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Rolls-Royce is continuing its 2.5 million km testing programme for first electric product, Spectre. The second phases, 625,000 km testing on the French Riviera region of southern France, is now underway. In September 2021, Rolls-Royce confirmed that it had commenced ...

NIO’s First European Power Plant to Commence Operation in Hungary in September

NIO has announced that its NIO Power Europe Plant based in Hungary, with investment from NIO, will commence operation in September, 2022. With a footprint of around 10,000 square meters, NIO Power Europe Plant, as its first overseas plant, will ...

A Vision of a Safer Future − Mobility Moments with Lime’s Alan Clarke

How do the cameras in the Lime Vision system work? Is the data gathered on the journeys analysed on the scooters or sent to a data centre? Are you expecting cities and towns to be able to learn a ...

Kia is Most Awarded Brand in J.D. Power 2022 Automotive Performance, Execution, and Layout (APEAL) Study

Latest Accolades Recognize Customer Satisfaction with Exemplary Engineering in New Models Kia’s first dedicated EV, the EV6, ranked number one in the Compact SUV segment Carnival MPV earned top spot in the Minivan segment K5 wins the Midsize Car ...

GM & LG Chem Sign Supply Agreement for Cathode Active Material to Support EV Growth

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US Energy Deparment to Loan GM Battery Venture $2.5 Billion

The US Energy Department intends to loan Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of GM and LG Energy Solution, $2.5 billion to build new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities. The loan stipulates that new facilities need to be built in ...

Sono Motors Unveils New Design of Solar-Electric Passenger Car And Solar Bus Kit Details

Munich-based Sono Motors has revealed its solar electric vehicle (SEV), the Sion, in its production design, and has unveiled the ‘Solar Bus Kit’, a B2B retrofit solution that reduces fuel consumption and inner-city greenhouse gas emissions. The Sion’s revamped exterior ...

ZeroAvia is Building an Attainable, Sustainable Aviation Inustry

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Thailand's car manufacturing is likely to fall short of a target of 1.8 million units this year due to various factors, notably the protracted global semiconductor shortage, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI). Earlier it was expected Thailand would ...

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According to Digitimes, Volvo CEO Jim Rowan said recently that the worst period of chip supply shortage has ended. The company has “returned to full supply level”. In the first quarter of this year, Volvo also suffered from chip shortages. ...

Closer Than You Think – Lilium’s Alastair McIntosh on eVTOL’s Impending Arrival

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WATCH: ABB’s PixelPaint robot reinventing the way we paint

The PixelPaint paint head equipped with 1000 nozzles Advait Kolarkar’s “Zebra Utopia” art piece recreated by the PIxelPaint robot Illusor’s geometrical design done by the PixelPaint robot ABB’s PixelPaint robot is a revolutionary piece of machinery that is at ...

Introducing Modobag – Mobility, Luggage And a Mobile Office Rolled Into One

Holidays, remember them? When life gets back to normal, we may well restart our travel plans and rethink the way we are all getting around. Luggage is getting smarter and providing a new form of mobility. Modobag is a carry-on ...

Stylish and sporty The iconic Audi TT is set for retirement with one final swan song

Audi has announced it will discontinue the iconic TT model in 2023, replacing it with an electric vehicle within the same price range. This means for those interested in the TT, this is your last chance to get one. ...

Triumph's future is electric

Triumph motorcycles has announced the completion of the TE-1 electric motorcycle development project, with the release of the final prototype test results that exceed the project objectives and demonstrate the incredible success of this unique collaboration. The collaboration between ...

Northvolt Partners With Stora Enso to Develop Wood-Based Batteries

Sweden’s Northvolt and Stora Enso, a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper, are joining forces to create batteries using lignin-based hard carbon produced with renewable wood from Nordic forests. The aim is to develop ...

Closer Than You Think – Lilium’s Ian McIntosh on eVTOL’s Impending Arrival

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Cadillac Reveals All-Electric CELESTIQ Show Car Featuring Five LED Display Screens

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World’s First Vehicle for Ultra-High-Speed Transport at over 1000 km/h – The Fluxjet is Unveiled

TransPod, the Canadian startup that is building the world’s leading ultra-high-speed ground transportation system (the TransPod Line), has unveiled the FluxJet, a vehicle that can travel at over 1000 km/h. That’s faster than a jet and three times as ...

Ford of Europe Trials Robot Charging Station Operated via Smartphone

Ford of Europe has developed a prototype robot charging station that drivers operate via their smartphone from inside their electric vehicle. The technology could enable disabled drivers to stay in the car while charging, or they could leave the car ...

