SAE International plans to form an industry-led pre-competitive research project to strengthen electric vehicle (EV) charging system security, leading to a more secure implementation of Plug & Charge for ISO Continue Reading
Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) said on Friday its Chinese-built Model 3 cars would receive state subsidies, a move that will help the U.S. electric vehicle maker’s push into the Continue Reading
General Motors Co ( GM.N ) and South Korea’s LG Chem ( 051910.KS ) said on Thursday they will invest $2.3 billion to build an electric vehicle battery cell joint Continue Reading
Elizabeth Dickson recently decided to skip a luxury gas-guzzling vehicle, instead purchasing a Tesla Model 3. While the Tesla carried a more expensive monthly payment, the 25-year-old from Raleigh, N.C., Continue Reading
Europe is sometimes — often, even — chided for its slow decision-making, which is seen by many as a product of being a “Club of 27” and the need to Continue Reading
Around half of all light-duty vehicles produced by automakers will be electric by 2040, S&P Global Platts Analytics said Wednesday, although EVs on the road will only be around 23% Continue Reading
China continues to be the leading country for e-mobility in terms of industry and market, according to the E-Mobility Index 2019 from fka GmbH and Roland Berger GmbH. Although Germany Continue Reading
China is looking to raise its target to have new energy vehicles (NEVs) account for 25 percent of all car sales in 2025, up from a previous target of ‘over Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz Cars has opened a factory for plug-in hybrid (PHEV) batteries in the Bangkok region in Thailand. The new battery factory was built on a 50,000 m² site located at Continue Reading
South Korea’s LG Chem ( 051910.KS ) said on Thursday it would invest $916 million in its U.S. subsidiary by 2023 to set up an electric vehicle battery joint venture Continue Reading
Hyundai Motor plans to invest about 61.1 trillion won ($51.81 billion) between 2020 and 2025, the company said on Wednesday, with a third of the expenditure focused on electric and Continue Reading
Millions of electric cars are to hit the market next year as every self-respecting carmaker submits its lineup of plug-in vehicles for the environmentally conscious. Sales forecasts for these electric Continue Reading
For the first time in over half a century, Ford’s Mustang lineup is getting an addition . The electric vehicle revolution continues to build as legacy automakers are making their Continue Reading
China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) market is likely to see a sales rebound next year as automakers roll out more new products to lure buyers, but more supportive government policies Continue Reading
Transportation needs to clean up its act. As we edge closer and closer to a greenhouse gas emissions tipping point toward catastrophic climate change, it becomes harder to deny that Continue Reading
BMW will introduce the electric i4 ( earlier post )—the Group’s first purely electrically powered model for the premium mid-range—in 2021. The i4 will feature the fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology Continue Reading
Ford Motor’s latest offering seems like an oxymoron twice over: It’s a sport utility vehicle that’s electric … that’s a Mustang. It’s also Detroit’s biggest bet yet on a mass-market Continue Reading
In Los Angeles, Ford unveiled the all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. When it arrives in late 2020, Mustang Mach-E will be available with standard (75.7 kWh Li-ion battery) and extended-range (98.8 Continue Reading
The BMW Group has pooled its years of experience with battery cells and extensive knowledge in the field in a new Competence Center in Munich. The purpose of the facility Continue Reading
China may cut, yet again, subsidies for customers buying electric vehicles (EVs), in what could be another heavy blow to electric car sales in the world’s biggest EV market, which Continue Reading
VW has started production of lithium-ion battery systems at a factory in Braunschweig, Germany, set to produce 500,000 units per year, the automaker said Friday. VW started the production of Continue Reading
Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, setting up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, Continue Reading
Looking beyond the dramatic headlines—the cliff-hanger nature of Tesla’s financial statements and the Trump administration’s efforts to re-engineer the auto industry—we need to focus on one number that determines when Continue Reading
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, which is also set to be one of the biggest and fastest-growing electric vehicle (EV) markets in the world, could be the ideal location for Tesla’s Continue Reading
Inconsistent requirements for charging stations across Europe are keeping the infrastructure for electric cars from growing as fast as it could, the CEO of ChargePoint, one of the world’s largest Continue Reading
