Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller has confirmed that the carmaker will build its first battery factory in Germany, possibly in the city

Vattenfall presents inCharge: Vattenfall has launched the charging network inCharge, which it is building in conjunction with partners. All Vattenfall’s existing fast charging stations will be included,

Tesla acquires Grohmann Engineering: Tesla announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy German engineering firm Grohmann in order to ramp up automated manufacturing of