Overall, since January this year, carmakers around the world have sold more than 15 lakh plug-in electric vehicles. Tesla, expectedly, tops the list with most units sold during this period. As most carmakers around the world push out more electric vehicles in an effort to cut down on emission amid stricter norms, share of plug-in […]
Foxconn Teams Up With Thailand’s PTT to Make Electric Vehicles
Foxconn, has expanded its activities in electric vehicles (EVs) over the past year or so, announcing deals with Chinese electric-car maker Byton and automakers Zhejiang Geely Holding Group as well as Italian automobile company Stellantis. TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Foxconn on Monday announced a partnership with Thailand’s state-run energy group PTT PCL to make electric cars in […]
Upcoming Electric Cars – Mahindra & Tata Motors
India is ready to embrace the electric vehicles, as most of the automakers are readying their EVs for our market. Home-grown passenger vehicle manufacturers are also planning to introduce multiple new electric vehicles in the next couple of years. It is expected that EVs will account for close to 20-30% of total passenger vehicle sales […]
Millions of Electric Cars Are Coming. What Happens to All the Dead Batteries?
A shredded electric vehicle battery can yield recyclable metals, but it is often cheaper for batterymakers to use new materials. The battery pack of a Tesla Model S is a feat of intricate engineering. Thousands of cylindrical cells with components sourced from around the world transform lithium and electrons into enough energy to propel the […]
Limerick Mulls Electric Vehicle Charging Station
LIMERICK — The township supervisors are weighing a decision about whether to get into the electric vehicle charging business. One of the issues that has impeded the growth of electric vehicles is the lack of charging stations around the country with the same kind of availability as gas stations. Most of those who have electric […]
Climate Harm Puts Brakes on Buying Teslas with Bitcoin
Mining bitcoin has become a computing power battle, with machines devouring electricity while racing to sequence digital blocks in a chain. San Francisco: Tesla hit the brakes Wednesday on letting people pay for electric cars with bitcoin, saying the computing-intense mining process of creating new cryptocurrency spews climate-harming emissions. “We are concerned about rapidly increasing […]
Hyundai to Invest $7.4 bln in U.S. by 2025, With Electric Cars in focus
Biden has called for $174 billion in new spending to boost electric vehicles and charging. South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it planned to invest $7.4 billion in the United States by 2025 to produce electric vehicles, upgrade production facilities and further its investment in smart mobility solutions. The announcement came before U.S. […]
Big Business in Thailand Bets on Government’s Lofty EV Goals
Big Business in Thailand Bets on Government’s Lofty EV Goals. Drive to be ASEAN’s electric car hub spurs charging station investment. BANGKOK — Big companies in Thailand are investing heavily to foster the takeup of electric cars in response to government’s goal of turning the country into Southeast Asia’s EVs hub within the next decade…Read […]
Sale of Electric Cars Rise by 140 Per Cent in the First Quarter of 2021
The sale of Electric cars rose by 140 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, breaking last year’s record of 41 per cent surge on EV (Electric Vehicle) registrations despite the pandemic hitting the economies badly. In 2020, consumer spending on EVs touched 120 billion dollars while car registrations rose by 41 per cent. […]
General Motors to make electric cars in Mexico from 2023
The automaker, known as GM, already makes electric vehicles at four locations in the United States and Canada. MEXICO CITY: General Motors will from 2023 make electric vehicles in Mexico as part of a $1 billion investment at its facility in the northern border state of Coahuila that includes a new paint plant, the U.S. […]