During its Kia EV day in Seoul, South Korea, the automaker announced a couple of concepts and actual production models along with future plans for boosting EV adoption worldwide. Among the new models is the Kia EV5 – a compact SUV tailored toward millennial families. The EV5 is based on the company’s E-GMP platform and adopts the same design language as its bigger sibling, the EV9. Kia kept the same “Opposites United” philosophy in making the EV5. For now, Kia is planning three trims for China and four for South Korea, although the latter may get more options by the time the EV5 is… More…
Kia’s EV3 Concept has a center console grown from… mushrooms
I won’t lie: We don’t know a lot about the Kia EV3 Concept from a technical perspective. Like, basically anything. We don’t have battery capacity, range, power output, or even dimensions. It’s a compact crossover based on the E-GMP platform that slots in roughly where the Kia Seltos does at the moment, which should give you a sense of what kind of size class we’re talking about here. Kia announced the EV3 Concept at its EV Day event in Korea. More…
The Kia EV4 Concept would look right at home in Cyberpunk 2077
There’s no denying that Kia is on a roll with its EV design language. The spaceship-sleek EV6 still turns heads, and the upcoming EV9 and EV5 SUVs feel like a breath of fresh, boxy air on the staid sport-utility formula. Now Kia has a new EV concept, the EV4 sedan – and it’s certainly unlike anything else on the road. More…
Kia to launch even cheaper EV2 electric car that could serve as Soul EV’s spiritual successor
After revealing a slate of new electric models at the brand’s EV Day in Korea, Kia is already planning its next-gen lineup. Kia will launch an EV2 electric car starting at around $30,000 that could serve as a worthy follow-up to the Soul EV.. More…
Tesla raises wages at Giga Berlin amid union push
Tesla has announced it is raising wages at Gigafactory Berlin amid a new unionization effort at the factory. More…
Ford, Hyundai Follow In Tesla’s Footsteps By Buying IDRA Giga Presses: Report
Ford, Hyundai, and a premium carmaker from Europe are all said to have bought Giga Presses from Tesla supplier IDRA Group. More…
Vauxhall launches new entry-level versions of the Astra and Mokka Electric
The carmaker is already taking orders for the new Astra Electric Design and Mokka Electric Design. The first units should be delivered to customers as early as January. Read more…
Audi reduces overflow production of the Q4 e-tron in Brussels
From the end of the year, the Q4 e-tron will be built by Audi itself at the Brussels plant in addition to the VW plant in Zwickau. But as demand is so low, that capacities in Zwickau are more than sufficient, Audi lowered production targets for Brussels even before the start – to the displeasure of the employees, who are now on strike. Read more…
Honda & Mitsubishi launch development initiative
Honda & Mitsubishi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore new e-mobility business sectors. Together, they will be looking to improve batteries, as well as charging functionalities. Read more…
BYD to deliver 300 e6 across India
The carmaker is working with EV ride-hailing and taxi company OHM E Logistics to deliver the electric cars nationwide. The first 50 vehicles will be commissioned in Hyderabad. Read more…
Arrival to make further cuts to workforce
The struggling electric van manufacturer Arrival has announced intentions to fire another 25 per cent of its workforce after it had already let 50 per cent of its employees go in January. The future does not currently bode well for Arrival Read more…
ChargePoint closes major investment round
The charging infrastructure operator ChargePoint comes to a new financing of 232 million US dollars. A few weeks ago, there were still rumours of dwindling liquidity in the company’s balance sheets. Read more…
Lexus concepts preview transformation “into a battery EV brand”
Lexus will unveil multiple concept cars at the 2023 Tokyo auto show which the automaker claims will preview a shift toward EVs. At the show, Lexus will “debut its next-generation battery electric vehicle concept model lineup, with the aim of transforming into a battery electric vehicle brand by 2035,” according to a press release from Lexus parent… More…
Spanish Brand BH Unveils iAerolight Lightweight Electric Road Bike
The iAerolight flaunts a carbon-fiber frame and weighs in at no more than 26 pounds. More…
US BEV Registrations Up 53% In August 2023 To Almost 100,000
Tesla’s growth was noticeably weaker than non-Tesla’s growth. More…
Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 Truck Unveiled With Massive LFP Battery
The all-new cab-forward truck’s three battery packs offer a total capacity of 621 kilowatt-hours. More…
Tesla Sells Wiferion Wireless Charging Startup But Keeps Its Engineers
Does this mean that work will continue on the teased wireless vehicle charging pad? More…
Toyota and Idemitsu join efforts on mass production of solid-state batteries
Toyota Motor and Idemitsu Kosan announced a partnership to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries. As electric cars gain more and more traction, the battery tech becomes a key development focus. Solid-state batteries are supposed to be the “next big thing” in the EV universe, with range, charging speed and eventually cost benefits over their liquid electrolyte counterparts. But can these two giants deliver on the promise? Toyota was late to the all-EV bandwagon. Still when the world’s largest automaker by sales volume announced earlier this year about a “technological breakthrough” in… More…
Stoke-on-Trent invests over £3 million in charging infrastructure
Stoke-on-Trent’s city council has secured over £3 million through the Department for Transport’s LEVI fund to install up to 500 electric vehicle charging points. Read more…
Galway City: DPD switches to electric deliveries only
All 18 delivery vehicles servicing the Irish city are now electric. On line-haul routes, DPD Ireland still uses Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil – in other words, biofuels. Read more…
