Magna is expanding into the micro-mobility market by investing $77 million in Yulu, India’s largest electrified scooter-sharing provider, and creating a battery-swapping service joint venture. Yulu is known for its shareable, low-speed, electric two-wheelers, which the company says it ...
France’s Bolloré Group has appointed former ZF and Valeo manager Richard Bouveret as the new CEO of its battery and electric bus businesses. He has headed the Group’s eMobility activities, which include the Blue Solutions, Blue Storage and BlueBus ...
The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng has now published the key data on the powertrains of its new flagship electric SUV G9, which is also designed for international markets. In China, the model will be offered for 309,900 to ...
The all-electric successor to the Volvo XC90 will be called the EX90 and will be unveiled on November 9. Volvo Cars has now officially announced this. However, the Swedish company has not provided any details on the drive system, ...
For the first time, BMW will use plastic trim parts in the electric models of the ‘New Class’ from 2025 onwards, the raw material for which consists of around 30 per cent recycled fishing nets and ropes. The residual ...
Fresh off recent legislative victories, President Joe Biden touted an electric auto future Wednesday as the new-generation models shared the stage with gasoline at a revived Detroit Auto Show. “The great American Road Trip is going to be fully ...
Jaguar Land Rover has started converting its Halewood plant, as reported by Electrek. The move will support the company as it transitions to Electric Vehicles (EVs). (Photo : Jacob King – Pool/Getty Images)SOLIHULL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 23: Liz Truss during ...
If you feel like the number of electric vehicles (EVs) has exploded in the past year, you’re right. Today there are more choices than ever, and with battery range and vehicle prices on par with gasoline power vehicles, EVs make ...
At the IAA Transportation, the US battery manufacturer Microvast presented new battery packs for its 48 Ah and 53.5 Ah cells for use in electric commercial vehicles. There is also initial information on the next generation of the battery ...
US electric car start-up Mullen continues on the path of acquisitions. After taking the majority stake in Bollinger Motors this summer, the company is now looking into taking over Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS). ELMS had filed for bankruptcy ...
ElectricBrands has unveiled three prototypes in different vehicle categories at IAA Transportation. The German EV maker officially declared these “world premieres”, however, one concept is already known, and the other two are new. Take the XBus S, a study ...
Stellantis has announced investments in the Mirafiori plant in Turin to produce, among other things, gearboxes for electrified vehicles in the future. The plant will complement the existing transmission production in France. Stellantis and its joint venture partner Punch ...
The Climate Group introduces its new EV100+ initiative. Five mighty founding members, Ikea, Unilever, JSW Steel, Maersk and DPD, commit to zero-emission fleets – this time, however, the pledge will weigh heavier than earlier promises. EV100+ is the pledge ...
Fisker has appointed Spanish charging infrastructure manufacturer Wallbox Chargers as a global partner to provide home charging for Fisker electric cars. Home chargers and installation services from Wallbox will be available in the US, Canada and Europe via the ...
Vianode has announced that it will invest around two billion Norwegian kroner (the equivalent of around 195 million euros) in a factory for electric car battery materials in Norway. Graphite-based anode materials will be produced there. The battery materials ...
The materials technology and recycling group Umicore has opened its first European plant for the production of cathode materials for electric car batteries in Nysa, Poland. In the following years, the plant is to be expanded to up to ...
Engie has won several charging infrastructure contracts in Belgium and France. The tenders amounting to thousands of installations of AC and faster DC charge points with ultra-rapid charge hubs along motorways also being in the mix. The latest contract ...
Mercedes-Benz Trucks presented a range of new applications for the battery-electric eActros for heavy-duty distribution transport at the IAA Transportation in Hanover. An eActros as a semitrailer tractor was included as well as with an electric auxiliary drive solution, ...
The Turkish bus manufacturer Karsan presented its first hydrogen model at the IAA Transportation. The e-ATA Hydrogen is a 12-metre bus for up to 95 passengers (40 seats) and a range of over 500 kilometres. In the e-ATA Hydrogen, ...
Volvo Cars has stopped selling mild hybrids in Denmark and now only offers electric cars and plug-in hybrids there. Denmark is the second country after Norway where Volvo Cars exclusively sells its BEV and PHEV models marketed under the ...
