A few weeks ago Ford Motor Company announced that it will soon be investing more in electric vehicles (a total of $30 billion through 2025) than in combustion engine-powered vehicles. This announcement followed reports of more than 120,000 reservations for the fully electric F-150 Lightning, which is set to launch […]
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Hyundai this week introduced the Ioniq 5, a fully electric crossover utility vehicle that is part of the company’s plan to introduce 23 battery electric vehicle (BEV) models and achieve sales of 1 million BEV units worldwide by 2025. A technically minor yet highly convenient feature could turn out to
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Mark your calendar for September 15; according to a tweet by Elon Musk, that is the tentative date for Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting and “Battery Day,” which will include a tour of the company’s cell production system. Musk first described the battery event about a year ago as including “a comprehensive
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Volvo announced this week an investment in FreeWire Technologies, a company specializing in mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging units. Other investors in FreeWire’s $15 million Series A include the integrated energy giant BP, manufacturing powerhouse Stanley Black & Decker, and the United Kingdom’s Innovate UK. FreeWire was founded about five
Audi today announced a plan to increase the range of the company’s electric vehicles by generating onboard solar energy using thin-film solar cells. Audi and its partner, California-based Alta Devices, a subsidiary of the Chinese solar-cell specialist Hanergy, are taking an incremental approach and will first integrate Alta’s efficient, thin,
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