The total number of electric vehicle charging outlets surpassed 1 million in 2020, IDTechEx report titled: “Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles and Fleets 2021-2031” has revealed. According to the report, the discovery sheds light on China and Europe both of which are at or below the optimum 10 electric vehicles per charging outlet. “The US,” it…
The resilience of global electric vehicle (EV) sales during 2020 provided some optimism as to the maturing state of the electric vehicle market. However, sales are still primarily underpinned by government policy, and improvements in cost and performance to Li-ion cells and packs, not to forget other aspects of the vehicle or grid infrastructure, are needed for widespread…
Robotaxis are nothing more than repurposed autonomous cars used for ride-hailing. Some may be bought by ride-hailing companies and Tesla sees you being able to afford a much fancier car if you hire it out for part of the day. Robot shuttles are the opposite – a totally new form of transport. Not sold to…
For the past 5 years or so, a standard sentence from the automotive industry has been: “Autonomous cars will be here in 2 years.” Now there is good reason to expect autonomous ride-hailing services to hit our roads within 3 years. So, what has happened in the last year in the world of autonomy to give this confidence boost? Well, a few things…
