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An announcement from Mercedes-Benz was anticipated at CES 2023. Most people thought it would be something in the line of a new electric vehicle concept or an upgrade to an existing EV. However, the German automaker made a different announcement on Thursday 5 January 2023. Inasmuch as it may not...

The price of lithium and other raw materials that are key components of electric vehicles continues to rise. In addition to that, automakers are facing a major supply chain disruption. Tesla Inc and other automakers have issued warnings to consumers to brace up for higher EV prices. Ford Motor...

The race towards fighting global warming should not end with the electrification of automobiles alone. The use of low-carbon aluminum is instrumental to achieving the goal. One automaker that understands this is Mercedes-Benz. The German automaker has signed a letter of intent with Norsk Hydro...

When Tesla’s market capitalization hit $1 trillion in late October 2021, Elon Musk became the first person to be worth over $300 billion. However, After Tuesday, December 13, 2022 valuation, the EV maker’s equity dipped below $500 billion for the first time since November 2020. It later...

As the world races towards electrification to fight global warming, one of the main stumbling blocks stalling the process is the absence of an efficient battery. Electric vehicles depend on batteries for their energy and the currently available batteries are largely unsafe and inefficient. News...

Toyota is overhauling its electric vehicle strategy as it races towards slimming the price and performance gap between its EVs and those of BYD and Tesla. Part of this adjustment includes changing key suppliers by early 2023 as reported by Reuters. The Japanese automaker giant is expected to...

A document Tesla submitted to the Federal Communications Commission highlighting the company’s plans to reintroduce radar to its EVs in mid-January was shared online. It is not clear if the company will use LiDAR for the autonomous driving suite or for the cabin. What is evident from the filing...

Workers at an electric vehicle factory in Warren, Ohio, where EV batteries will be produced, have voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Friday 9 December 2022. Ray Curry, the UAW President, welcomed the Ultium Cells workers who voted 710-16 in a victory for unionization. “With the...

After much speculation, BYD finally revealed its sales figures in Australia for the first time. According to monthly data with VFACTS, 845 units of Atto 3 were sold in November. This shows a 153% rise in production compared to the same time of the previous year. VFACT is a compilation by the...

As promised, Tesla delivered its first Semi trucks on Thursday, December 1, 2022. This is coming 5 years after it was first unveiled. However, Tesla and Musk did not reveal how many Semis it delivered. While Tesla’s CEO earlier announced on his Twitter handle that the truck had completed a...

Ford has announced that it will inject $153M into its Halewood plant in Liverpool. The move is expected to boost the production of electric vehicle components as well as secure about 500 jobs on Merseyside. After a dismal year, this investment will strengthen the automobile industry in the UK...

The only constant thing in life is change. For many years, Tesla has dominated the electric vehicle market in the United States and other parts of the globe. However, that dominance is now threatened by the growing number of more affordable alternatives as reported by S&P Global Mobility on...

The New Nissan Ariya Takes Inspiration From 5 Japanese Designs Philosophies For automakers, it is not just about electrifying the passenger vehicle sector, it is more about telling stories with every new design. The new Nissan Ariya follows this trend. Inspired by timeless Japanese designs and...

Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, disagree on a lot of things. The possibility of an all-electric long-haul truck is one of the areas where both entrepreneurs have divergent views. In an August 2020 post, Gates spoke passionately about achieving net-zero carbon...

Detroit Planning To Test Roads That Will Charge Electric Vehicles By Induction In 2023 Range anxiety remains one of the biggest challenges that electric vehicle drivers have to deal with. However, that will soon be a thing of the past as Detroit, Michigan transportation officials are planning to...

VinFast, a Vietnam-based EV manufacturer, announced that it has received over 2,500 orders for its VF 8 and VF9 electric vehicles. The order came from Autonomy, the largest EV subscription company based in Santa Monica, California. The announcement was made at the Los Angeles Auto Show 2022...

On 4 November 2015, Genesis officially splintered out of Hyundai to become a standalone luxury car brand. The move was to satisfy the increased yearning for a luxury brand under the Genesis name. On Tuesday 15 November 2022 (barely seven years after the separation), Genesis unveiled the X...

It is now over two years since Lucid Gravity was first spotted in California. Since then, Lucid has been mum about the development of its crossover electric vehicle. However, that changed on Tuesday 15 November 2022 when the Saudi-backed company unveiled the 2024 Gravity EV in an “In the Air –...

Tesla could be crowned as the founder company that started the trend of EVs almost a decade back. Since then, not only has it improved continuously, but it has also motivated other significant stakeholders in the vehicle manufacturing industry to start manufacturing EVs. However, none of the...

On Friday, Tesla announced that they are opening its electric vehicle charging connector design to everyone. “In pursuit of our mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, today we are opening our EV connector design to the world. We invite charging network operators and...