Articles tagged "Other"

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment sovereign wealth Fund just announced the launch of a new EV brand called Ceer. The brand is a joint venture between Saudi Arabia's PIF and the Taiwanese Foxconn. The latter is tasked with the development of the EV...

The Guangzhou motor show is one of the biggest car-related forums in China, but it's upcoming installment has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Some new cases were reported in the region and as part of the state's zero COVID policy, the auto...

The US Inflation Reduction Act, which, despite its name, is mostly about subsidizing the spread of green stuff left and right, brings with it pretty significant tax breaks for EVs - but only those made in North America. And it's not just EVs per se...

Evergrande's EV production arm called Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group just kicked off the deliveries of its fully electric Hengchi 5 SUV. The car entered mass production last month and the company promised to start its deliveries by the end of...

You may have already heard about EU's plans to ban internal combustion engine vehicles from 2035 and the plan has been backed by the European Parliament and the European Council. So now, member states have to come with a plan to move towards that...

Today the US White House revealed that the Department of Energy will award $2.8 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to boost domestic manufacturing of EV batteries and battery materials. President Biden announced that the $2.8 billion...

Germany's federal government today approved a plan to spend €6.3 billion over the next three years to quickly scale up the number of EV charging stations across the country. Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing said: "We know that...

During its annual conference, Hon Hai Technology Group, also known as Foxconn, showcased numerous car components as well as standardized and fully scalable software for smart EVs called HHEV.OS. However, the stars of the show were three vehicles,...

Geely first announced the Xingyue L Hi-P under the Xingyue L Hi-X name back in December, which is an unusual variant of its Xingyue L SUV. It's a hybrid solution that the company labels as BEV, PHEV and EREV. It may sound contradictory, but Geely...

A market research for September in Germany shows some promising results for the automotive industry in the country. The total amount of cars sold in September 2022 compared to the same month in 2021 grew 14,1% and 19.7% of those are fully...

The pandemic lockdowns, followed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine wrecked havoc on supply chains in several industries and the automobile industry was harshly affected. It forced car makers to cut down on production in a moment when the switch to...

The European car market as a whole is growing for the first time since June 2021, August is the first month to record an increase in the total number of sales of passenger cars. The electric vehicles recorded a 2% growth when compared to the same...

AAA took on the testing of AEB systems because it believed the tests carried out by the IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) - the equivalent of the European NCAP - were not adequate and not representative of real-life...

Pony.ai is a Chinese startup working on self-driving technologies, but having the backing of Toyota and Nio it's not just another potential vaporware. It works with the Chinese carmaker giant SAIC Motor to deliver the first mass-produced robotaxi...

The Chinese EV buyers can relax a little, the EV tax exemption the country was enjoying and which was meant to expire by the end of this year, has been extended for 2023. The government bodies - Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration and...

The Chinese automaker, Changan Automobile, is a state-owned company that recently announced its new sedan called Shenlan SL03. It resembles the Tesla's Model 3 beyond the coincidence territory, but it costs almost half as much. The Shenlan SL03...

QCraft has announced its fleet of robotaxis has started operating on the streets of Suzhou in Jiangsu province, China. The autonomous driving startup's system has been developed in-house by the company and is powered by two Nvidia DRIVE Orin chips...

The UK What Car? magazine is trying to answer the same question we all ask - what is the real-life range of an electric car these days? Never mind the manufacturer’s claims or the WLTP or EPA tests - we need real-life, honest results. For the...

First things first - Voyah Free is not a new car, it has been on the market since 2020 and it’s one of the first large electric SUVs out there. Voyah is a brand of DongFeng and in China, it is called Lantu which means a blueprint - a fitting name...

GAC Aion just announced its premium brand Hyper along with its first car - meet the beastly Hyper SSR. It's a fully-electric supercar that challenges Tesla's Roadster by doing 0-100 km/h in just 1.9 seconds. Hyper SSR That's for the...