One argument that gets thrown around online regarding electric vehicles is that their high-voltage batteries – the thing that provides energy to the electric motors – will be more or less deadweight in about a decade, making them unworthy rivals to gas-powered cars. While this may have been true before the turn of the millennium,…
Electric wagons are sadly still few and far between in 2023, but Volkswagen is about to address this long-roof EV penury with this – the ID.7 Tourer. Our colleagues at Motor1.com Italy got up close with Wolfsburg’s first estate without a combustion engine in Marseille, France ahead of the official release, hence why it’s still…
With cities introducing clean city zones and companies stepping up their sustainability ambitions, zero emission trucks that can meet all needs for city transports and logistics are more relevant than ever before. To meet these demands, Volvo Trucks presents its updated electric medium duty trucks – the Volvo FL and FE. The Volvo FL and…
LGES, which supplies Tesla, General Motors and other automakers, said revenue growth in 2024 would not be as high as the mid-30% rate forecast for this year. South Korean battery firm LG Energy Solution (LGES) warned on Wednesday of slowing revenue growth in 2024 due to global economic uncertainties affecting the outlook for electric vehicle…
Honda also showcased its SUSTAINA-C Concept, a car made of acrylic resin that is recycled and reused. Japanese auto major Honda Motor Company is betting big on new technologies such as autonomous driving and generative AI as it seeks to enable people to transcend various constraints such as time and place while providing holistic mobility…
Polestar has officially started series production of its second all-electric model, the Polestar 4, at the Hangzhou Bay factory in China operated by Geely Holding. And the electric performance brand has big plans for this crossover to become its mainstream mega-hit. The first customer deliveries in China are expected before the end of 2023. The…
Eicher Pro 2055 EV will be built on Eicher’s established electric vehicle technology already in use in intra-city bus applications. It has a deck length of 12ft and will come equipped with two fully built container solutions. New Delhi: Eicher Trucks and Buses, a business division of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, announced a strengthening of…
Swedish battery start-up Northvolt announced that it will establish a fully integrated lithium-ion battery gigafactory in Canada. The first North American factory – named Northvolt Six – will be located in McMasterville and Saint-Basile-le-Grand just outside the city of Montréal, in the Canadian province of Quebec. According to Northvolt, the plant will host 60 gigawatt-hours…
Bollore’s Blue Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) and its subsidiary, SolidEdge Solution, to jointly develop a solid-state battery ecosystem for the electric two-wheeler market. Blue Solutions is a Bolloré Group entity and global industrial-scale designer and manufacturer of solid-state batteries, which have been marketed since 2011. The company has signed a memorandum…
Observers following Wednesday’s announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry were left dumbfounded — and not just by quantum dots, the subject of the laureates’ research. What stumped them was how at least two Swedish news outlets had managed to report the names and achievements of the laureates hours before the official announcement. The…
