Transportation
As the UAW strikes keep disrupting automobile production at several Detroit Three plants in the US, it’s business as usual for Tesla at its non-unionized Fremont Factory and Gigafactory Texas. But the same cannot be said about Tesla’s manufacturing operations at the Giga Berlin plant in Germany that builds the Model Y. A rising number…
Kia has released full pricing for the 2024 EV9 three-row electric SUV that’s expected to start US deliveries in late 2023. Last month, Kia announced that the base EV9 Light rear-wheel-drive model would start at $56,395 (including $1,495 shipping), and the company later said that reservations would open on October 16 for four of five…
Bus drivers often do not get the full vision of what’s behind their vehicles or in their blindspots. ‘Indirect vision’ devices or more simply, camera systems and digital monitors that help mitigate this problem. According to a fresh draft proposal, the Road Transport Ministry has submitted their intention to add two new mandates, to improve…
Before selling a single all-electric vehicle based on the new Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture, German sports car maker Porsche partnered with Austrian luxury shipyard Frauscher to transplant the electric powertrain of the upcoming Macan EV crossover into a sports boat named the 850 Fantom Air. Teased back in June, the first production boat set…
“I think nickel will be the first step in that battery metals space for us, not the last,” said David Greely, chief economist for the exchange. A new Singapore-based commodities exchange, preparing to roll-out a futures contract for nickel used in electric vehicles (EVs), also aims to add contracts for other metals used in EV…
Nissan has revealed its second electric vehicle concept in preparation for the Japan Mobility Show 2023, and this time it’s all about outdoor enthusiasts. Dubbed the Hyper Adventure Concept, the zero-emissions show car comes after the Hyper Urban Concept and features a pair of traditional front doors as well as a pair of butterfly rear…
Scania’s electrification journey started with field tests of hybrid electric buses in 2007. New Delhi: The new Scania battery-electric bus platform, one part of the company’s complete e-mobility solutions covering vehicles, services, and systems is making its debut at Busworld, Europe. With the introduction of low-entry 4×2 buses, the sustainably sourced and built batteries offer…
China’s state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) has launched a new Rimac Nevera-rivalling electric car under its Hyper sub-brand. Deliveries of the 2023 GAC Aion Hyper SSR have started, and it’s available in three variants. Creatively, SSR stands for Super, Sports, and Race. The Hyper SSR appears like an amalgamation of the second-generation Honda NSX and…
Less than a week after starting production of the Air Sapphire at its plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, Lucid Motors has kicked off customer deliveries of the 1,234-horsepower high-performance luxury EV. The EV startup held a media event this weekend at Sonoma Raceway in California to celebrate the first Lucid Air Sapphire customer deliveries. Members…
In September, new passenger car registrations in the United Kingdom increased by 21 percent year-over-year to 272,610. After nine months of 2023, the total number of new registrations amounted to 1,451,908 (up 20 percent year-over-year). The plug-in electric car segment also expanded, but only slightly faster than the general market. The Society of Motor Manufacturers…
