Hyundai today released additional details about the 2024 Kona Electric, including preliminary range estimates, specifications, and US availability. The current generation is among the few affordable electric vehicles in the US starting at under $35,000. The next generation is imminent and seems like a significant upgrade, at least on paper. The Korean carmaker had shared…
Toyota’s delayed BZ4X electric car can be owned, when it arrives in February 2024, by buying outright or through an all-encompassing lease deal. This Full-Service Lease option is a first for Toyota Australia. You make monthly repayments to lease a brand new BZ4X EV, covering registration, insurance, service, tyre replacement, roadside assist and connectivity subscriptions….
Do you ever wonder how spammers can send you emails that look like they are coming from your own account or someone you know? You might think that your email is hacked or that your friend’s account is compromised. The truth is, these types of deceptive emails aren’t really coming from those addresses. They’re just…
LG Magna e-Powertrain, the JV between LG Electronics and Magna formed in 2021, announced at IAA Mobility 2023 that it is expanding its footprint with a new facility in Miskolc, Hungary. The facility will be in Miskolc’s industrial area which features well-developed infrastructure and is strategically located near OEM customers and other Magna facilities throughout…
When Greenpeace activists draped Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s baronial country house in black fabric last month to protest his energy policies, public reaction focused on the troubling lapse in security. But on another level, the stunt showed that Mr. Sunak’s brand of hard-edge politics was hitting home in Britain. Greenpeace said it was outraged by…
Chinese battery maker Gotion will build a $2 billion EV battery factory in Manteno, Illinois, with plans to begin production in 2024. The battery plant was announced September 8 by Gotion and the State of Illinois, which provided a $536 million incentive package to land the project. Under the terms of the deal, Gotion is…
The world is racing ahead with enormous investments in renewable energy, for the first time this year plowing more money into solar power than oil. But the world’s poorest countries, mostly in Africa, are effectively priced out of the action by a global lending system that considers them too risky for investment. Only 2 percent…
Tesla and its suppliers will reportedly invest $15 billion over the next two years in the Gigafactory Mexico facility, said Nuevo Leon state governor Samuel Garcia. The amount is triple what Mexican officials previously announced after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in March that his company would open a gigafactory in Mexico’s northern state of…
Subaru Corporation and Panasonic Energy announced that they have started talks to build a medium- to long-term partnership to meet demand for battery electric vehicles and automotive batteries. According to the brief press release, the two partners will talk about Panasonic’s next-generation automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries, which Subaru would use in its upcoming all-electric models…
Early in her pregnancy, Jaci Statton was in her kitchen when she felt like she was going to pass out and saw that her jeans had become soaked with blood. Doctors told her the pregnancy was not viable and that it could threaten her life if an abortion was not performed soon, she said. But…
