The company’s IeV series is a modular and scalable platform, which has the capability to produce vehicles with payload ranging from 1.2-4.5 tonne. Chennai: Switch Mobility, the electric vehicle (EV) arm of Ashok Leyland, has invested INR 100 crore in the development of its newly- unveiled light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in the 2-3.5T intelligent electric…
Kia plans to use recycled plastic from a 55-ton haul recently reclaimed from the Pacific Ocean in its new EV models. The record-breaking amount of plastic reclaimed by Kia’s global partner, The Ocean Cleanup, marks the next phase in a seven-year global partnership agreed in April 2022 as part of Kia’s transformation into a leading…
The News The next giant Starship rocket from Elon Musk’s SpaceX is standing on the launching pad in South Texas. But the Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that the company must undertake “corrective actions” before it would issue a launch license for the second flight. A Number That Sums It Up: 63 corrective actions…
EV Industry India Copy Paste Manner Electric Vehicle (EV) industry India is rapidly expanding, with a projected annual growth rate of 44.5% between 2020 and 2025, according to a recent report by the research firm Research and Markets. The report also states that the country requires over 400,000 charging stations to meet the charging needs…
Across the street from a block of dense office buildings in western Paris, Bernard Sokler was surrounded by trees, weeds and crickets, as he tended to a bush of purple wildflowers in a largely forgotten strip of land. Mr. Sokler, 60, and his team look after the greenery around a set of disused train tracks…
Tesla has a knack for offering odd accessories. In 2018, Tesla launched a $1,500 surfboard with a limited production run of 200 units. The Texas-based automaker also released a $100 Giga Texas belt buckle and a $70 branding iron. These aren’t items you’d likely see on a Ford or Volkswagen website. That said, Audi offers…
Max Gomez, an award-winning medical and science journalist who delivered informed reports for more than 40 years on TV stations in New York and Philadelphia, most recently during the Covid-19 pandemic, died on Sept. 2 at his home in Manhattan. He was 72. His partner, Amy Levin, said the cause was head and neck cancer,…
Which states are doing the best in terms of providing the right number of public chargers—and the right type of public chargers—for the growing fleet of electric vehicles? The answer might not be as simple as one metric, suggests a study looking to assess the state of EV demand and infrastructure readiness. But it does…
Caring for a loved one who values their independence and prefers to live alone can be challenging. You may feel anxious about their well-being when you are not around and hope that their neighbors alert you if something goes wrong. There are steps to ensure that your loved one is safe, even when they are…
A 2016 study by McKinsey & Company estimates that by 2030, car data monetization could be an industry worth USD 750 billion. A new report by the Mozilla Foundation, the American non-profit organization which supports the ‘Mozilla’ free software community alleges that 25 leading car manufacturers are guilty of collecting and sharing deeply personal data,…
