Ford aims to release its more compact, affordable electric vehicles (EV) by 2026. The legacy automaker’s upcoming affordable EVs will be the spiritual successors of the Ford Fiesta, Focus, and Puma. Former Tesla engineer Alan Clarke oversees Ford’s Advanced EV Development projects. He and his team are working on a Read more
Tesla shareholders ratified Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO Performance Award at the 2024 Cyber Roundup, but the fight about the matter in Delaware Court is not over just yet. This was highlighted in a joinder filed by the legal team of a TSLA investor who decided to challenge the astronomical fee Read more
Elon Musk has found himself on the crosshairs of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, who recently dubbed the Tesla CEO as an “arch-enemy” of the country. Musk responded to the politician’s comments with a joke. Venezuela recently held its presidential election, and on Sunday, Maduro was declared the winner with about 51% Read more
Panasonic Energy aims to develop new nickel laterite processing technologies to recover Ni. The Japanese battery supplier partnered with CSIRO, an Australian national science agency, on the project. Panasonic Energy and CSIRO plan to lay the groundwork for the future utilization of Australian nickel laterite resources. Their goal is to Read more
China-made electric vehicles seized an 11% market share in Europe in June 2024, the month before the European Commission’s (EC) tariffs were imposed. According to Dataforce, SAIC Motor Corp led the pack with the MG4 hatchback. SAIC is one of the Chinese companies that received the highest rate under the Read more
Tesla has initiated a recall for 1.8 million vehicles over a fault that may cause a car to not detect an unlatched hood. The recall has been addressed by the electric vehicle maker through an over-the-air (OTA) software update. As per a Safety Recall Report from the National Highway Traffic Read more
Lime, the world’s largest shared electric vehicle company, has just unveiled its newest electric bikes and scooters. The new designs are known as the LimeGlider and LimeBike, and they were developed largely by taking in feedback from women and older riders to make the models more inclusive and easier to Read more
In what both companies claim to be a world’s first, Liebherr and Fortescue have announced plans to jointly develop a fully Autonomous Haulage Solution (AHS) for their massive, 264-ton BEV-converted electric haul trucks. more…
It was always going to be a formality, but Isuzu’s new medium duty electric truck has been awarded zero-emission certifications from both the California Air Resource Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Isuzu NRR-EV. With those in hand, the truck is now available for sale nationwide. Read more
The Secretary of Transportation says the U.S. “cannot outcompete China by ignoring the EV revolution.”