Porsche plans EV battery cells factory in southern Germany
Volkswagen’s luxury sports car unit Porsche AG is speeding up its e-mobility drive with plans for a German factory to manufacture…
Tesla drives on Autopilot through a regulatory grey zone
The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new light on the…
Nissan announced today that cumulative sales
Nissan will be showcasing a range of its latest technological offerings in the areas of performance and fuel efficiency at…
New Jazz and Jazz Crosstar models…
Honda’s new hybrid-only Jazz and Jazz Crosstar models and the Forza 750 scooter have been awarded highly coveted Red Dot…
2024 GMC Hummer Ev Suv…
GMC’s electric supertruck lineup expands with the addition of the 2024 HUMMER EV SUV — and it is loaded with…
Daimler Mobility AG and BMW Group significantly
bp agreed to join BMW Group and Daimler Mobility AG in their drive to extend and significantly improve electrification, making…
Multi-year contract worth around 285M euros…
The BMW Group will be accelerating its expansion of e-mobility in the coming years. By 2030, at least half the…
The new Maserati super sports car…
Maserati enters the new Era with MC20, the new super sports car that combines performance, sportiness and luxury in the…
Europeans can now pre-order EV6…
The all-new Kia EV6 is now available for pre-reservation in Europe. Buyers looking for a long-range, 800V ultra-fast charging electric…
All-Electric Bolt EUV is first Chevy…
Chevrolet expanded its electric vehicle portfolio with the introduction of the new, all-electric 2022 Bolt EUV, alongside the redesigned 2022…
Bentley Mulliner creates one-off…
Inspired by the Chinese colour of purity, Bentley Mulliner has created an elegant one-off Bentayga Hybrid specifically commissioned for a…
MINI Sharing makes it easier than ever
The traditional British brand MINI is once again setting standards in shared mobility. With MINI Sharing and the associated new…
The EQS is the stand-alone…
The EQS is the stand-alone, all-electric member of the new S-Class range and will be launched in Europe in August.…
Ford to increase battery pack assembly…
Ford today announced it is continuing to invest in an electrified future for its Valencia, Spain, operations with the new…
High-voltage: Experts test and service…
Opel customers have had the choice of driving electrically or combustion engine powered cars for ten years. The first was…
The CUPRA Tavascan will join the brand’s…
SEAT S.A. announced today that it will launch an urban electric vehicle on the market in 2025. With this car, the…
GM builds pickups without certain modules due to global chip shortage, hurting fuel economy
General Motors Co said on Monday that due to the global semiconductor chip shortage the U.S. automaker is building certain…
Volkswagen takes aim at Tesla with own European gigafactories
Volkswagen plans to build half a dozen battery cell plants in Europe and expand infrastructure for charging electric vehicles globally,…
Tesla’s Musk has new title, ‘Technoking’, unveils NFT-themed song
Tesla Inc added “Technoking of Tesla” to billionaire Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s list of official titles on Monday, in…
U.S. safety agency probes ‘violent’ Tesla crash in Detroit
The U.S. auto safety agency said on Monday it is investigating a crash in Detroit on Thursday involving a Tesla…
Kia unveils design EV platform…
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, on Monday revealed the design of the EV6, its first dedicated all-electric model built…
LG, Luxoft launch joint venture for automotive solutions
LG Electronics Inc. said Friday its joint venture with Swiss-based software firm Luxoft has been launched as the South Korean…
Outgoing CEO says Panasonic must cut Tesla reliance as battery tie-up evolves: FT
Panasonic Corp’s outgoing Chief Executive Kazuhiro Tsuga said the company will need to reduce its heavy reliance on Tesla Inc…
CUPRA Leon e-HYBRID now available…
The CUPRA Leon is a key pillar of the standalone brand and is leading the charge as CUPRA shifts to…
Tesla reliance as battery tie-up…
Panasonic Corp’s outgoing Chief Executive Kazuhiro Tsuga said the company will need to reduce its heavy reliance on Tesla Inc…
The result with the all-electric Mustang
To step inside the Ford Mustang Mach-E is to experience an interior unlike any Ford vehicle that came before it. 1 The…
Cadillac’s electric future is illuminated
