Places and Things

London's largest cab company will go fully electric by 2023 London courier and private hire taxi firm Addison Lee has pledged to convert its whole passenger car fleet to electric vehicles by 2023. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/addison-lee-fully-electric-2023-082000624.html

FedEx plans for an all-electric delivery fleet by 2040 FedEx will replace its current delivery trucks with electric models until its entire fleet is made up of zero—emission vehicles by 2040. The company is making the transition as a way to help it achieve its goal to reach carbon neutral status in the same year. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/fed-ex-all-electric-delivery-fleet-2040-182248046.html

Ford vows to go all-electric in Europe by 2030 Ford is taking an aggressive approach to its electrification strategy in Europe, announcing that all its passenger vehicles will be all-electric or hybrid by mid-2026. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/ford-will-only-sell-electrified-vehicles-in-europe-by-2030-113015462.html

EVs made up more than half of car sales in Norway last year More than half of all cars sold in Norway are now electric, claims new data from the country’s Road Federation. Reuters is reporting that, across 2020, EVs made up 54 percent of all new car sales, a figure that jumps even higher if you include plug-in and hybrid vehicles as well. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/evs-outsell-traditional-engines-in-norway-for-all-of-2020-115746618.html

Volkswagen teases an electric car-charging robot with eyes Volkswagen says it’s made a prototype of the electric vehicle charging robot concept it first showed off in proof-of-concept form in late 2019, and that it plans to keep developing the idea. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/28/22202913/volkswagen-charging-robot-electric-cars-vw

On Monday, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the Vision Urbanetic, an all-electric, autonomous concept that the German auto giant thinks will redefine mobility. It’s a sign that smartphone makers aren’t the only ones that occasionally flirt with modular designs. from https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/10/17840936/mercedes-benz-vision-urbanetic-self-driving-electric-concept-design https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61262749/18C0763_003.0.jpg