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Category: Electric Cars

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  • Electric Cars

Ford’s Talk of New EV-Selling Rules Rattles Some Dealers

Ford F -2.46%▼ Motor Co. is preparing new rules for how it sells electric vehicles, a shift that is concerning some dealers and seen as challenging the traditional franchise model. Executives from the Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Rush for EVs and Other Rental Cars That Don’t Guzzle Gas

Many drivers aren’t looking for free upgrades when they rent cars for summer road trips. They are more concerned with fuel efficiency. The cost of gasoline has retreated slightly from the record highs Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

White House says companies investing $700 million to boost EV charger production

The White House said on Tuesday that companies are planning to invest more than $700 million to boost U.S. manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle (EV) chargers – actions set to Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

Beijing Offers Cash Subsidies to Spur Demand for New Energy Cars

 China’s capital city is offering subsidies for purchases of new-energy vehicles to replace old cars, the latest attempt by local authorities to boost consumption in a slowing economy. The financial Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Tesla, Ford and GM Raise EV Prices as Costs, Demand Grow

High gasoline prices are prodding more people to consider an electric vehicle. But car shoppers are likely to face sticker shock at the dealership, too. Auto makers have been raising prices on Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

GM and Ford, Driving to Beat Tesla, Turn on Each Other

Mary Barra, General Motors Co.’s chief executive, spent weeks preparing for an onstage unveiling of the electric Chevrolet Silverado , GM’s big play in the fledgling market for battery-powered pickup Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • United Kingdom

UK to end plug-in vehicle grant to focus on expanding EV charging network

Highlights Grant was always temporary: government Supporting purchase of other road vehicles EV running-cost savings often exceed grant: minister The UK government has decided to close the plug-in vehicles grant Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • EU

EU lawmakers back ban on new fossil-fuel cars from 2035

 European Parliament lawmakers on Wednesday voted to support an effective EU ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, rejecting attempts to weaken the proposal to Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Buick commits to all-electric portfolio by end of decade; unveils Wildcat EV concept

Buick is committing to an all-electric portfolio by the end of the decade. In support of General Motors’ vision of a zero-emissions, all-electric future, Buick will bring its first electric Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Exclusive: Feeling ‘super bad’ about economy, Musk wants to cut 10% of Tesla jobs

 Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and wants to cut about 10% of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Ford to Create Thousands of Factory Jobs, Invest $3.7 Billion in EV, Gas-Engine Production

Ford Motor Co. plans to add 6,200 union manufacturing jobs and invest $3.7 billion into plants in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, as it looks to expand vehicle production and prepare Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

Electric vehicles accelerate China’s looming dominance as a car exporter

The opening of Tesla’s Shanghai factory in 2019 was a breakthrough for electric vehicles and for overseas carmakers: it was the first wholly foreign-owned plant in the world’s largest car Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Supply Snags Threaten EV Revolution, Top Toyota Scientist Says

 Surging battery prices and shortages of metals and materials are likely to last for some time, Toyota Motor Corp.’s chief scientist warned trends that could weigh on the world’s embrace Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Race for Cheaper EVs May Face Years-Long Setback on Metal Costs

A surge in battery metal prices means it could take several years longer for electric vehicles to become as affordable as conventional cars, according to BloombergNEF. Prices of lithium, cobalt Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

EV Sales Will Triple by 2025 and Still Need More Oomph to Reach Net Zero

Electric vehicle sales are poised to more than triple by 2025, and yet governments and manufacturers need to lean even harder into eliminating emissions from road transportation by the middle Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Oil’s Displacement as a Road Fuel Is About to Ramp Up, BNEF Says

 The displacement of oil as a road fuel will accelerate through 2025 as the uptake of electric vehicles ramps up, according to a new report. Electric passenger car numbers are Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Trouble With Lithium

Brine pools at the Albemarle Corp. Lithium mine in Calama, Chile The electric car market is driving insatiable demand for lithium. But a supply crisis of the wonder metal could Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Battery storage systems seen shifting toward more abundant elements than lithium

Highlights Lithium-ion to be used for short duration Increased power price volatility expected Cost and limits on the availability of key materials currently used in battery manufacture have set a Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Electric-Vehicle Startups Run Low on Cash After SPAC Deals

Several electric-vehicle startups that went public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, in the last two years made some nervy disclosures this week. Canoo, the buzzy electric-van Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Battery Boom Will Redraw Geopolitical Maps

The vulnerability of global energy markets is once again back in focus due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The race for a renewable future will come with its own geopolitical Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Apple Hires 31-Year Ford Veteran to Ramp Up Electric-Car Work

Apple Inc. has recruited a longtime Ford Motor Co. executive who helped lead safety efforts and vehicle engineering, a sign the iPhone maker is again ramping up development of an Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

CATL Retains Top Position as World’s Biggest EV Battery Maker

 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. easily maintained its pole position as the world’s biggest maker of electric-car batteries as of the end of March with its share edging slighter higher Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Energy Transition Has A Major Metal Problem

As the global energy transition continues to accelerate, the demand for key battery metals is soaring and demand is struggling to keep up. The inconvenient truth of the energy transition Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Analysis: Soaring battery costs fail to cool electric vehicle sales

 Buyers around the world are lining up to purchase electric vehicles this year even with sticker prices surging, flipping the script on a decade and a half of conventional auto Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

There Will Be Jobs in the Electric Vehicle Economy

There is growing fear these days that the move to electric vehicles spells certain doom for a lot of low-skilled factory work. It mostly comes from the prediction, proffered by Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Demand Destruction May Kick In After Lithium Price Explosion

