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…
Stellantis & Samsung SDI to build another cell factory in Indiana
Through the construction of a second battery factory, Stellantis & Samsung SDI are aiming to increase production capacities in the USA. The new factory in the state of Indiana is expected to start production in early 2027 with an annual capacity of 34 GWh. Read more…
Hyundai will probably build EVs for BAIC
Hyundai will produce electric cars for BAIC’s brand Arcfox in China in the future. According to a media report from South Korea, Hyundai and BAIC have agreed to build the EVs in a plant of their joint venture Beijing Hyundai in Beijing. Read more…
Kia EV5 range and pricing detailed, but a US launch is in doubt
The Kia EV5 was first announced in concept form last month. Today, Kia is releasing more details on the production version at its EV Day event in Korea. Nearly everything on paper about the car sounds great: a boxy, mid-sized electric SUV designed to comfortably seat five with 330 miles of range and attractive pricing. The EV5 will start around $35,000 for the basic FWD model and go up to $50,000 in the top-tier long range AWD trim. That pricing appears to be a global estimate from Kia’s CEO, according to InsideEVs, who attended the launch — so don’t take this as an indicator of US pricing. Unfortunately, Kia is signaling that the Inflation Reduction Act means the car may never come to the US at all (more on that later). More…