Cadillac’s electric future is illuminated with a “slice” of nostalgia from Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands” universe, in a new commercial…
Rapid charging less than 45 minutes…
Jaguar’s all-electric I-PACE will promise both rapid charging and rapid performance when it goes on sale on 1 March.…
Outlander PHEV has a total range…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is growing its fleet of Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Commercial vehicles as…
All-electric Mustang Mach-E highlights…
Have you ever seen a car beat gravity and accelerate from a standstill past a falling chandelier, differentiate between identical…
Efficient crossover ranked highest…
The Kia e-Niro has been ranked number one among mass-market brands in the J.D. Power 2021 Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX)…
Ioniq 5 can support 400-V and 800-V charging…
Hyundai Motor unveiled the all-electric midsized sport utility vehicle Ioniq 5 on Tuesday. It is the first model to use…
Vehicles with electric drive will be incorporated…
“Now & Next” is the theme under which Mercedes-Benz Trucks is presenting its new products at the Wörth plant and…
The E-R9 was developed by the engineering
Lotus has unveiled the E-R9, a dramatic new design study for a next-generation pure electric endurance racer that could be…
Ready for full electric e-RIFTER…
The PEUGEOT brand is continuing its global electrification push for its range of passenger vehicles. Joining forces with mobility for…
All-Electric Bolt EUV is first Chevy…
Today, Chevrolet expanded its electric vehicle portfolio with the introduction of the new, all-electric 2022 Bolt EUV, alongside the redesigned…
All-electric and internal combustion engine…
Nissan today confirmed plans for its next generation of small vans for customers in Europe. Leveraging further the strength and…
Tesla posts record quarterly revenue of over $10B
Tesla Inc posted record quarterly revenue of more than $10 billion for the first time in history in the October-December…
South Korea probes adequacy of Hyundai’s Kona EV recall after new fire: ministry official
A Hyundai Motor Kona electric vehicle caught fire last week in the first-ever known case of a recalled Kona catching…
Second European battery cell alliance includes BMW, Tesla – Altmaier
The European Commission gave the green light on Tuesday for supporting a second battery cell alliance of 42 companies from…
Hyundai teases 1st own EV platform-based IONIQ 5
Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday released a teaser for the IONIQ 5, the first all-electric model with its own EV…
Sales of eco-friendly cars jump 54 pct in 2020
South Korea’s environment-friendly vehicle sales jumped 54 percent to exceed 200,000 units in 2020 from a year earlier on subsidies…
LG ‘well positioned’ to become auto solutions leader with Magna JV deal: CEO
LG Electronics Inc. is “well positioned” to become one of the industry’s leaders in the area of electric and connected…
New Fiat 500 named Car of the Year by DrivingElectric
The New Fiat 500 has taken its first award win in the UK, being crowned Car of the Year and…
Major Mercedes-EQ Model offensive:
Major Mercedes-EQ Model offensive: Mercedes-Benz Production network goes electric: Six new Mercedes-EQ launches by 2022 Mercedes-Benz is targeting leadership in…
1st Turkish car’s battery to be made indigenously : CEO
The first Turkish car’s batteries will be produced domestically, the CEO of Turkey’s Automobile Initiative Group (TOGG) said on Saturday.…
Endurance test at the North Cape: The BMW iX undergoes final winter testing
A year prior to market launch, the series development process for the BMW iX is forging ahead as scheduled. Following…
Plug-in hybrid vehicles have an important role to play for electrification of personal transport
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are those which can run on both electricity and fossil fuels. But how environmentally friendly…
Sensible 4’s self-driving vehicle software is tested in Finnish Lapland
The rapidly growing and internationalising Finnish company specialising in self-driving software, Sensible 4, uses an autonomous test vehicle to collect…
LG and Magna announce billion dollar joint venture in electric car gear
South Korea-based LG Electronics Inc and automotive supplier Magna International Inc are launching a joint venture that will make key…
Elon Musk says had once reached out to Apple for acquiring Tesla
Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he reached out to Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook “during…
BMW unveils electric SUV to challenge Tesla, plans U.S. launch in early 2022
German luxury automaker BMW AG unveiled on Wednesday an electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) called the BMW iX, planned to go…
Electric cars to triple market share in Europe amid COVID-19, researchers say
Electric vehicles made up 8% of car sales in Europe in the first half of 2020, putting them on track…
Sporty and Humorous: New TV Commercial for Opel Grandland X Hybrid
Key message: The Opel Grandland X is the confident and convincing choice No compromises: The perfect combination of efficiency and…
Locally emission-free, efficient and fit for daily driving: Audi’s formula for plug-in hybrids
A conventional internal combustion engine or a fully electric powertrain? There is a third answer to this fundamental question of…
Opel Continues Electrification Push: Electric Movano to Debut in 2021
Entire light commercial vehicle portfolio to be electrified by end of next year Nine electrified vehicles in the most important…
NEW CITROËN Ë-JUMPER : A PAYLOAD UP TO 17 M³ IN 100% ËLECTRIC MODE
Citroën is continuing its 2020 electric offensive with New ë-Jumper – 100% ëlectric. This compact van is the 3rd electrified…
AMI – 100% ËLECTRIC PRESENTS 20 NEW DESIGNS TO ILLUSTRATE 20 DISTRICTS OF PARIS
Since the opening of orders 100% online on its site store.citroen.fr/ami., Ami – 100% ëlectric has already won over more…
As Bronco Turns 55 Years Old, Ford Celebrates with All−New Bronco Adventure Concepts, First Off−Roadeo Location and Baja Race Plans
HOLLY, Mich., Aug. 2020 – In honor of Bronco’s 55th birthday, Ford celebrates the unprecedented response to the all-new Bronco and…
Electric cars on the Olympic mountain…
28 years ago, in the middle of August 1992, an electric car drove ahead of the Marathon event at the…
Toyota plans new $1.2 billion EV plant in Tianjin with FAW: document
BEIJING/TOKYO- Japanese automaker Toyota plans to build a new electric vehicle plant in the Chinese city of Tianjin with its…
Tesla market cap surges past Volkswagen to $100 billion….
Elon Musk has steered his electric carmaker into new territory as the company, for the first time, is valued at…
Daimler doubles down on austerity as electric era beckons….
Daimler’s new CEO has promised the luxury German carmaker “will change radically” after a 64% slump in net profit. The…
Race car inspired: Energy optimisation at the heart of knowledge sharing
Groupe Renault is a pioneer and expert in electric mobility – the cornerstone of the Group’s current and future commitment…
The Electric Alternative to an IC Forklift…
The new EPXi series CLARK electric forklift is a quiet non-polluting operation alternative to internal combustion engine trucks. The robust…
Volkswagen passes the mark of 250,000…
In mid-December at the Autostadt, the Volkswagen brand delivered the 250,000th electric car since the introduction of the e-up! in…
Fun to drive since 1982…
Rüsselsheim. Fun, electrifying and fast: that’s the Opel mood in 2019 and going into next year! From the launch of…
The CUPRA Leon Competición is the first touring race car
CUPRA is once again innovating in the motorsport world with the first-ever pre-booking platform for a touring racing car. As…
Model and electric offensive in 2020: 34 new models in total…
Wolfsburg – The Volkswagen brand will be launching 34 new models worldwide next year, including twelve SUVs and eight electric…
Rivian R1s Suv and R1t Pick-up Truck…
Both of these vehicles are all-electric and they come from Rivian, a startup car maker based in the US. Offering…
Jaguar is giving I-PACE customers an early Christmas present…
Engineers have applied advanced technical insights from the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY race series to optimise the management of battery, thermal…
Volvo Cars refinances SEK5 billion of existing preference…
Volvo Cars has issued SEK5 billion worth of convertible preference shares to a group of Swedish institutional investors, comprising Swedish…
Volvo Trucks presents heavy-duty electric concept trucks for construction operations
How can the environmental and climate impact of heavy goods traffic be reduced while the demand for transport continues to…
First Sight: GAC’s record breaking ENO.146…
