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You’d be forgiven if you thought the cast of Fast and Furious was coming to town near you. With the company name like VinFast and models called VF8 and VF9 it’s nearly impossible to contemplate that the company name is accidental. Points for...

DHL's EV adoption dates back to 2014 when it bought Streetscooter, a German company that developed and manufactured electric vans. The Streetscooter went through some turbulent times and only recently was sold to Odin Automotive but not before...

CALB is China’s third largest battery supplier for the EV market but it's aiming to go higher up the chart. The company announced that the factory in Wuhan, which is under construction will be expanded to accommodate the increasing demand from the...

Only two weeks have passed since we talked about Volvo investing in fast charging battery technology and today we have the evidence that this technology is ready for prime time. StoreDot, the company Volvo invested in, demonstrated it in a...

Startup Canoo's Q1 financial report reads like a dire call for help. The company posted a net loss of over $125 million in the first three months of the year and is doubtful it can even survive another quarter. Canoo chairman and CEO Tony Aquila...

China - the world of EV wonders and breakneck technological progress. New EVs being announced and revealed every day, new companies are venturing into the EV market every week and many of them disappear quietly after a short spell in the spotlight....

Not so long ago we all heard and watched news from China with owners blaming their cars for causing accidents. Most claims focused on faulty brakes and some even went as far as accusing Tesla cars of accelerating randomly. The automaker’s reputation...

Lucid's recently rumored expansion into Europe has been made official today, with a couple of models offered to existing reservation holders in Europe as an upgrade "to celebrate the launch of Lucid Air". Don't get your hopes up, however, the...

Tesla Model 3 has a growing group of competitors - we have the award winning Hyundai Ioniq 5, we have the Swedish Polestar 2 trying to pull some customers away from Tesla and soon we'll have VW joining the squabble. The latest model from the German...

Both BMW EV SUVs available now - the bigger iX and the medium sized iX3 - were greatly received by fans of the German automaker. Not to miss an opportunity, BMW is applying the same recipe and cooking up the smallest SUV in the range, the iX1. Built...

The first commercial lithium refinery in Europe is being setup in Northern England by Green Lithium. The project has just received backing from Trafigura, one of the largest metal trading institutions in the world. Trafigura will supply the new...

According to an internal memo seen by Reuters, Tesla was forced to stop the majority of production today at its Shanghai facility. It is the latest in a long running series of supply chain issues that trouble the entire industry. Tesla has just...

During the Financial Times’ Future of the Car summit, the CEO of VW Group admitted that it is way too early for the entire industry to transition from fossil fuels to electric power only. Herbert Diess explained to the audience that despite so many...

If you can remember, we posted an article a few weeks ago about Ford unveiling a new electric van, we thought it was going to be Tourneo Transit but we were in for a surprise. Ford brought a brand new E-Transit Custom that is just slightly smaller...

Many of us know LG as a phone (sadly no more) or TV manufacturer, some of us have a computer monitor or a laptop from LG, or a fridge or vacuum cleaner. LG truly is a massive company catering to a bunch of industries. EV cars are among those and the...

A new platform announced by BMW during the Q1 earnings call, will focus on a midsize car segment and will be manufactured at the new factory in Hungary. When it hits the market in 2025 it will be initially used for the 3-series segment meaning all...

One of the main criticisms that electric cars face is the limited range and the far slower recharge speed in comparison with ICE vehicles. The main reason for this, is the vastly lower energy content that their batteries carry compared to a fuel...

Canadians woke up this morning to find out that the price of Tesla’s Full Self Driving Capability (FSD) has gone up by CA$2,200. It wasn’t cheap to begin with at CA$10,600, but now those who didn’t take advantage of lower pricing will have to shell...

Porsche has announced that it joined Series C funding round for Group14 Technologies, Washington based company specializing in lithium-silicon batteries. The total funding round closed at $400M with Porsche putting down $100M with a plan to become a...

Tesla has finally updated both the Model S and Model X with swiveling screens, we know the hardware has been installed in those cars for a while now but finally the software side of things has been updated. Here’s a video of the screen in action...