General Motors and Honda Motor will no longer work together to develop affordable electric vehicles (EVs), scrapping a plan that was announced a little over a year ago, the Japanese automaker said today, according to Reuters. The two companies have an agreement for the Ultium-based Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX SUVs, but last year’s collaboration…
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ordered Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving taxi business, to remove all of its robotaxis from state roads effective immediately, according to Reuters. The DMV said that the GM-backed company had misrepresented the technology’s safety and suspended Cruise’s autonomous vehicle (AV) deployment and driverless testing permit, forcing it to use…
The progressing expansion of the electric vehicle market and huge expectations about future growth have prompted massive EV-related investments in the U.S. Aside from new EV factories and a small tsunami of EV battery factories, there is also a significant wave of new EV charging equipment factories coming right now, an analysis of Department of Energy…
Millions of years ago, a simian ancestor of humanity decided to climb a tree. It may have been looking for a meal, escaping a predator or seeking a shady place to rest. Later, like anyone who has ascended high into a forest’s canopy, our relative discovered that getting down in one piece is less simple…
Honda will serve as lead foundational partner for the project and has committed USD 15 million for the research and development center. The project was also endorsed by the State of Ohio and JobsOhio. New Delhi: The Ohio State University was joined by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, congressional leaders, Honda, Schaeffler Americas and JobsOhio…
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…
A battle between Detroit carmakers and the United Auto Workers union, which escalated on Friday with targeted strikes in three locations, is unfolding amid a once-in-a-century technological upheaval that poses huge risks for both the companies and the union. The strike has come as the traditional automakers invest billions to develop electric vehicles while still…
The investment is an integral part of Tata Group’s commitment to electric mobility and renewable energy storage solutions and establishes a competitive green tech ecosystem in the UK at scale, the company said. New Delhi: Tata Sons Wednesday announced plans to establish a global battery cell gigafactory in the UK with a capacity to produce…
Tesla dodged a strike in Sweden on October 27 at its service centers after employees refused a walkout proposed by local trade union IF Metall. IF Metall had announced a strike initiated by its members at Tesla Service centers across Sweden, citing the carmaker’s refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement as the reason behind…
Entomologists in Thailand have been stunned by an electrifying new species of tarantula found in the southern part of the country. The spider, known as the Chilobrachys natanicharum, has a “blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks,” researchers from the Entomology Museum at Khon Kaen University and the Natural History Museum of the National Science…
