• News aggregator on electric cars and electric vehicles (cars, motorcycles, boats, planes).

China’s EV market is booming – with some unlikely brands at the top


China recorded a new annual high in August with sales of 1.4 million electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Pure electric cars in particular are developing at a disproportionately dynamic rate. The share of plug-in cars in the overall market also remains high – and continues to approach the 50 percent mark. However, the usual market leaders are not scoring highly. Read more…

ZF CEO Klein leaves as Miedreich takes over


In the midst of negotiations on extensive restructuring, the supervisory board of Germany’s second-largest automotive supplier, ZF, has reorganised the management board in an extraordinary meeting. CEO Holger Klein and Commercial Vehicle Division President Peter Laier must leave. Mathias Miedreich, head of the Drive Technology Division, will take over the management of the company. Read more…