Mercedes-Benz Cars reports 510,600 global car sales during the third quarter of 2023 (down almost four percent year-over-year). The total sales during the first nine months of the year improved by 1.7 percent year-over-year to 1,529,829 units. Meanwhile, sales of rechargeable cars continue to grow, reaching new records. In Q3 2023, the company sold 98,400…
Volkswagen on Friday confirmed plans for a new electric version of the Golf hatchback, to be built in Wolfsburg, Germany, starting later in the decade. A more specific timeline wasn’t given, but VW confirmed the Golf will be one of several EVs based on its next-generation dedicated EV platform, known as SSP. Announced in 2021,…
Jaguar jumps on with Tesla’s charge port and Supercharger access. Automakers are irked by Britain’s backtracking on EV policy. And don’t expect Tesla’s NACS to spread to China anytime soon. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that future Jaguar EVs will have the Tesla NACS port and allow…
Is Nissan planning its U.S. market future around hybrid trucks, electric ones, or both? And we get drive time in the very affordable and quick Volvo EX30, just as Volvo plans out its future around bidirectional charging in some of its other models. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2025 Volvo EX30…
Tesla announced today that the Giga Texas plant has just built its 20 millionth 4680-type cylindrical battery cell: “Just built our 20 millionth 4680 cell at Giga Texas!” It’s a very significant milestone, which also reveals the average production rate over the past four months, because on June 16, the company celebrated 10 million cells…
In a 2020 Pew Research survey, 52% of Americans said they had opted against using a product or service because they were worried about the amount of personal information it would collect about them. Cars are getting an “F” in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new…
Ola Restarted Bike-Taxi Service Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal announced this on the morning of September 16, saying that they are resuming the Ola bike-taxi service in Bengaluru. He said this on the micro-blogging platform ‘X’, which is mainly known as Twitter. He also said that this time it will be completely electric, as he…
Extreme fire weather conditions fueled by climate change contributed to the increased severity of eastern Canada’s wildfire season this spring, a new report from the World Weather Attribution revealed. The World Weather Attribution is an association of global climate scientists who analyze extreme weather events to determine whether or not climate change played a role…
SMIC had said it expected capital expenditure in 2023 to be roughly flat compared with 2022, which came in at about USD 6.35 billion. China’s SMIC on Friday shrugged off a more than 70% drop in net third-quarter profit, saying it expected Chinese semiconductor demand to stabilise soon, and increased its annual capital expenditure forecast…
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has established itself as a dominant player in the rapidly growing e-mobility industry. From its electric bicycles to its electric scooters, and even quirky vehicles like an electric go kart and monowheel, a lot of Xiaomi’s personal mobility devices are both fun, and in a way, practical to city dwellers. With…
