Let's see - reasonable guesses would be Nissan, Tesla, Mitsubishi, BMW or even VW. After all those are the manufacturers who grab the headlines in the EV space with the LEAF, Model S & X, iMiEV and hybrid Outlander, the i3 or the e-UP and e-Golf. You would of course be mistaken as it is the
Porsche have committed AUD $1.5 billion for the development of it's Mission E electric sportscar. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto show in September the concept vehicle was the toast of the show. However just a few days later it's parent company's spectacular fall from grace over dieselgate overshadowed any short lived acclaim for the new direction
In a spectacular example of corporate criminality, VW have admitted to gaming the test results of emissions on a range of diesel vehicles. When initially confronted with the allegation they denied it and stated that the lab tests must have been flawed. This calculated deception must have been hatched at the highest levels of management
Do I hear you say "of course you'd say that"? Although we are in agreement with that statement for say the year 2016-2018, it was the Mitsubishi president Osamu Masuko who stated it recently according to an article in Drive yesterday. For anyone who has been following the evolution of electric vehicles it is simply stating
It is widely known that Volkswagen plan to dominate the EV world by 2018. CEO, Dr Martin Winterkorn, has stated: "We have the most comprehensive approach to tomorrow's mobility. From highly-efficient, eco-friendly diesel, gasoline and natural gas-fuelled engines to classical hybrids, purely battery-driven vehicles and plug-in hybrids - no other automaker can match the broad range