Car rental company Hertz has placed its next major order for electric vehicles: Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors by 2027. The first vehicles are to join the Hertz fleet in 2023, however ...
Mercedes plug-in hybrids currently come without Mode 2 charging cables, which enable charging at household sockets. “There is currently a worldwide supply shortage of certain semiconductor components,” Mercedes confirmed. Mercedes could not say when customers would get their cables. ...
We could be in danger of relying too much on battery cells to power electric cars (BEVs). With the energy crisis worsening, maybe we should be paying more attention to, or speeding up, other sources. Some experts say the current ...
(Photo : Pixabay/geralt) Electric Vehicles Part of the Solution to Problems of Electricity in California and Not the Problem, Experts Claim California experienced one of its worst heat waves last week as San Jose, Sacramento, and Redwood City recorded ...
Tata Tiago EV: 5 key features of upcoming electric vehicle Tata Tiago EV: Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited is preparing to unveil a new electric Tata Tiago EV in the Indian market. The EV version of the existing vehicle ...
Rental car company Hertz Global Holdings plans to order up to 175,000 General Motors electric vehicles over the next five years, the latest move by the rental car firm to add zero-emission models. jQuery(function(){ if (typeof jwplayer_load == typeof indefined) ...
In the coming five years, Hertz will be adding some 175,000 General Motors EVs—everything from Chevrolet Bolt EV crossovers to BrightDrop commercial trucks—to its rental fleets in a program that starts in early 2023 and runs through 2027. The ...
Rental car giant Hertz expects to begin taking deliveries of Chevy Bolt EVs, Bolt EUVs in first quarter of 2023
Photograph: Mark Baker/AP Labor faces a roadblock when it comes to delivering an election promise on electric vehicles with the Greens and independent senator David Pocock raising concerns about hybrid cars being included in the government’s legislation. The Albanese ...
Hertz announced that it would purchase 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors over the next five years across the Detroit-automotive company’s various brands. Hertz said it would utilize a new partnership with GM to expand its EV rental fleet, ...
Xos, Inc., a leading technology company that provides fleet services, software solutions, and manufactures Class 5 through Class 8 battery-electric commercial vehicles, today announced a partnership with delivery solutions provider ShipX to accelerate the adoption of battery-electric vehicles into delivery fleets
After its massive order of Tesla vehicles, Hertz now announces another huge order of electric vehicles, this time for 175,000 EVs from GM. Last year, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a ...
Hertz to order up to 175K GM electric vehicles over 5 years Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors over the next five years. The agreement announced Tuesday includes electric vehicle deliveries through 2027 ...
Daimler Truck has brought a concept prototype of the eActros LongHaul to IAA Transportation and revealed further technical details surrounding the battery-electric long-haul truck. The 40-t truck will drive with up to 600 kWh battery capacity and 600 kW ...
General Motors has agreed to sell up to 175,000 electric vehicles to Hertz Global over the next five years, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal calls for GM to start supplying electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV ...
Allison Transmission will supply eGen Power axles to Turkey’s bus and truck manufacturer Anadolu Isuzu. The US American supplier has agreed to support Anadolu Isuzu in electrifying their light-duty truck and midibus platforms. The joint cooperation agreement (JCA) will ...
Volvo Trucks has unveiled a new all-electric rear axle at IAA Transportation. The new electric axle allows more space for batteries in the truck by integrating the electric motors and transmission into the rear axle. According to Volvo, this ...
Californian electric tractor manufacturer Solectrac, an operating company of Ideanomics, is continuing to expand of its certified sales and dealer network in the USA. The new dealership expansion will allow Solectrac electric tractors to be sold in Hawaii, Maine, ...
Uber has expanded its Comfort Electric service to 24 US cities and Vancouver, Canada. The company had launched Comfort Electric to build on deals with rental companies like Hertz. The latter is helping Uber drivers get their hands on ...
Steyr Automotive has produced the first Volta Zero at its plant in Steyr, Austria. It is the first vehicle of the second prototype generation for product validation and part of a pilot fleet. The vehicles in this fleet will ...