Hyundai Motor Company today held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new electric vehicle plant at its complex in Ulsan, the heart of Korea’s automotive industry. The new EV-dedicated plant will lay the foundation for future growth in the era of electrification while building on the dream first established by Hyundai Motor’s Founding Chairman more than…
One of the most anticipated features of the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck is the rear-wheel-steering system that has been seen at work on US streets in several previous videos. A feature typically offered by larger high-end vehicles, rear-wheel steering (RWS) mainly helps maneuverability at low speeds, when the rear wheels turn in the opposite direction of…
It’s hard to fault somebody when they want to buy a Lexus. That is, of course, unless they want an electric Lexus. So far, their options are pretty sparse; the Lexus RZ isn’t exactly what we used to call a “Tesla-killer.” But I get the sense the folks at Toyota and Lexus are tired of…
UK-based Charge Cars has been working on its reengineered fully-electric classic Ford Mustang for a few years and it has been shown at several motoring venues in the UK, but now the company will be bringing it to the United States for the first time. It will be shown at the the Petersen Automotive Museum,…
The Tesla Model S Plaid’s Ludicrous mode might not be ludicrous enough for applied sciences students from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University. The students have broken the acceleration world record for electric vehicles in a single-seater open-cockpit car called “mythen”, and the Guinness World Record appears to have recognized the same. Part of a group…
It turned out that some manufacturers were importing ready-to-use parts, mainly from China, and thus had little control over the quality of their end products, leaving customers vulnerable to life-threatening incidents. When India decided to make a concerted push to green the world’s biggest two-wheeler market, a slew of electric scooter startups emerged almost overnight….
By Zan Dubin-Scott I’m standing on the sidewalk in the sun, proudly gazing at 70-plus vehicles lined up and ready to go for a history-making event–the world’s first electric vehicle parade–when my phone rings. A group of us early adopters had organized the procession, reaching out to every EV owner we knew within spitting distance…
BMW will make Chinese-market-specific EVs riding on the automaker’s Neue Klasse platform. Company CEO Oliver Zipse made the announcement at the World New Energy Vehicle Congress during the IAA show in Munich, Germany. “I cannot reveal too much today, but BMW Design Shanghai is already working on special designs and functions for China-specific models of the New…
The Automotive Mobility Center of Excellence (CoE) of Valtech in Pune will introduce expertise in shared mobility, connected vehicles, electrification, and data monetization. Valtech, a global business transformation agency, is expanding its operations to Pune by bringing in Valtech Mobility to provide mobility and automotive solutions. The Automotive Mobility Center of Excellence (CoE) of Valtech…
If you went into 2023 thinking this year would mark the permanent rise of electric vehicles along some perfect, up-and-to-the-right growth curve, a gloomy tide of recent news may have you wondered how and when, exactly, you ended up in the Twilight Zone. In just the past few weeks, General Motors had a disastrous Q3…
