Electric Vehicles
Responding to strong demand for the car, Volvo Cars has decided that it will start building the new fully electric Volvo EX30 in its Ghent plant in Belgium from 2025, expanding production capacity for its celebrated small SUV. The EX30 was revealed earlier this year to almost universal acclaim and has already won several major…
CSIR PRIMA ET11 ELECTRIC TRACTOR India’s economy ranks sixth among the world’s top economies, with a significant portion of its population relying on agriculture as their primary source of livelihood. The agricultural sector contributes approximately 14% to the country’s overall GDP. “It is a source of food and fodder for all the people in the…
At the 2023 Tokyo auto show, Mazda unveiled the Iconic SP, a hybrid sports car concept that reimagines the automaker’s rotary-engine heritage for an electrified future. Mazda didn’t invent the Wankel rotary engine, but it did popularize it with rotary-powered sports cars, notably the RX-7. It hasn’t built such a car since the RX-8 ended…
Hyundai Motor UK has announced pricing and specification for the IONIQ 5 N, with the order books now open. Since IONIQ 5’s release in 2021, the model has enjoyed praise from industry and customers alike for its combination of style and practicality combined with the efficiency and high-speed charging ability of its 800V E-GMP architecture….
The all-new BYD SEAL and BYD DOLPHIN full-electric vehicles have been awarded five-star safety ratings by Euro NCAP, Europe’s leading independent safety assessment program. The D-segment sedan BYD SEAL performed to a very high standard throughout the whole safety test process, illustrating the vehicle’s exceptional active and passive safety credentials and the structural benefits of BYD…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unveiled its new Future Energy Lab, a £250 million state of the art electric vehicle test facility, as it prepares to launch nine pure electric luxury models by 2030. The new 323,000 sq. ft. facility at JLR’s Whitley Engineering Centre in Coventry will host more than £40 million of technological innovations…
Energy density is a big deal if you want to have the smallest possible battery pack and the longest driving range, at least when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs). This is also true for things like home energy storage solutions or mobile battery generators – the smaller the unit, the easier it is to…
Franco-Italian automotive giant Stellantis is partnering with French nuclear fuels company Orano to establish a joint venture for recycling end-of-life electric vehicle batteries and scrap from gigafactories in Enlarged Europe and North America, strengthening Stellantis’ position in the electric-vehicle battery value chain by securing additional access to cobalt, nickel, and lithium necessary for electrification and…
Tipped to preview a production sports car, possibly even the next MX-5, Mazda’s Iconic SP concept conjures fond memories of the fellow rotary-powered third-gen (FD) Mazda RX-7, and size-wise the show car is only a little shorter (-105mm) but wider (+90mm) and lower (-80mm). Revealed at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, the Iconic SP…
Subaru says it believes there will still be a place for fast small entertaining two-door coupes in its electric future as it pulled drapes off the Subaru Sport Mobility Concept at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show. Paying tribute to the early nineties Subaru SVX – designed by legendary Italian stylist, Giorgetto Giugiaro – the new…