Auto makers weren’t pleased, but they fell in line. During a visit to CATL headquarters in 2017, three Daimler AG executives displayed their irritation shortly after the meeting started, recalled Continue Reading
A team of scientists at Penn State University in Pennsylvania has developed a method through which lithium-ion batteries can heat up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes and then Continue Reading
Germany should have one million charging stations for electric cars by 2030, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a video message on Sunday, ahead of meetings on Monday with the car Continue Reading
Electric vehicles (EVs) are catching on faster than even their most ardent supporters ever expected, which inevitably means the pile of spent lithium-ion batteries that once powered those cars is Continue Reading
The Volkswagen brand is boosting its e-mobility offensive in China. Next year, about 300,000 electrified models will be handed over to customers there; this will then reach about one million Continue Reading
A new style of battery could let electric cars charge quickly Yang Wang Group Electric vehicle owners may soon be able to fully charge their cars in as little as Continue Reading
Tesla sold 17,490 Model 3 cars in the European Union last month, making it the most sold plug-in EV on the continent, according to data compiled by Clean Technica. The Continue Reading
Tesla surprised the market last week with an unexpected profit for the third quarter, but a filing to the SEC on Tuesday showed that the electric vehicle (EV) maker saw Continue Reading
Tesla chief Elon Musk believes China be the tipping point that will lead to his company’s global domination of the electric vehicle stage, but it’s become a very tough sell. Continue Reading
Volkswagen AG ( VOWG_p.DE ) is ramping up production of electric cars to around 1 million vehicles by end of 2022, according to manufacturing plans seen by Reuters, enabling the Continue Reading
Buyers of Tesla and GM electric vehicles will soon be ineligible for the federal EV tax credit . Meanwhile automakers (GM most recently) are grappling with production locations and long-term Continue Reading
Tesla has begun selling Model 3 cars made in China, complete with its Autopilot system, Reuters reports , adding the price tag for the vehicle will be a little over Continue Reading
Ford Motor Company will reveal on November 18 an all electric SUV inspired by its iconic Mustang, one of the world’s largest auto manufacturers said , as legacy carmakers try Continue Reading
Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, late on Thursday proposed a $454 billion plan over 10 years to help shift the United States away from gasoline-powered vehicles by offering Continue Reading
Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) shares soared 17% on Thursday after the electric carmaker surprised Wall Street by delivering on Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s promise of a profit in Continue Reading
on Wednesday surprised investors with a quarterly profit that sent its shares soaring, as Chief Executive Elon Musk promised a 2020 rollout of a cheaper SUV and more self-driving technology Continue Reading
The neck-to-neck race to dominate the electric vehicle space continues between Elon Musk’s Tesla and Warren Buffet’s BYD. But it’s a much larger story than just EV sales — with Continue Reading
Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) is conducting trial production runs at its new $2 billion China factory for the past several weeks and will sell some of the first cars Continue Reading
The network targets both public and at-home EV charging. Ford Motor Co. reported Thursday that it is introducing North America’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network to encourage customers to Continue Reading
There are now 200 million SUVs on the roads globally, up from 35 million in 2010, according to data the International Energy Agency (IEA). In fact, 60 percent of the Continue Reading
Toyota Motor will display its new, production-ready Ultra-compact BEV (battery electric vehicle) at the FUTURE EXPO special exhibition of the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show ahead of the vehicle’s planned commercial Continue Reading
Anyone who believes that behavioral change is going to produce a solution to the challenge of global warming should take a good look at the lat est figures on consumer Continue Reading
Researchers have been in a race to find ways to improve lithium-ion batteries . They are also looking to develop alternatives to the lithium-ion battery that would be lower cost Continue Reading
GM’s need to free up cash to invest in electrics has led it to make deep cuts in its core business, including its decision to close four U.S. factories —a Continue Reading
Peak oil demand might be delayed as the U.S. and China scale back support for fuel efficiency and electric vehicles. Once thought of as far off into the future, forecasts Continue Reading
