Deere Rolls Out Fully Autonomous Tractor at CES
Deere & Co. said Tuesday that it has developed a fully autonomous tractor designed for large-scale farming and that it plans to sell the machine later this year. The vehicle has Continue Reading
Imagine Virginia’s traffic jam but with only electric vehicles
Sometime after 3 a.m. Tuesday, as an epic 48-mile winter traffic jam on Interstate 95 in Virginia dragged on, a long-haul trucker from Canada heard a knock at the door of his cab. It Continue Reading
The Biggest Challenge Facing Biden’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan
The Biden Administration recently unveiled an ambitious plan to build a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the country. Fast chargers are needed, because the amount of time it Continue Reading
Ford to boost production capacity of electric F-150 Lightning to 150,000 per year; ability to produce 600K BEVs annually within 24 months
Ford Motor Company plans to raise production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand, Beginning Continue Reading
Tesla Reports 87% Growth in Annual Vehicle Deliveries
Tesla Inc. TSLA -1.27% annual vehicle deliveries surged 87% in 2021, growing at their fastest pace in years, as the company leveraged its Silicon Valley roots to overcome computer-chip shortages that have plagued the global auto Continue Reading
Tesla dodges supply woes to deliver record number of vehicles
Tesla smashed its own production and delivery records in the final months of last year, shrugging off supply chain and other problems to hand customers the keys to more than Continue Reading
Market Sees Minimal Pandemic Demand Destruction
Rigzone’s regular market watchers look at the pandemic’s effects on demand, OPEC+’s impending meeting, power prices and more. (The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the Continue Reading
Omicron Blurs Oil Outlook After Demand Roars Back
The fast-spreading Omicron variant is clouding the outlook for oil markets after a rapid recovery in demand pushed prices to their highest levels in years. Oil marched higher for much Continue Reading
Top Automakers Are Fueling A Battery Plant Boom In The U.S.
The biggest names in the auto industry are racing to build battery plants in the United States. The Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office has listed 13 new battery plant Continue Reading
Northvolt kicks off battery cell production at Swedish gigafactory
Commissioning, upscaling of Ett gigafactory to continue through into 2022 Company to boost output capacity at Ett to 60 GWh/year over next few years Swedish battery maker Northvolt assembled its Continue Reading