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March 19, 2024 No Responses

NADDC To Partner Oando Clean Energy On Vehicle Electrification

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) and Oando Clean Energy are set to forge closer ties on Vehicle Electrification. According to NADDC, a courtesy visit to the Council by Oando Clean Energy Executive Vice President, Ademola Ogumbanjo and...

January 25, 2024 No Responses

Tesla Projects Lower Sales Growth In 2024

Tesla is forecasting a sharp sales slowdown this year, becoming the latest car company to warn of sagging demand. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) maker said growth would be “notably lower” than in 2023, when deliveries rose 38%. The company...

November 25, 2023 No Responses

Nissan Unveils £2b Electric Car Investment Plan In UK

Nissan and its partners have announced a £2bn plan to build three electric car models at its Sunderland factory. BBC Reports that the Japanese firm will build electric Qashqai and Juke models at the plant alongside the next generation of...

April 15, 2022 No Responses

Nissan Plans ‘Game Changing’ Electric Car Batteries

Nissan is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on a new type of battery for electric vehicles that promises to charge quicker and be lighter yet safe, the Japanese automaker said Friday. The all-solid-state battery will replace...

December 2, 2021 No Responses

Hyundai Creta Voted Nigerian Car of the Year 2021 As Kona Clinches Electric Car of the Year Award

For the second time in three years, Hyundai Creta SUV has been voted as the Nigerian Car-of-the- Year, ahead of Toyota Corolla and Kia Rio. The Nigerian Auto journalists Association (NAJA) announced the latest verdict on Wednesday at its ...

October 2, 2021 No Responses

Rolls-Royce Targets All-Electric Range By 2030

Rolls-Royce will produce only electric cars by 2030, the luxury carmaker has said, joining other premium brands making the switch such as Volkswagen’s Bentley and Jaguar‘s Land Rover.The BMW-owned brand explained in a statement that its first...

October 1, 2021 No Responses

Rolls-Royce First Fully Electric Car Unveils Agenda

In a historic announcement, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars on Thursday announced that on-road testing of its first fully electric motor car is imminent. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Chief Executive Officer, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, said: “Today is the most significant...

August 2, 2021 No Responses

With $40k Price Tag,1st All-Electric Kia Sedan Debuts

Kia, South Korea’s auto firm on Monday launched an all-electric EV6 sedan in the domestic market ahead of its overseas launches later this year.The EV6 is Kia’s first model embedded with Hyundai Motor Group’s own EV-only electr...

July 24, 2021 No Responses

Toyota Unveils New Aqua Electric Car

Toyota Motor Corporation has launched its new Aqua hybrid electric compact car redesigned to realize its mission to ‘introduce sustainable vehicles practically’ and to contribute to carbon neutrality, the company said in a release.The n...

June 30, 2021 No Responses

Electric Car Sales Surge As Climate Targets Bite

One in every nine new cars sold in Europe last year was an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle, with low-emission car sales surging even as the COVID-19 pandemic knocked overall vehicle sales, the European Environment Agency said on Tuesday.The uptick in e...

June 17, 2021 No Responses

Locally Assembled Hyundai Kona Fantastic, Says Osinbajo After Test-Drive

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has thumped up for the Hyundai Kona Electric Car assembled in Nigeria, describing it as a fantastic machine. The Nigerian Vice president made the remark on Tuesday after test-drivi...

April 24, 2021 No Responses

New Honda CEO Targets 100% Electric Vehicles By 2040

Honda Motor Co’s new chief executive said on Friday the company was aiming to increase its ratio of electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to 100% of all sales by 2040.Speaking at his first news conference since ta...

February 23, 2021 No Responses

Hyundai Nigeria Unveils 2021 Hyundai Grand i10 Sedan, Petrol Kona

Stallion Hyundai Motors Nigeria has unveiled locally assembled petrol-powered Hyundai Kona and all new 2021 Hyundai Grand i10 Sedan as part of measures to provide options to Hyundai Kona Electric Vehicle (EV) customers. The company had late last ye...

February 13, 2021 No Responses

Electric Cars: Autoworkers Face Uncertain Future

When General Motors boldly announced its goal last month to make only battery-powered vehicles by 2035, it didn’t just break from more than a century of internal combustion engines. It also clouded the future for 50,000 GM workers whose jobs could beco...