Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy solutions business line, and the leading auto manufacturer Volkswagen Group signed an agreement aimed at setting up a full function joint venture of equal partners to enhance the electric […]
The world’s safest and smartest e-scooter launches in nine new European locations in just three months Superpedestrian is expanding rapidly in Europe, on track to be available in 30 European cities by the end of 2021 […]
Volta Trucks, the leading full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, has confirmed that the Volta Zero will make its Italian debut between 7 and 11 June in Milan. The customer event in Italy comes soon after similar successful […]
Phased delivery of initial 50 BYD 40-foot eBuses in latest order from Turin’s Public Transport Operator, GTT World leading electric bus manufacturer, BYD, has secured one of the largest orders for eBuses in Italy and the largest eBus […]
In Italy, the Tesla Model 3 reigned as the best-selling electric vehicle according to the Italian National Union for Foreign Vehicles (UNRAE). UNRAE noted that there were 1,363 Model 3 sold in Italy in March. That […]
New Automobili Pininfarina Battista has completed its first high speed and handling tests at the Nardò Technical Center in Italy • Comprehensive test programme is underway as Automobili Pininfarina engineers fine-tune Battista’s unique dynamics package […]
European drivers burn 100 times more palm oil in their tanks than is in the 40 billion Oreo cookies consumed worldwide every year [1]. That’s according to new data that shows the amount of forest-ravaging palm […]
As noted in this article, I recently interviewed the CEO and founder of POD Point, Erik Fairbairn. POD Point is the top supplier of EV charging equipment in the UK, so it has quite a bit of […]
Spin8 revealed its new roadmap to build out Italy’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure during the coming years at the recent IAA motor show in Frankfurt, Germany. The new roadmap — dubbed Carica Innovativa (“Recharge Italy!”) […]
Incentives are an interesting thing. Sometimes, the ones you think will work the best don’t work too well. Sometimes, ones you don’t think will have as much effect end up having a huge effect. Sometimes, incentives work […]
Tesla’s soon-to-be-finished Supercharger station in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, will be the largest Supercharger station in the world once completed, based on the most recent pictures of construction on the project — which clearly show 14 charging […]
It’s hard to get European-wide numbers for electric car sales. In fact, it’s hard to get numbers for almost any country in Europe. A Norwegian electric vehicle association was publishing Norway’s numbers regularly for awhile, as was a […]
Thanks to Italian site GreenStart, I’ve got some reliable March electric car registration numbers to share. Unfortunately, as with France, I have one important number missing. GreenStart collects pure-electric car registrations, but not plug-in hybrid numbers. […]
I recently figured out electric vehicle market share for 17 European countries, the US, and Japan for an ABB Conversations article I wrote (full disclosure: I am compensated by ABB for articles written on that site). […]
Following up on the Germany electric car sales update, I’m moving on to Italy. Italy is a much smaller market at this point. Germany had 544 plug-in car sales in February, while Italy had only 67. […]
