Transportation
He said that with the success of US-based storage chip maker Micron’s investment in India, the entire world has become very comfortable about India’s capability. The country’s first electronic chip manufacturing plant is expected to be in place within a year, according to Union Telecom and IT Minister Aswhini Vaishnaw. The government has initially earmarked…
The drop in chip imports came amid increased export controls by the Joe Biden administration. China’s semiconductor imports dropped 14.6% (year-on-year) in the first nine months this year amid tightened US export controls, the media reported on Saturday. China imported 355.9 billion units of integrated circuits (ICs) from January to September, down from 416.7 billion…
In August, global sales of plug-in electric cars exceeded 1.2 million units, which was the third best result ever (almost a new record). According to EV-Volumes data, shared by Jose Pontes, 1,238,484 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally in August (45 percent more than a year ago). That’s about 18 percent of the…
During the third quarter of 2023, Porsche delivered 19,988 cars in the United States, which is 20.5 percent more than a year ago and the second-strongest quarterly result in the company’s history. The year-to-date result is 56,323 (up 15 percent year-over-year). Porsche’s all-electric car sales also improved (finally, after six consecutive quarters of year-over-year decline)….
In September, new passenger car registrations in Germany amounted to 224,502 – basically on par with the volume a year ago. During the first nine months of 2023, 2,138,066 new cars were registered (up 14.5 percent year-over-year). Meanwhile, the plug-in electric car segment experienced a significant decrease in new registrations last month due to the…
The BEST has completed the bidding for the 250 new single decker electric AC buses and the procurement will be within six months for which infrastructure for charging and parking are being planned, he added. The BEST is facing a new crisis — of not having adequate Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points for its new…
Apart from the shuttle, the centre is developing various automated vehicles, including aerial, multiterrain and vehicles plying on the ground, promising next generation sustainable and safe mobility solutions. The centre is working towards the country’s policy framework for autonomous vehicles and standard operating procedures for automated vehicles. The city will soon have a say in…
Two 49-kilogram female dummies, around 1.5-meters tall, wearing red t-shirts and white shoes escaped relatively unscathed after the electric vehicles they were driving collided head-on. Mercedes-Benz claims it was the world’s first crash test involving two pure EVs. The automaker wanted to go “above and beyond” the legal requirements to discover what happens when two…
Ford announced yesterday the temporary cancellation of a shift at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, citing supply chain constraints among other issues. The shift that is being cut will be rotated, the brand added. The cut will affect Ford F-150 Lightning production, and impact about 700 jobs, Reuters reported. The Detroit carmaker said the…
Despite the Tesla Cybertruck being heavily spied on and publicized, several of its details remain obscure. However, the enthusiast community continues to unearth relevant nuggets of information to pique our interests, and thanks to them we now have additional clues about the Cybertruck’s dimensions. A reservation holder walked straight up to a stationary Cybertruck that…
