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Many global manufacturing giants are joining the EV race, we have LG and Panasonic manufacturing batteries, we have Foxconn making cars for Fisker, we have Sony entering the market with its own vehicle. No surprise then that Samsung wanted in on the...

Rosenbaurer RTX is the world’s first electric fire truck and it is made in Austria. First prototypes hit the road back in 2019 and after extensive testing first pre-orders were taken in 2020, LAFD actually put its order in February of that year. The...

According to officials from Shanghai, Tesla’s factory, despite still working a single shift, has already reached 45% of its production capacity. Shanghai has been in a COVID lockdown for a while now with manufacturers and component suppliers...

Back in March Chevrolet teased the upcoming Equinox EV, and it did so in a manner that pretty much made it a semi-announcement of sorts. After all, we got official images of the car (granted, not many)! Then again, details were (and still are)...

Ahead of starting to take orders for it on May 19, today Cadillac announced more details about the upcoming Lyriq EV. The RWD model offers an EPA-estimated 312 miles (502 km) of range on a full charge, and will start at $62,990. The AWD model...

Evergrande spent about RMB47.4 billion (nearly $7 billion) setting up its EV manufacturing business and its first car is finally about to hit the market. Two Customer Experience showrooms just opened - one in Guangzhou and one in Tianjin - allowing...

Tesla is having talks with the Indonesian government since 2020, initially it was only the nickel venture that was discussed but the most recent rumors point to the discussions about a fully fledged battery manufacturing facility in Indonesia. Elon...

The largest battery recycling factory in Europe is now operational. Hydrovolt, based in Fredrikstad, Norway, is a joint venture of aluminum producer Hydro and battery producer Northvolt. The factory has the capacity to process 12,000 tons of...

Full name: SQUAD Solar City Car. Mission: conquer the city streets. Squad Mobility is the manufacturer of this SEV - solar electric vehicle. People behind the company have a lot of experience in this segment with both the founders coming from...

GM is considering plans to return to Europe as an EV only manufacturer. Opel used to be the European brand of GM but after selling it to Stellantis, the American automaker was left with no presence apart from marginal sales of Chevy Corvette and few...

Having an ICE vehicle and not knowing much about the details of the refueling process is not too big a deal - it's straightforward enough that it doesn't really matter. With electric cars it's certainly advisable that you are familiar with charging...

Faraday Future is well on schedule for the planned launch of FF91 later this year. With production-intent vehicles being already tested and validated, the company is focusing on bringing the factory online, with the last milestone achieved involving...

Today we had a chance to test drive the AITO M5, the midsize SUV co-developed by tech giant Huawei and Seres (formerly called SF Motors). It uses a range extender, similar to the also popular Lixiang One. A range extender and hybrid differ because...

Another day another set of spy shots - those eagle eyed car spotters never sleep. Their victim this time is the XPeng G9 seen here in full camouflage driving on the public road in China - only a couple of weeks ago G9 was spotted testing in...

Yes, we all know Tesla is not that good at making deadlines but at the same time we can’t really argue that once they deliver the wait is usually worth it. Tesla Semi has been promised to truckers for years, last year deliveries were said to start...

The founders of NamX proudly refer to it as “Afro-European Industrial and Technological Venture” and they aim to “reconcile human mobility and environmental preservation”. How are they planning to do that? With green hydrogen. NamX goes even further...

Tesla has been trying to expand into the Indian market for over half a decade, taking "pre-orders" since 2016. It has been negotiating with the government for over a year and it looks like the outcome is not really positive - neither for Tesla or...

It looks like the Nio ES7 is very quickly approaching the moment when it will finally be made official. Following the spy shots of a naked, camo-free prototype from earlier this month, now the ES7 has received regulatory certification by China's...

Rivian is meeting its production targets, making 1,400 vehicles from April until May 9. That's helping the company's aim to produce more than 3,000 cars in Q2 and 25,000 for the year. It managed 2,553 in Q1. Rivian needs to be able to secure...

Automakers around the globe are facing supply chain squeeze and are looking for any viable solutions to increase EV production in order to meet growing demand. Ford sees lithium-iron-phosphate batteries as one possible solution with engineering...