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Northvolt will invest USD 3.2 billion of the total with the local and federal government each contributing USD 1 billion, Northvolt Co-Founder Paolo Cerruti told Reuters. Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt said on Thursday it would open a USD 5.2 billion gigafactory in Quebec, the largest ever investment in the Canadian province and the latest…
For a company that’s been building hybrid cars since the late 1990s, Honda has been a bit slow to adopt full electrification in its march toward environmentally conscious automobiles. But the automaker’s first serious effort at an EV will arrive next year in the form of the 2024 Honda Prologue, a Passport-sized crossover with a…
Tesla should finally start delivering the Cybertruck to customers soon, almost four years after its unveiling as a show car in November 2019. The start of customer deliveries will no doubt be a pivotal moment both for Tesla and the electric pickup truck market, and it will be interesting to see how the Cybertruck will…
New Zealand is the latest market where Tesla launched its Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program, which allows for the recharging of other electric vehicles at Superchargers. According to the company, six Supercharging sites are now available for all EVs (compatible with the locally used CCS2 charging connector, natively used also by Tesla). That’s about a third…
The electric bicycle scene is full of new players that are all about elevating users’ riding experience both in and out of the city. The name of the game is all about keeping things lightweight and compact, while at the same time providing practicality and a decent amount of cargo. Indeed, you can consider these…
As the United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis continues in its second week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk went to his preferred way of communicating with the outside world – X (formerly Twitter) – to voice his opinion on the union workers’ demands. In a reply to another user who said that…
Jeep announced that its newly launched Avenger model, which is the European Car of the Year 2023, noted a cumulative number of over 40,000 orders. The company appears to be happy with the outcome, especially since over 40 percent of the Jeep Avenger orders happen to be all-electric versions (the majority of the orders are…
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…
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…