Baidu Unveils Next-Gen Autonomous Vehicle With Detachable Steering Wheel

China’s Baidu, Inc. has unveiled its next-generation fully autonomous vehicle (AV) Apollo RT6, an all-electric, production-ready model with a detachable steering wheel. Designed for complex urban environments, Apollo RT6 will be put into operation in China in 2023 on Apollo Go, Baidu’s autonomous ...

Amazon’s Electric Delivery Vehicles From Rivian Start Rolling Out Across the US

Amazon’s custom built electric delivery vehicles from Rivian have started rolling out across the US, in cities such as  Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City. This rollout is just the beginning of what is expected to be thousands of Amazon’s custom ...

Volta Trucks Reveals Paris “Studio” to Serve Customers

Electric truck manufacturer, Volta Trucks has revealed details of its Paris “Studio” and headquarters as it prepares for its trucks to start operating later this year. The Volta Trucks Studio is the first of many in-market headquarters offices where ...

Alpine Reveals All-Electric A110 E-ternité Prototype

Alpine has revealed an all-electric prototype of its A110 sports car. Known as the A110 E-ternité, Alpine says the car is a “real rolling laboratory” which retains the petrol-powered car’s agility and has “lightness unequalled for an electric car ...

How Data Will Drive the Future of Intelligent Vehicles – Germany’s COMPREDICT CEO Stéphane Foulard

Entering The BlackBerry IVY Ecosystem How COMPREDICT Can Lighten The Load For OEMs German start-up COMPREDICT develops virtual sensors that enable analysis of vehicle data at scale. Since its launch in 2016, the Darmstadt-based company has continuously grown. It ...

Everrati Launches B2B Electrification Consultancy

Restomodding company Everrati has launched Everrati Advanced Technologies (EAT) a B2B consultancy company to help it meet growing customer demands. EAT is set to provide customers with high-tech consultancy services from initial concept and feasibility studies through to scalable ...

Ford to Boost EV Capacity; Ramps up Battery & Raw Materials Sourcing

Ford has announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials to help it reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026 ...

New Baidu self-driving taxi is 50% cheaper

Baidu’s Apollo RT6 robotaxi is on display during its unveiling in Beijing on Wednesday. AFP SHANGHAI: Baidu Inc yesterday unveiled a new version of its robotaxi that it says costs nearly half as much to make as the previous model, ...

US Postal Service Plans to Purchase 25,000 Electric Delivery Vehicles

The US Postal Service (USPS) has announced changes of scope for its acquisition of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs) to replace its ageing fleet. Under the adjusted scope, at least 50 percent of newly ordered NGDVs in the current contract ...

Maker of Iconic Electric MOKE Acquired by EV Technology Group

MOKE International, maker of the electric MOKE, has agreed to sell up to 100% of its shareholdings to EV Technology Group (EVTG), bolstering the marque as it prepares to expand as a fully electric global brand. The strategic move comes ...

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In the second quarter of this year, battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids (PHEV), and traditional hybrids (HEV) accounted for 41.2% of all European car sales. Petrol cars, meanwhile, accounted for 38.5% and diesel cars for just 17.3%, according to ...

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Lilium to Provide eVTOL Jets to Spanish Business and Charter Company Helity

Lilium has signed an agreement with Andalusia-based Helity Copter Airlines to develop an eVTOL network in southern Spain. Under the agreement, Helity plans to initially purchase five Lilium jets to provide premium and business charter flights to its customers. ...

VW Names Scott Keogh as CEO of Newly Established US EV Company Scout

VW Group has announced the appointment of Scott Keogh, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, as President and CEO of Scout, an independent electric vehicle (EV) company that is being established in the US. As part of its ...

How South Korea’s AUTOCRYPT is Connecting the Connected – CEO Daniel ES Kim

Cars and road infrastructure are becoming much more sophisticated and connected, and this is a risk that needs to be secured before vehicles hit the road. South Korean secure mobility and V2X communications company, AUTOCRYPT, has been focusing on the ...

Chevrolet Unveils All-Electric 2024 Blazer EV; to Develop Police Pursuit Models

Chevrolet has revealed the all-electric 2024 Blazer EV, which drives the GM brand into the heart of the growing midsize electric crossover segment. The new model is based on GM’s Ultium Platform. Driving range options up to an available GM-estimated ...

Hyundai Motor Group and Safran Signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Advanced Air Mobility Development Cooperation

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) and Safran signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore and identify possible opportunities in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry that would be beneficial to both parties and potential customers. The Group and Safran ...

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