10 Electrical Car Tales We Missed — Hyundai IONIQ 6 Wins Award, Shell Buys Volta, IKEA EV Charging …

There are all the time numerous tales we placed on our story sheet for writers that don’t get lined. And a few of these are massive tales that I want we had lined.

New UK DriveElectric Hub to Give Actual-Time EV Price and Carbon Knowledge

As electrical autos (EVs) get increasingly more standard, a number of incorrect anti-EV hype has been proliferating, together with the false declare that electrical autos are literally dirtier than fossil-fueled autos. The UK has an answer — a partial answer, no less than. A brand new DriveElectric EV hub gives real-time carbon information and value data on electrical autos and EV charging for companies. There’s additionally an EV Hub Cost+ function that helps companies to cost with low-carbon electrical energy.

Apart from debunking any misinformation, this type of data is efficacious for firms that need to monitor their environmental footprint and their local weather progress.

Hyundai IONIQ 6 Wins Design Award

For my part, the recent new Hyundai IONIQ 6 is among the coolest wanting electrical autos available on the market. It’s the perfect wanting Hyundai I’ve ever seen, and it seems prefer it belongs in the next value class. I’m not the one one impressed by the IONIQ 6’s attractiveness. Hyundai simply gained 19 iF design awards, and the highest award was the IONIQ 6 profitable gold within the product class. The iF Design Award jury acknowledged that the IONIQ 6 has “a recent and distinctive exterior aesthetic with delicate motifs which are carried over right into a serene and stress-free inside. Its general design id is predicated on deep commitments to consolation, type, effectivity and environmental accountability.”

“The ‘electrified streamliner’ has gained a number of different awards since its launch, together with the distinguished World Automotive of the Yr, World Electrical Car and World Automotive Design of the Yr on the New York Worldwide Auto Present,” Hyundai provides.

Elon Musk Meets with President of South Korea

South Korea needs extra of that high-dollar, climate-supportive EV funding, and the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, not too long ago met with Tesla CEO (for now) Elon Musk in Washington, D.C. Particularly, President Yoon Suk Yeol was lobbying for Tesla to construct a gigafactory in South Korea. Naturally, he supplied varied sorts of assist from the nation if Tesla constructed a manufacturing facility there.

South Korea is already a notable EV hub, because it’s residence to a few of the largest EV battery producers on this planet — LG Power Resolution and SK On — in addition to Hyundai and Kia, which have produced a few of the most compelling electrical autos on this planet. (The issue with Hyundai and Kia is that they haven’t been fast to see the potential of quickly scaling up EV manufacturing and have manufactured far fewer of their EVs than shoppers need.)

6 Extra Škoda BEVs (by 2026)

Škoda Auto is investing billions of {dollars} into electrical autos and now plans to roll out 6 extra BEVs by 2026. Tagging onto the Enyaq iV household of BEVs, the Czech automaker plans to roll out absolutely electrical small, compact, property, and “area” BEVs. So, there will likely be 4 fashions in these new lessons and two up to date Enyaq iV BEVs.

“New design language defines the strong look of future BEV fashions,” the corporate states. However I’ve to say … it doesn’t look superb for real-world driving at this stage. …

However, severely, this can be a notable step ahead that would see Škoda’s BEV gross sales develop exponentially.

“By 2026, our new battery-electric fashions will cowl all automobile segments which are related to our prospects,” Martin Jahn, Škoda Auto Board Member for Gross sales and Advertising and marketing, says. “We’ll be offering prospects with the means to discover the world in type – sustainably, safely and confidently with merchandise that function our new Fashionable Stable design.”

Learn extra right here.

IKEA Investing £4.5 Million In Final-Mile EV Charging

IKEA has been a high cleantech chief for years — whether or not with photo voltaic, wind, or electrical autos. Its newest transfer is that it has introduced £4.5 million in funding for EV charging infrastructure throughout the UK, specifically for electrical supply autos.

Not solely that, however this EV charging infrastructure will likely be 100% powered by clear, renewable power. The community of chargers will whole 196 chargers in whole, 53 of them being quick chargers. The chargers will likely be situated at IKEA shops however then additionally at different helpful places.

