Fisker has built the 5,000th Ocean electric SUV at contract manufacturer Magna Steyr’s plant in Graz, Austria since initial production began in November 2022. This is a significant ramp up from the 3,123 customer vehicles that had been assembled at Magna’s factory as of the week of September 4, and it means that almost 2,000…
During his 2018 run for governor, Ron DeSantis not only pledged to protect Florida’s Everglades and waterways, he also acknowledged that humans played a role in exacerbating the climate change that threatened them. “I think that humans contribute to what goes on around us,” Mr. DeSantis told the editorial board of The Florida Times-Union, a…
A team of 11 scientists reported in March in the journal Nature that they had discovered a room-temperature superconductor. Eight of those scientists have now asked Nature to retract their paper. That pits them against the man who led the research: Ranga P. Dias, a professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the University of…
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…
General Motors will idle the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, from October through spring 2024. The company will halt production because of delays in the delivery of needed Ultium battery modules that power the BrightDrop Zevo 600 and Zevo 410 electric vans produced at the plant, the automaker said. “CAMI Assembly will take downtime…
Wall Street analysts from Swiss investment bank UBS recently got up close and personal with a BYD Seal electric sedan to see how it compares to the segment’s leader, the Tesla Model 3. Analysts at UBS tore down a BYD Seal – here’s something you probably didn’t know Wall Street analysts do – and said…
Toyota on Thursday provided an update on its battery development plans, including a more detailed roadmap for the rollout of solid-state batteries. The automaker has five next-generation battery designs, including both liquid and solid electrolytes. Toyota expects the solid-state batteries, which the company has been researching with Panasonic, to be “ready for commercial use” by…
On the heels of an exceptionally fiery and smoky summer, two new reports released Wednesday confirmed what many Americans have been already seeing and breathing. Smoke from increasingly frequent and increasingly large fires has started to undo decades of hard-won gains in air quality, and the problem is expected to only get worse, not just…
A truck sits as California truck drivers, union leaders, and lawmakers rallied outside the state Capitol in Sacramento, California. They are demanding that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sign a bill that would require self-driving semi-trucks to have a human present as they are tested on public roads for their safety. California lawmakers, union leaders and…
The ‘Dream Drive’ represents our renewed pledge to further shape the future of the CV Industry to support India’s economic development for years to come”. New Delhi: As part of its 75th anniversary festivities, Ashok Leyland, a prominent commercial vehicle manufacturer, launched the ‘Dream Drive‘ from Bengaluru. The trip, which began Sunday, is a journey…
