The new BMW 5 Series Sedan now offers the entire range of electrified drive technology. Just a few weeks after the market launch of the all-electric BMW i5 and the combustion engine variants equipped exclusively with 48-volt mild hybrid technology, two plug-in hybrid models will already be launched in November 2023. The BMW 530e Sedan…
Nobel Prize season is upon us once again. Every October, committees in Sweden and Norway name laureates in a variety of prizes in the sciences, literature and economics, as well as peace work. In total, six prizes will be awarded. Throughout the pandemic, the Nobels have made adjustments. In 2020 and 2021, some events were…
Ford has been awaiting guidance to determine if batteries produced by the Marshall plant would run afoul of the requirements. Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also faced questions from Smith about the automaker’s relationship with CATL. The chairs of three U.S. House of Representatives committees demanded Ford Motor turn over documents tied to its…
Daimler Truck remains committed to a dual-track strategy, investing in both hydrogen and battery-powered vehicles. As a major global commercial vehicle manufacturer, the company aims to offer CO2-neutral vehicles in core markets by 2039. New Delhi: A Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck prototype traveled 1,047 km from Woerth am Rhein to Berlin, marking a significant achievement for…
If the area around Jackson, Wyo., boasts two things, they’re natural resources and very rich locals. Nathan Wendt is trying to use the Biden administration’s clean energy incentives to bring the two together. Mr. Wendt, the president of the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs, has spent years working on issues related to climate change…
Lucid Group has officially opened its first overseas factory in Saudi Arabia, the Advanced Manufacturing Plant (AMP-2) located in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), 80 miles north of Jeddah. AMP-2 is Saudi Arabia’s first-ever car manufacturing plant and the EV maker’s second vehicle assembly plant after the main AMP-1 factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. The…
Kia Karjalainen and her sister were vacationing in Greece when things took an unexpected turn. “We were in our hotel room, and I suddenly said to my sister, ‘It really, really smells of smoke. Is something burning?’” It was mid-July on the island of Rhodes, and wildfire smoke was heading in their direction. Planes flew…
M. S. Swaminathan, the eminent crop geneticist who fused plant breeding science with keen administrative skills to produce bountiful harvests that ended famine and steadily transformed India into one of the world’s top growers of wheat and rice, died on Thursday. He was 98. His daughter Nitya Rao confirmed the death. Known around the world…
Kyma Mobilità’s new Citaro hybrid buses are 12.135 meters long, providing seating for 26 passengers and standing room for 81. The middle entrance door is designed for swift passenger access. New Delhi: Mercedes-Benz has delivered 56 Citaro hybrid low-floor city buses to Kyma Mobilità, the public transport operator in Taranto, Apulia, in Italy. These buses…
A Tesla Megapack battery caught fire at one of Australia’s biggest clean energy storage facilities yesterday, with residents reporting loud bangs, multicolored flames, and a smell of burning plastic, according to local news. The Queensland site, which is owned and operated by renewable energy and storage developer Genex Power, features 40 Tesla Megapack 2.0 units,…
