Israel launches plan to allow electric c...

JERUSALEM, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel is launching a plan to raise the import of electric vehicles, mainly from China, Israeli Ministry of Transport said on Tuesday. According to the plan, Israeli c

Ola raises $300M as part of a new electr...

Ride-hailing platform Ola announced today that it has raised $300 million from Hyundai and Kia as part of a strategic partnership focused on electric vehicle development.This brings the company’s tot

News Analysis: How Germany is waking up ...

by Ushana Uthayathasan and Stephanie Wolff BERLIN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- For a long time, it looked like Germany was simply watching Tesla, Toyota and BYD take the lead in electric mobility, stubbornl

Chinese firm set to pilot electric motor...

NAIROBI, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer TAILG Group said on Friday that it is set to pilot electric motorbikes in Kenya as art of its entry in the local market. Jayson Hua

How to watch Elon Musk unveil the Tesla ...

Tesla is scheduled to reveal the Model Y — the next electric vehicle in electric automaker’s lineup — tonight at an event in Los Angeles after, not months, but years of teasers and hints from C

BYD electric-powered taxis run in Montre...

The first batch of Chinese-made electric-powered taxis have started to run on the streets here, a Quebec-based company said on Wednesday. In total, more than 2,000 BYD pure electric e6 models are ex

BYD electric-powered taxis run in Montre...

MONTREAL, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of Chinese-made electric-powered taxis have started to run on the streets here, a Quebec-based company said on Wednesday. In total, more than 2,000 BYD

China's EV not to massively replace trad...

HOUSTON, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Although expanding at a fast pace, China's electric vehicles (EV) cannot replace traditional ones in a large scale in the near future, a senior executive of a leading Ch

UAE residents to get license to fly elec...

DUBAI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Residents above 14 years old in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can fly an electric driven aircraft since October, Academy of Technical Training (ATT) official said on Tues

Malta wants to switch to electric vehicl...

VALLETTA, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Malta wants to be amongst the first European Union (EU) countries to switch to electric vehicles, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced on Friday. A study on the transi