GAC has unveiled the ENO.146 concept, with the lowest drag coefficient of any four-door sedan at 0.146Cd. Car Design News…
All Vauxhall models will be electrified by 2024…
Luton – Vauxhall’s all-new Corsa has won the prestigious AUTOBEST “Best Buy Car of Europe 2020”. The fifth generation Corsa,…
Opel Completes Installation of 350 Charging Points…
Rüsselsheim. One year after announcing “Electric City”, Opel has reached an important milestones of the project: The carmaker has completed…
Changes to the all-electric model will improve battery performance…
Engineers have applied advanced technical insights from the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY race series to optimise the management of battery, thermal…
Holistic energy concept based on geothermics…
Sustainable concepts for future sales: Recently, the company has been showing that economy and ecology do not contradict each other…
New Grandland X Hybrid now available in front-wheel drive…
Luton – Available to order now and priced from £32,390 on-the-road, Vauxhall is continuing its electric offensive with the new front-wheel…
Harley-Davidson LiveWire™…
IN BRIEF The 2020 LiveWire™ model is an exhilarating motorcycle that pushes the boundaries of performance, technology and design in…
Energy regenerated through driving the Nissan LEAF for 18,000 km…
PARIS, France – Nissan will be dashing through the snow this Christmas with a bright festive Nissan LEAF powered by its…
The latest BMW plug-in hybrid line-up…
The first electrified X3: The BMW X3 xDrive30e • Combining efficiency and performance: The all-new BMW 330e Saloon • The…
New research from Hyundai reveals there are a staggering 36,750 different…
Hyundai today releases new research that shows there are 36,750 different ways to drive, with even the type of car…
Starts local battery production in Bangkok…
Bangkok. The global battery production network within the Mercedes-Benz Cars production network has put the third production facility into operation:…
Audi Transformation Plan has freed up more than €4 billion since it was started
AUDI AG has planned a total amount of approximately €37 billion for research and development expenditure and investment in property,…
New ideas for the future…
Stuttgart/Paris. Daimler was the first manufacturer to put a fleet of 200 smart vehicles on the road for location-independent carsharing…
Electric vehicle depot new-build
Reutlingen / Stuttgart – To the sound of great applause, four purely electrically powered Mercedes-Benz urban buses were handed over to…
Performance Electric Cars Presented By Automobili Pininfarina, Bosch and BENTELER
At a press conference ahead of the Frankfurt International Auto Show, Michael Perschke, CEO of Automobili Pininfarina, along with Johannes-Jörg…
World’s first all-electric British hypercar makes its China…
Lotus confirms today that the Evija has entered its initial build phase in the UK, as the hypercar’s global tour…
The first EV from Lexus embodies the refined driving performance
LEXUS will introduce its first battery electric vehicle (BEV), the UX 300e, at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, which will…
Outcomes would include cheaper energy…
An action plan to unlock the potential of electric vehicles and battery technology and enable Europe to meet its goal…
Jaguar’s Driver Condition Monitor technology reacts to the tell-tale signs
As part of a wider vision to enrich and improve the lives of its drivers and passengers, Jaguar has developed…
Kia Soul EV claims ‘Green Car Award’…
Kia has won two 2019 Women’s World Car of the Year awards – the Kia XCeed won the ‘Urban Car…
BP Chargemaster public charging points…
Public charging points operated in the UK by BP Chargemaster are now regularly supplying more than 60 MWh (60,000 kWh)…
We’ve never seen a Ford Mustang like this before
T MAY have adopted the name of America’s classic muscle car but the Ford Mustang Mach-E ushers in a whole…
Accelerated ‘Electric Vision’ strategy will see all Honda’s European
Honda is further accelerating its electrification plans for Europe by moving forward its goal for all of its European mainstream…
Mii electric is the ideal vehicle for the city, mixing dynamic performance…
The market for electrified vehicles is growing at pace as consumers see the benefits of moving away from traditional fuels…
A fully charged victory as Nissan LEAF…
The Nissan LEAF e+ has been named overall ‘Product of the Year’ as well as ‘Best Car’ at the EE…