“The EV infrastructure kinds a part of IKEA’s ongoing transformation to turn into much more reasonably priced, accessible, and sustainable,” Mer, a key associate on this EV charging undertaking, writes. “The retailer goals to succeed in 100% zero emissions deliveries to prospects by 2025. By summer time 2023, IKEA plans to realize 60% zero emission deliveries within the UK and Eire, demonstrating the numerous steps being taken to speed up transferring in direction of the 2025 purpose.”

CUPRA Tavascan Unveiled

The sporty CUPRA model has a brand new electrical automotive coming. It’s a bit bigger than its first electrical automotive, the CUPRA Born — as a result of that’s what individuals need, crossovers and SUVs. The CUPRA Tavascan is an electrical SUV coupé. The Tavascan will come to market in 2024. Listed below are some preliminary specs on the EV:

• 286PS (210kW) or 340PS (250kW)
• As much as 31 mph in 2.4 seconds (0 to 62 mph in 5.6 seconds)
• ~341 miles on full cost of 77 kWh battery
• 135 kW max cost fee
• 15” infotainment system, largest in a CUPRA mannequin.

The CUPRA Tavascan was developed in Barcelona, however it will likely be produced at Volkswagen Group’s Anhui manufacturing facility in China. The corporate plans to provide and promote 70,000 items a yr.

LiveWire S2 Del Mar: $15,499 In USA, Reservations Launch In Europe

The CUPRA Tavascan not enjoyable sufficient for you? How about an electrical motorbike? The LiveWire S2 Del Mar is coming to the US, and its value has been revealed — $15,499. “Reservations are open for the manufacturing model in 3 colorways, focusing on supply this July. Efficiency highlights and full product specs will likely be revealed in June, together with a full calendar of demo alternatives and occasions,” the corporate notes.

You can even now reserve a LiveWire S2 Del Mar in Europe for simply €100. Right here’s S2 Del Mar European Launch Version pricing (together with VAT):

• France: €20,190
• Germany: €19,990
• Netherlands: €20,390
• UK: £18,990

Jaguar Land Rover Investing Billions Into EV Manufacturing Future

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) doesn’t need to be left within the mud on the subject of the EV revolution, and so it’s investing billions of kilos into an “electric-first future.” As a part of that, JLR’s Halewood manufacturing facility within the UK will turn into an all-electric manufacturing facility. Moreover, quite than proceed dabbling in fossil fuels, JLR’s next-gen structure for midsized SUVs, its electrified modular structure (EMA), will now be 100% electrical.

That mentioned, there was loads of non-electric discuss in JLR’s press launch as effectively, and the goal dates for full electrification and carbon neutrality are far too far into the longer term. I’ve to maintain JLR within the “laggard” bin. Nonetheless, it’s good to see the automaker “speed up” its transition to an electrical future.

Faculty Hunks Going Electrical

Some of the standard transferring firms in my area — and the one we used for our final transfer — goes electrical. Nicely, somewhat bit. It’s only one truck for now, however Faculty Hunks claims that it’s going to be the primary electrical transferring truck within the nation. “Faculty HUNKS Hauling Junk and Shifting®, an award-winning firm and business chief in stress-free options for transferring and junk-hauling wants, is making strikes towards going much more inexperienced as they not too long ago signed a cope with Xos to buy a 100% battery-electric truck. This marks the first-ever electrical transferring and junk hauling truck in the US. The automobile will likely be used at a Faculty HUNKS location in New Jersey earlier than rolling out to the remainder of the system,” the corporate itself writes. Let’s see how lengthy it takes to get to full electrification.

Shell Buys Volta

Shell (the oil big) has accomplished the acquisition of modern EV charging startup Volta for $169 million. “Volta gives Shell with an current public charging community of over 3,000 cost factors at vacation spot websites (buying facilities, grocery shops, pharmacies, and so on.) throughout 31 U.S. states and territories, a improvement pipeline of greater than 3,400 further cost factors, and capabilities to proceed creating, working, and monetizing EV charging infrastructure.”

This follows a number of different EV charging firm acquisitions from Shell previously a number of years, largely in Europe to begin, however within the US extra not too long ago as effectively.

Volta combines free EV charging in high-eyeball-traffic areas with massive promoting screens. It looks like a superb method that I’m stunned hasn’t unfold extra shortly. That mentioned, the corporate has grown at a fast clip and has apparently completed effectively sufficient for a $169 acquisition from Shell. Let’s see how briskly Shell can scale the community.