China’s EV Sales Show Signs Of Recovery From The Coronavirus Pandemic
Sales of new vehicles in China tumbled in February, which is hardly surprising since much of the country was in lockdown mode due to the coronavirus pandemic. People who are sequestered inside their homes aren’t making many major purchases, they…
Electric Car Manufacturer Mullen Technologies Switches to Making Emergency Ventilators
Mullen Technologies, a company that’s aiming to soon start producing a high-performance electric car, has directed its engineering and manufacturing efforts into releasing an emergency ventilator for the current COVID-19 pandemic. The Mullen 8 ventilator, named for oxygen’s atomic number,…
The Sharing Economy Faces Worst Hit In The Pandemic
The global pandemic keeping well over a billion people inside their homes has become a stress test for one of the most fascinating corners of the tech industry: the so-called sharing economy. Businesses whose services involve driving people around, renting…
Okinawa Shuts Its Electric Scooter Manufacturing Plant In India Amid The Pandemic
Okinawa, the leading player in electric two-wheeler business has announced that it will be shutting its Rajasthan plant. The announcement comes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic scare. Most of the other auto manufacturing facilities have already downed their…
Elon Musk Donates 1,255 Ventilators To California After Buying Oversupply From China
Elon Musk has delivered more than 1,200 ventilators to California officials this week, an effort that will provide treatment for hospital patients with severe cases of COVID-19. Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a press conference the Tesla boss had made…
Auto Production In China To Rebound
While vehicle and component production has slowed to a trickle in Europe because of the corona virus outbreak, Daimler, Volvo and suppliers say their factories in China are coming back online. Daimler has reopened its factory in China, where demand for vehicles is…
Jaguar Land Rover To Temporarily Suspend Production At UK Manufacturing Facilities
In light of the ongoing coronavirus situation, Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that it will temporarily suspend production at its UK manufacturing facilities over the course of next week. The company’s intention is to resume in the week of 20 April, subject to review of the rapidly-changing circumstances. As a responsible business, Jaguar Land Rover is operating in line…
Hero MotoCorp Shuts Down All Plants Globally In The Midst Of Corona virus
India’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL) has shut down operations across all its manufacturing and assembly plants including the units in India, Colombia and Bangladesh with immediate effect until the end of this month The company said that…
Tesla’s Car Registrations In China Fell 35% M-o-M in February
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc’s China car registrations fell 35% in February, month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed. Overall auto sales in China plunged 79.1% in February, marking their biggest ever monthly decline, as a…
COVID-19 To Hit Hard The Auto & EV Industry
According to S&P Global, the coronavirus outbreak, which is wreaking havoc all over the globe and pretty much in any segment of the economy you can think of, has pushed the world’s economy into a global recession. Initial figures suggest that…