Lithium prices are beginning to slow their climb after a 500% rally. High lithium carbonate prices have begun to dampen demand. The EV industry has failed to secure a sufficient Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

Shanghai’s Tesla Factory Could Be Shuttered Until Mid-May

With all of the chaos taking place in Shanghai as a result of a new round of mysteriously overbearing Covid lockdowns, there has been very little attention paid to Tesla’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Electric vehicle targets ‘impossible’ without changes to lithium pipeline

Battery manufacturers are confronting a severe lithium shortage, highlighting the need to challenge China’s dominance of raw material supply chains, an Australian lithium producer has warned. Stuart Crow, chair of Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The World’s Electric Vehicle Fleet Will Soon Surpass 20 Million

 The world is about to pass another important milestone in electric vehicle adoption: 20 million plug-in vehicles on the road globally, come June, according to BNEF estimates. That’s remarkable growth Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

High raw material costs, COVID-19 measures challenge China’s NEV industry

High prices dampen battery metals demand Facing a fresh wave of COVID-19 outbreaks , China’s strict lockdown measures are dealing a huge blow to the NEV industry, just two weeks Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Hertz Plans Electric Car Fleet Expansion With 65,000 Polestars

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. plans to buy 65,000 electric vehicles from Polestar over the next five years, betting its renters are both EV curious and eager to drive brands beyond Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Surging price of battery materials complicates carmakers’ electric plans

The car industry’s multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles was built on a single premise: that batteries would carry on getting cheaper. In 2019, Volkswagen executives even brandished charts predicting a Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

America Is Finally Taking The Battery Metal Shortage Seriously

President Joe Biden is preparing a new plan to boost domestic supply of key battery metals. Currently, the United States imports more than half of its annual consumption of 31 Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Electric Trucks

Electric vehicle start-ups face their toughest challenge: making cars

Just outside the English market town of Bicester, 15 miles from Oxford, lies the shell of a factory that sits at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

GlobalData: Global automakers earmark nearly US$600B for EVs over next decade

Aggressive emission and carbon neutrality targets set by regulators worldwide entails a faster transition from traditional automakers to next-gen electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers. Therefore, automakers are committing operational investments of Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

Tesla’s Big Addition of Chargers in China Helps Boost Sales

 Recently I’ve been analyzing the growth in the public charging network in 2021, as we’ve just released BNEF’s 2022 Global EV Public Charging Update . Not surprisingly, Tesla is a Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Europe

Benchmark Gigafactories Europe paints grim raw material supply picture; “Auto OEMs will need to become miners”

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence held its inaugural Battery Megafactories Europe 2022 event in Berlin; the event zeroed in on a number of pertinent points for the continent’s EV and battery supply Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Biden Invokes Cold War Powers to Boost EV Battery Production

Biden Wants to Boost Metal and Mineral Production The Biden administration announced it will invoke Cold War powers to boost domestic production of materials for batteries needed to power electric Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Economy
  • Electric Cars
  • Germany

Volkswagen Prepares for a Deglobalized World

For years, Volkswagen AG thrived as a global company, building and selling its cars all around the world. But as war, health scares and trade disputes roll back decades of Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars
  • Russia

Geely questions future in Russia despite opening for China’s carmakers

Geely is examining its future in Russia, casting doubt on expectations that China’s carmakers would push further into the country to take advantage of the exodus of international groups following Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

Batteries On A “Ridiculous” Cost Surge, Chinese EV Maker Says

Battery prices for electric vehicles are seeing a “ridiculous” increase on the back of soaring raw material prices, and carmakers will soon have to raise prices if they haven’t done Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Supply Shortage That Could Derail The Electric Car Boom

Key battery metals are facing a shortage as the Ukraine-Russia war heats up An already voracious commodity supercycle is now witnessing even greater momentum amid fears of major supply-chain disruption Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

As Gas Prices Soar, Buyers Find Fewer Fuel-Efficient Car Options

Americans looking to offset surging gasoline prices with a more fuel-thrifty vehicle aren’t likely to find much on the car lot today. The sharp rise in fuel costs, driven in large Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Rental car giants embark on electric after pandemic bonanza

The $100 billion Western rental car industry, flush with cash from a profitable pandemic, is gradually getting its electric show on the road, and Chinese-made vehicles are poised to play Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Electric Trucks

Ford Creates Separate EV, Gas-Engine Divisions in Major Overhaul

Ford F 8.38% Motor Co. is reorganizing its operations to create two separate divisions—one for its conventional gas-engine business and another to focus on developing electric vehicles and software. Ford said Wednesday that Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • California
  • Electric Cars

California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Ford’s CEO Is Exploring Ways to Separate Its EV Business to Unlock Tesla-Like Value

Ford Motor Co. is exploring options for separating its electric-vehicle operations, with CEO Jim Farley even reportedly considering a spinoff of the unit. Ford Motor Co. is looking at ways Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Europe

Europe’s New Emissions Standards Are Accelerating The EV Race

Europe has just introduced a new emissions standard that will go into effect in 2025. Automakers are racing to electrify their vehicles. While Euro 7 may put fear into some Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

EV Charging Network Will Target Interstate Highways

The $5 billion program to create a national network of electric-vehicle charging stations will give priority to interstate highways and fast chargers before expanding into remote rural and crowded urban Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Japan

Tesla Escapes Tiny Niche Position as Japan Starts to Embrace EVs

A Tesla Model 3 inside the company’s showroom in Shibuya. Tatsuya Arai, a 36-year-old entrepreneur in Tokyo, never saw the appeal of owning a car until he watched a YouTube Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple

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