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- Automakers have battery anxiety, so they’re taking control of the supply Sat, 24 Jul 21, 7:50amBattery joint ventures have become the hot must-have deal for automakers that have set ambitious targets to deliver millions of electric vehicles in the next few years.
- Can paint eat smog? Volkswagen thinks so. Tue, 27 Apr 21, 12:30amPeople in cities like London, Cardiff, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham and Bristol may notice a new series of Volkswagen ads being painted on exterior walls of buildings...
- General Motors leads $139 million investment into lithium-metal battery developer, SES Mon, 19 Apr 21, 10:32pmGeneral Motors is joining the list of big automakers picking their horses in the race to develop better batteries for electric vehicles with its lead of a $139 million investment into the lithium-metal battery developer,...
- Norrsken Foundation is closing on an oversubscribed impact venture fund at €125 million Wed, 17 Mar 21, 6:30pmAbout four years ago, social impact organization Norrsken Foundation launched a small program investing around €30 million in capital it had received from its wealthy patron, Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth...
- Volkswagen will bring 240 gigawatt hours of battery production capacity to Europe by 2030 Tue, 16 Mar 21, 1:32amVolkswagen AG is gearing up to seize the top spot as the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer with plans announced Monday to have six 40 gigawatt hour (GWh) battery cell production plants in operation in Europe...
- Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt receives a $14 billion order from VW Mon, 15 Mar 21, 11:30pmNorthvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturer which raised $1 billion in financing from investors led by Goldman Sachs and Volkswagen back in 2019, has signed a massive $14 billion battery order with VW for the next 10 years...
- Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing Autopilot, supplying powertrains and batteries to other automakers Wed, 29 Jul 20, 9:09pmTesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter on Tuesday night that the automaker would be “open to licensing software and supplying powertrains & batteries” to other automakers...
- Volkswagen launches home EV charging system sales ahead of ID.3 vehicle deliveries Sat, 13 Jun 20, 4:35amVolkswagen has started to sell a home-charging device as the automaker prepares to bring its new ID family of electric vehicles to market. The ID.3 is the first electric vehicle under the ID label and will only be sold in...
- GM reveals an EV for (almost) every purse and purpose Sun, 8 Mar 20, 4:46amGM is bringing back a strategy that once defined its success and reshaped America's automotive landscape.
- Shell’s first Greenlots electric vehicle fast charger lands in Singapore Tue, 20 Aug 19, 1:49amRoyal Dutch Shell, the energy giant known for its fossil fuel production and hundreds of Shell gas stations, is creeping into the electric vehicle-power business...
- An autonomous robot EV charger is coming to San Francisco Fri, 2 Aug 19, 2:03amElectric-vehicle chargers today are designed for human drivers. Electrify America and San Francisco-based startup Stable are preparing for the day when humans are no longer behind the wheel. Electrify America, the entity...
- Ford and Volkswagen team up on EVs, with Ford the first outside automaker to use VW’s MEB platform Fri, 12 Jul 19, 9:59pmAutomakers Ford and Volkswagen have announced a partnership today that covers a number of areas, including autonomy (via a new investment by VW in Argo AI) and collaboration on development of electric vehicles...
- Volkswagen launches WeShare all-electric car sharing service Thu, 27 Jun 19, 10:37pmMaking good on plans revealed last year to debut an EV-exclusive car sharing service, Volkswagen is actually launching its fleet for customers – debuting WeShare, a new shared service similar to Car2Go or GM’s Maven,...
- The war against the internal combustion engine by CARB and US EPA is not based on real scientific evidence—examples Fri, 22 Mar 19, 8:00pmGuest post by Albert Parker There is the impression that the “science” of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), as well as of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has been “settled” recently to favor...
- VW’s Electrify America will use Tesla battery packs to lower charging costs Tue, 5 Feb 19, 6:21amElectrify America, the entity set up by Volkswagen as part of its settlement with U.S. regulators over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, plans to install Tesla Powerpack battery systems at more than 100 of its electric...