Nov 20, 2019 | Business, Electric Vehicles, Featured
After years of automakers losing money on EVs, including Ford’s first foray that started nearly a decade ago, Ford CEO Jim Hackett on Sunday said the Mach-E will be profitable. KEY POINTS Top performance models of the Mustang Mach-E will achieve 0-60 mph in the...
Nov 14, 2019 | Business, Electric Vehicles
Volkswagen has broken ground on an $800 million expansion of its Tennessee production facility that will eventually house assembly lines for electric vehicles. The Wednesday announcement marks the beginning of a shift toward battery-electric vehicles for the U.S....
Nov 7, 2019 | Blockchain, Electric Vehicles
The dark side of electric vehicle production is that the lithium ion batteries most EVs run on require raw materials like cobalt, and cobalt mines have become notorious for using child labor. Now that Volvo has revealed its first fully-electric car, the XC40...
Oct 31, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Forget the 10 hours it can take to charge your Tesla Model X. A new battery, created by researchers at Penn State, can complete a charge in as little as 10 minutes. Described in a report published today in Joule, the new lithium-ion battery could...
Oct 23, 2019 | Electric Vehicles
Europeans who want to buy a Honda powered exclusively by gasoline or diesel need to act quickly. The Japanese carmaker announced Wednesday that it will sell only electric and hybrid vehicles in Europe starting in 2022, three years earlier than previously...
Oct 17, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Electric Vehicles
Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. South Korea’s largest car company said Tuesday that it plans to invest 41 trillion won ($35 billion) into “future mobility...
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