On October 25th, Toyota and Lexus will give successive press briefings as part of their participation in the Japan Mobility Show 2023. The Toyota press conference is scheduled for 8:45 JST and the Lexus one will begin at 10:00 JST. We expect to see the Land Cruiser Se which offers the high-torque driving performance unique…
Hyundai is the latest major automaker to announce a switch to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) on its vehicles starting in late 2024, giving owners access to Tesla’s massive charger network. Hyundai announced this morning that its new or refreshed electric vehicles in the United States will come exclusively with a NACS charging port beginning…
If there’s a theme that carries across plug-in hybrids of all kinds this year, it’s that batteries are getting bigger and electric-only driving range is getting longer. With Porsche’s latest versions of the Cayenne E-Hybrid plug-in hybrids, you can bet on both of those improvements, as well as the pursuit of better performance along the…
It is not easy to get a very accurate estimated range readout in any electric vehicle on the market today because so many factors need to be taken into consideration, some of which can be a bit more difficult to predict. Nevertheless, it’s important for automakers to offer accurate range prediction in their EVs if…
Almost three years after Chevrolet issued the first Bolt EV battery recall that later turned into multiple recalls and a massive, costly fiasco for GM and supplier LG Chem, the saga is still not over. General Motors has announced that it will pay $1,400 to owners of 2020-2022 Chevrolet Bolt EVs and Bolt EUVs who…
In August, plug-in electric car sales in Europe increased quite noticeably, reaching the highest market share so far this year. According to EV Volumes data, shared by Jose Pontes, in August, 270,356 new plug-in electric cars were registered in Europe, about 68 percent more than a year ago. That’s about 30 percent of the total…
Computer and communication equipment (C&C) segment consumes ~63% of chips produced, followed by automobiles ~13%, and consumer and industrial segments ~12%. New Delhi: The global shortage of semiconductors, or chips, which had hobbled automobile production and sales in India since 2020-21 is easing after improved supplies from better production schedules enabled by predictive demand forecast….
In August 2023, the EU car market expanded by 21%, reaching 787,626 registered units, marking the thirteenth consecutive month of growth. Despite August typically being a slower month for car sales, double-digit gains indicate that the EU market is rebounding from last year’s component shortages. There were double-digit percentage gains in most markets, including the…
A trailer carrying several Tesla Model Ys became engulfed in flames today at around 02:30 AM in Turkey (11:30 PM GMT), reported Turkish news agency IHA. The fire broke out in one of six Teslas and spread to all the cars that were being transported out of Istanbul. However, the root cause of the flames…
The company also signed an MoU with the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), a research institute in Mohali under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) which undertakes research and development in semiconductor technology. Continental Device India Private Limited (CDIL) became the nation’s first to manufacture silicon carbide devices with the establishment of their Surface Mount…
