Sentences with phrase «production electric car»

Then the FF 91 prototype set a new production electric car record at Pikes Peak — never mind that the car itself hasn't made it into production yet.

Faraday Future still hasn't revealed anything about its planned production electric car, but it did slap its name on a Formula E race car.

This could include everything from motors to the «FF Echelon Inverter» that will be used in Faraday's production electric car, which is scheduled to launch by 2018.

Faraday Future will finally unveil its first production electric car at CES in January — and to whet appetites, the company just released a short teaser video.

Jaguar's first regular - production electric car, the I - Pace, showed its face in Geneva.

BMW formally unveiled it's first mass - production electric car, which will serve as the immediate rival to the Tesla Model S in the plug - in luxury segment.

Aston Martin is readying its first - ever production electric car, the RapidE.

Mercedes - Benz has officially launched its first production electric car in the United States: the 2014 Mercedes - Benz B - Class Electric Drive.

The I - Pace concept previews a future production electric car from the British automaker; set to enter production in 2018.

The fully electric model will be Porsche's first ever production electric car and will go head to head with the Tesla Model S. Details are currently scarce, but the new model, which is currently known as the Pajun will be built on a version of the new MSB platform that is also basis for the Panamera.

Nissan has designated the BladeGlider as an exploratory prototype for a future production electric car.

It's the first production electric car from Morgan, but don't expect it to be the last — the firm recently announced # 6 million in funding from the UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre, with a view to creating an entire range of electric and hybrid vehicles by the end of the decade.

Shown in concept form at the 2012 New York auto show, the Infiniti LE closely foreshadows a production electric car.

Buoyed by the success of Sunraycer, Brooks began to wonder in early 1988 if there wasn't some way to convince GM to apply a tiny fraction of its vast resources toward a far more ambitious project than anything AeroVironment had ever tackled: a production electric car.

«Tesla is making the first real production electric car.

More information about the 2012 Mitsubishi i - MiEV: The 2012 Mitsubishi i is not only one of the first regular - production electric cars for sale in the U.S. market; for 2012, it's the lowest - priced, fully electric passenger car available to Americans — costing as little as $ 21,625 after the $ 7,500 federal tax credit, which is thousands less than the Nissan LEAF.

Sure, Lagonda explains that the lack of a conventional engine and transmission resulted in a shorter nose, but this is rarely the case with production electric cars, which have traditional, longer hoods in front of the windscreen.

Mitsubishi beat Tesla to the punch with one of the world's first truly highway capable, mass - production electric cars.

As such, more vehicles today are available for the cost of a nice house in the suburbs, or with over 500 horsepower than have ever been, even as we also have more production electric cars, plug - in hybrids, hybrids, and «clean diesels» now and promised.

Tesla has shown that production electric cars can go fast and be fun to drive, and BMW has shown that they can build a sexy electric car.

There are already a few production electric cars and plug - in hybrids on the market (f.ex.

Not exact matches

Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn discusses the potential production issues in the nascent, but growing, electric car market.

Tesla's Model 3 production problems were first revealed in early October when the automaker reported it had produced just 260 of its new Model 3 electric cars in the third quarter and delivered only 220.

Tesla posted a narrower - than - expected on Wednesday as the electric car maker made gains in Model 3 production in April.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he is sleeping on a couch, when he sleeps at all, while trying to ramp electric car production.

Tesla's production problems were revealed in early October when the automaker reported it had produced just 260 of its new Model 3 electric cars in the third quarter, of which it delivered 220.

And with traditional automakers slow to cannibalize their combustion engine vehicles, he thinks it's going to be hard for them catch up to on electric, despite the production problems plaguing Tesla's new Model 3 sedan, its first vehicle aimed at the mass car - buying market.

Infographic: In March, GM halted production of its Chevrolet Volt electric hybrid car for five weeks, citing insufficient sales.

In response to a shareholder question about what could be done to speed up the glacial pace of adoption of electric car production by other car companies, Musk said he was «playing with doing something fairly significant on this front which would be kind of controversial with respect to Tesla's patents.»

A key point of difference between Merkel's Christian Democrats and the SPD is that the latter wants car - makers to have quotas for the production of electric vehicles, whereas the former see this as too difficult to put into practice.

Given that annual new vehicle production is approaching 100 million per year and the global fleet is approximately 2 billion cars, it is impossible for Tesla to build electric cars fast enough to address the carbon crisis.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is so focused on automating electric car manufacturing that it's hurting the company's ability to deliver on its Model 3 production goals, Bernstein said Wednesday.

Blackstone's Foley added that oil will still be part of the equation in 25 years, despite a move to electric cars and lower long - term production.

However, in the long run, this will be a losing strategy for American workers if it forces Carrier to sell its air conditioners on the world market at non-competitive prices, or replace its production workers with robots, as Tesla (TSLA) has done in producing its electric cars.

The electric automaker will ramp up production to 1,500 sedans a month in September and 20,000 cars in December.

Tesla Inc investors gave a rare rebuke to iconoclastic Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday after he cut off analysts asking about profit potential, sending shares down 5 percent despite promises that production of the troubled Model 3 electric car was on track.

Apple is gathering advice on parts and production methods, focusing on electric and connected - car technologies, while studying the potential for automated driving, the source said.

Tesla struggled to produce the mass - market Model 3 electric car during the quarter, falling short of production estimates.

More recently, Tesla acquired Grohmann Engineering, a German automated manufacturer, to fuel production of its electric cars.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra says company expanding production of Chevrolet Bolt electric car at Detroit - area plant as EV demand grows.

Production delays, a recall and other problems have presented the electric - car maker and its founder, Elon Musk, with a crisis of confidence among investors.

The chief executive said the electric - car maker would be profitable in the second half of the year if it met its production goals.

Tesla coaxed Model 3 production to 2,270 cars per week in April, the electric automaker confirmed today, after CEO Elon Musk took drastic steps to boost manufacturing.

A production version of the coupe is slated to arrive in the next few years as part of BMW's big push to over 12 all - electric cars by 2025.

On Wednesday, the electric car maker released delivery numbers for the fourth quarter of 2017 that fell short of many expectations on Wall Street, and once again pushed back production targets on its highly anticipated Model 3 sedan.

The controversy surrounds the production of Tesla's Model 3, which is the electric car maker's maiden vehicle designed for the mainstream, and the company's cash burn, the latter of which took Wall Street by surprise.

Musk had said in October that Tesla has been «deep in production hell» making the Model 3, its first attempt to cross over from being a niche maker of high - end electric cars to a mass manufacturer or more midpriced vehicles.

On the bright side, the acquisition will allow Tesla to streamline its production of electric cars and batteries alongside the manufacture of solar panels, thereby creating a one - stop shop for customers.

The crash, which is being investigated by U.S. authorities, adds to Chief Executive Officer Musk's challenges including concerns that the electric - car maker won't reach its production targets for the all - important Model 3 sedan.

This constituted 43 percent of global electric car production and made China the country with the largest number of electric cars on the road, surpassing the United States.