Articles tagged "Other"

A market analysis from JATO Dynamics for July 2024 reveals that BMW overtook Tesla in EV sales in Europe for the first time. Europe's EV market fell 6% year over year, while the overall vehicle market saw a modest 2% gain compared to the same period...

Chinese battery maker Sunwoda shared its views on the evolution of solid-state batteries. A whole bunch of companies are developing their solid-state solutions and Sunwoda is no exception, but the latest update from the company is important as it...

According to a report from people familiar with the matter, the Canadian government is about to make impose tariffs on Chinese-made EVs. The regulatory institutions in the country announced last month that Canada is looking to follow the US and...

According to the latest market research by Rho Motion, the global EV market is expanding, but mainly due to the rising demand for EVs in China. The North American and European markets, on the other hand, are stalling. For the January-May...

Stellantis and Leapmotor formed a joint venture last year and announced their first collaboration in Europe in late March this year. A Stellantis-owned EV plant in Poland will roll out the T03 from its production line and sales are scheduled to...

The Chinese EV exports in Europe are another step closer to higher tariffs. After Turkiye announced its hefty 40% tariff on Chinese car imports a couple of days ago, the European Commission came out with a preliminary decision as well. The...

In 2023, Turkey imposed additional tariffs on Chinese EVs and introduced a couple of regulations regarding maintenance and after-market service. Now, the country is imposing 40% tariffs on all Chinese car imports to protect its local...

A quick market analysis between April 1 and 14 shows that EV sales account for more than 50% of all car sales in China. This is a huge milestone that was not coming before 2028, at least according to some analysts. It's perhaps important to...

You know how the saying goes: the next big advancement in battery technology is always just around the corner. One of the companies working on developing improved batteries for EVs is StoreDot, and today it's announcing that it now has a...

Hertz has been very pro-EV over the past few years, announcing at various points that it would buy 65,000 EVs from Polestar and 175,000 EVs from GM; in February last year, it had over 40,000 Teslas on its books. The tide has turned, however....

TomTom and Microsoft just announced their partnership to develop perhaps the most advanced AI assistant for cars. They call it a "fully integrated, AI-powered conversational automotive assistant". This means you can do pretty much everything using...

After Stellantis acquired 20% of Leapmotor, the carmaker's first SUV, the C10, will likely reach international markets. It was first displayed at the Guangzhou Auto Show, but the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a...

In the first half of the year, CATL was still the reigning king in terms of EV battery market share. The global EV battery capacity sold in the first six months of 2023 grew 54% compared to the same period last year, reaching over 300GWh, according...

The Swiss Federal Council has announced that it's removing the 4% import tax break on EVs, which was in place since 1997. The reason for the decision stems from the rampant adoption rate of EVs in the country and now 23% of all imported cars are...

After a very insightful report from Recurrent Auto on the effects of fast charging on battery longevity, the firm has published another research looking into climate effects on battery health. The study uses data from 12,500 Tesla Model Y vehicles...

Google announced support for a slew of new apps on Android Auto with the most notable additions being WebEx and Zoom. Google says you can now schedule online meetings while on the road, but the interface will let you use them in audio-only mode for...

The race to reach 60 mph or 62 mph from a standing start as quickly as possible has long stepped into the ridiculous territory. You know how you know? If we're measuring things in hundredths of a second. Even tens of a second seems arduous at best,...

Mahindra published a short teaser video for its upcoming all-electric SUVs. The XUV.e8, XUV.e9 and BE.05 are three of the company's upcoming EVs and we can see them being tested in Chennai, India. They go through a high-speed testing on an oval...

Recurrent Auto just published research on fast charging and how it affects battery health in the long run. And the short version is this - fast charging doesn't seem to impact battery health at all. Admittedly, the research only involves Tesla...

The Council of the European Union has just adopted a law that would see countries canvas the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) with fast chargers at 37 miles intervals, effectively eliminating range anxiety between major cities from Portugal...