Senmiao Technology Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement With Large Auto Dealer Group To Increase Access To Electric Vehicles
Senmiao Technology Limited (“Senmiao”), a provider of automobile transaction and related services targeting the online ride-hailing industry in China, today announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Sichuan Hongyu Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. (“Hongyu Auto”) to facilitate…
Ampere Vehicles Partners With OTO Capital To Offer Leasing Plans For Electric Scooters
Ampere Vehicles, a subsidiary of Greaves Cotton has partnered with OTO Capital to offer leasing plans for its electric scooters. The leasing option is available from this month and is available only in Bengaluru for now. The leasing service will…
GM And EVgo To Triple Nationwide EV Charging Infrastructure
As Cadillac prepares to unveil its new Lyriq battery-electric sport/utility vehicle August 6 and GMC plans a fall unveil of its Hummer EV a year ahead of production, the two brands’ parent company General Motors has partnered with EVgo to…
INL, UCSD Researchers Find Slow, Low-Energy Charging Of Li Batteries Creates Glassy Lithium; High-Performance Li-Metal Batteries
Scientists from Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California San Diego have shown that slow, low-energy charging causes lithium atoms to deposit on electrodes in a disorganized way that improves charging behavior. This noncrystalline, amorphous, “glassy” lithium had never…
alpha-Encorp’s Pre-Lithiated Anode Boosts Battery Performance
alpha-Encorp, with its patented technology of electroplating lithium metal films, announced that it has demonstrated the application of its core technology to pre-lithiate composite graphite anode laminates in the laboratory scale, which led to considerably improved performance of existing lithium…
SK Innovation To Jointly Develop Lithium-Metal Battery With Nobel Prize Winner John Goodenough
South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. will develop lithium-metal batteries using solid-state electrolytes with Nobel Prize recipient John B. Goodenough in hopes that the next-generation battery technology can significantly improve electric vehicle’s driving range and safety. According to SK Innovation, the…
China’s Electric SUV Maker Li Auto Raises $1.1 Billion In US IPO
Trade tensions between China and the U.S. have not stopped Chinese companies from eyeing to list on American stock exchanges. Li Auto, a five-year-old Chinese electric vehicle startup, raised $1.1 billion through its debut on Nasdaq. The Beijing-based company is…
India Eyes FTAs With Latin America To Support Domestic EV Plan
India proposes a major shift in its foreign trade policy, that will explore free trade agreements (FTAs) only with countries that can support its ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ mission and provide it necessary raw materials, critical components and equipment required to support…
Mobility Tech Sees VC Interest Despite Global Immobility
At a time when human mobility has been severely curtailed by a global pandemic, VC funds are witnessing an opportunity in the challenge. A new report on funding activity during the second quarter of 2020 indicated that micro-mobility was one…
EIB And Endesa Partner To Install 8,500 EV Charging Points In Spain
The European Investment Bank and Endesa are joining forces to promote electric mobility in Spain. To this end, the EU bank will provide the Spanish company with €35 million in financing for the installation of electric charging stations across the…
