Electric Car

NOVEMBER 29, 2020This newsletter is a weekly in-depth analysis of tech and innovation in Africa that will serve as a post-pandemic guide. Subscribe here to get it directly in your inbox every Sunday at 3 pm WAT I am excited by something happening in Nigeria right now, want to know…

In mid—November, Volkswagen announced that it’s putting aside a bigger portion of its overall investment budget for digital and electric vehicle technologies. It originally planned to pour only 60 billion Euros (US$72 billion) into electric and self-driving vehicle development over the next five years, but it increased that figure to…

The new factory, which will be located near its car factory in Shanghai, will have the capacity to make 10,000 chargers every year. (Source: Sina Weibo) Tesla Inc will start producing electric vehicle (EV) chargers in China next year, according to a Reuters report.  The US carmaker on Thursday said…

🔋 — Electric vehicle customers today enjoy a wide selection—and a $7,500 tax credit. Timothy B. Lee - Nov 22, 2020 2:30 pm UTC Enlarge / Our electric 2019 Kia Niro.Timothy B. Lee / Ars TechnicaOn Friday the 13th my wife and I went to a Kia dealership to take…

Global Electric Car Sales Has an Annualized 4+ Million in September Brian Wang | November 20, 2020 | Global plugin electric car sales in September, 2020 were 345,000 which on an annualized basis would be over 4.1 million cars. This was 4.9% of global car sales. October numbers for EV…

This photo taken on November 14, 2020 shows employees working in the workshop of a lithium battery manufacturing company in Huaibei, eastern China's Anhui province. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT By Relaxnews November 17, 2020 Hailed as a route to a green, carbon-free future, electric car batteries…

The West Midlands, south Wales and the north-east of England are among the regions vying to host the UK’s first “gigafactory” making electric car batteries, as the government edges towards a commitment to the key technology. The UK has said it will spend as much as £1bn on an automotive…

MAKKAH: In an unprecedented experience for the Kingdom, a harvest season of more than 200 cocoa shrubs began this year in Jazan following several years of planting the Filipino seedlings. The foreign plant is a new experiment for the Kingdom as it plans on testing out the long-term success of…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Centre) attended an event launch for a locally assembled electric car on November 13, 2020.The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday participated in the official launching of what has been described as Nigeria’s first assembled electric car.The electric car, named ‘Hyundai Kona’, was assembled…

The Lagos State Police Command has announced that there will be restriction of movement between 6 a.m and 6 p.m on Saturday, 5th December 2020, to ensure the smooth conduct of free, fair and credible by-elections into the Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe 11 Constituency, Lagos State House of Assembly…