Nissan Unveils New EV, Plans For Battery Gigafactory At Sunderland In UK; Potentially Up To 35 GWh
Nissan unveiled Nissan EV36Zero, a £1-billion flagship Electric Vehicle (EV) Hub —an EV manufacturing ecosystem—centered around its plant in Sunderland, UK. The project has been launched with an initial £1-billion (US$1.4-billion) investment by Nissan and its partners battery-maker Envision AESC…
GM Moves To Secure Critical U.S.-Sourced Lithium For Electric Vehicle Batteries
General Motors is moving to secure U.S.-sourced lithium, a metal crucial to electric vehicle batteries, through a strategic investment and partnership with a company called Controlled Thermal Resources. GM announced the deal as a way to accelerate the adoption of…
SG Auto Assist Announces New Initiative ‘RSA 4 ALL’ & Adaptation Of Electric Vehicles As A Service Fleet For A Sustainable Future
Gurugram based roadside assistance company, SG Auto Assist (formerly known asSahayata Global Assistance Pvt Ltd.) announced an initiative ‘RSA 4 ALL’ & Adaptation of ElectricVehicles as Service Fleet for sustainable future. This announcement was made along with the celebrationof SG…
EESL Subsidiary To Empanel Electric Two-Wheeler OEMs In Kerala
Convergence Energy Services (CESL), a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), has issued an expression of interest (EoI) to empanel original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to supply electric two-wheelers (E2Ws) in Kerala. The last date for submission of bids…
Volvo Car And Northvolt Build Giga-Factory In Europe
As a first step for the 50/50 joint venture, Volvo Car Group and Northvolt aim to set up a research and development centre in Sweden that will begin operations in 2022. The centre is intended to build on the battery…
ChargePoint Partners With Mercedes To Power Industry-Leading EV Charging Experience
ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network, along with Mercedes-Benz USA, announced the new benchmark in EV charging in North America, Mercedes me Charge, to be launched with the all-new EQS all-electric luxury sedan and available in…
Ola In Talks With CESL To Supply Electric Two-Wheelers
The electric vehicle arm of ride-hailing firm Ola is the latest to show interest in supplying electric scooters to state-run Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) that is running India’s biggest-ever push for green mobility, two people aware of the matter…
Researchers Develop Electric Vehicle Battery Made From Seawater And Wood
The rise of electric vehicles has driven the demand for batteries and the materials to produce them, however, raw materials for lithium-ion batteries are becoming more scarce or ethically troubling to extract. One company has claimed to have created the…
Volkswagen Seeks Partners For Battery Materials Race
Volkswagen is in talks with suppliers to secure direct access to raw materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries via partnerships, one of its board members said. The world’s second biggest carmaker is trying to exert more control over key components…
Ashok Leyland’s UK Subsidiary Acquires Indian EV Subsidiary
Hinduja group’s commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland Ltd said its UK subsidiary Switch Mobility Ltd has acquired the entire stakes in its Indian subsidiary Switch Mobility Automotive Ltd. Switch Mobility Automotive has thus become a step-down subsidiary of Ashok Leyland….
