With Verkor, France Has Another Giga-Battery Factory Project
Lithium battery cells will be rolling off a production line at a 16GWh-capacity factory in France in 2023, with manufacturing startup Verkor then planning to scale up to 50GWh “in line with market dynamics”. Suitable land for the first Verkor…
Audi, EnBW To Turn Electric Car Batteries Into Grid Support Tools
German carmaker Audi and utility EnBW are setting up an electric car battery operation at EnBW’s Heilbronn plant to build scaleable storage facilities by the end of this year, drawing on retired batteries to help power grids. Electric vehicle battery…
Hero Electric Partners Autovert Technologies To Introduce Subscription-Based Financing Plans
Hero Electric, a leading two- and three-wheeler electric vehicle maker has partnered Bangalore-based fintech start-up Autovert Technologies for seamless alternative ownership models for Hero Electric’s new customers. Under this partnership, Autovert will allow Hero Electric customers to avail for subscription-based…
Mitsubishi Announces Large-Scale Investment In New EV Kei Cars
Mitsubishi announced that a large-scale investment is coming to its Mizushima Plant in Kurashiki city, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, to produce new electric kei-cars. The company was one of the first established carmakers to jump into the EV bandwagon over 10…
Nissan Accepting Electricity As Payment For Parking
Nissan is giving customers yet another reason to love their electric cars: the ability to pay for parking with electricity. In a global first, electric vehicle drivers will be able to discharge power from their car’s battery pack to pay…
Kandi Brings America’s Most Affordable Electric Vehicles To Market
Kandi America, the U.S. subsidiary of Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., an international automotive manufacturer, announced today its formal launch of the most affordable electric vehicles (EVs) on the U.S. market, with an initial focus on the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. In…
PSA To Launch EV-Optimized Platform In 2023
PARIS — PSA Group will introduce a new architecture optimized for electric vehicles in 2023 that will underpin compact and midsize models. The architecture, the Electric Vehicle Modular Platform or eVMP, will allow PSA to build battery-electric cars with a…
Optimal EV Partners With Proterra For Production Of First All-Electric Low-Floor Cutaway Shuttle Bus In North America
Optimal Electric Vehicles, LLC (Optimal-EV) and Proterra, a leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, announced a new partnership to leverage Proterra’s best-in-class battery technology and charging systems for the development of the industry’s first all-electric S1LF low-floor cutaway shuttle bus…
Automotive Engineering Services Market Forecast to 2027
The global automotive engineering services market is expected to reach $18.6 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6.7% during the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. The growth in this market is majorly attributed to the factors such…
New Factory In Rajasthan, Electric Cruise Scooter On Track: Okinawa
COVID-19 notwithstanding, Gurugram-based electric two-wheeler maker Okinawa Autotech will go ahead with its plan to start a factory and launch new models later this year. Work on commercially launching an electric cruiser scooter is on schedule and going ahead as…
