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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 become...

February 1, 2021 No Responses

BMW To Unveil 25 Electric Products In 2021

Foremost German luxury automotive group, BMW is to has unveil25 electric products in India before the end of 2021. “As far as our business is concerned, the worst of coronavirus is behind us. In 2020 we saw business shut…This year...

January 14, 2021 No Responses

Hyundai, Apple To Seal Electric Car Partnership This Year

Hyundai Motor and Apple Inc plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric cars by March and start production as early as 2024 in the United States, local newspaper Korea IT News has reported.The report follows a statemen...

December 30, 2020 No Responses

Volkswagen Unveils Electric Car-Charging Robot

Volkswagen Group has unveiled the first glimpse of the prototypes of its mobile charging robot that can be used for fully autonomous charging of vehicles in restricted parking areas, like underground garages.The charging robot — started via an app or ...

November 13, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Governor Unveils Hyundai Kona, Nigeria’s First Electric Car

Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Nigeria unveiled its first locally assembled Electric car, Hyundai Kona on Friday at Stallion Group VON Assembly Plant, Lagos State The vehicle was launched by ...

June 8, 2020 No Responses

GAC Delivers First All-Electric Vehicle GE3

Chinese OEM GAC Motor has completed the first overseas delivery of its all-electric vehicle, the GE3 SUV. Yakov Ben Hion, the first international GE3 owner, is a technology enthusiast and environmentalist. A statement quoted the owner as ...

May 28, 2020 No Responses

Hyundai, LG Seal Electric Vehicle Deal

Hyundai Motor Group has picked LG Chem as one of the battery suppliers for its upcoming new electric vehicles. Agency Reports on Wednesday quote the Group’s spokesperson as saying details of the supply contract including the electric vehicle ...

May 6, 2020 No Responses

Volkswagen To Begin Sales Of New All-Electric Hatchback November 17

Volkswagen is to start selling the launch edition of its ID.3 vehicle next month to customers who placed pre-orders of the all-electric hatchback. According to the auto firm, Customers who made reservations for the launch edition, known as ID.3 1st,...

October 31, 2019 No Responses

Volkswagen, Siemens Launch Electric Vehicle In Rwanda

In a first for the African continent, the Volkswagen Brand has launched a pilot project in partnership with Siemens to test the feasibility of electric mobility in an African country. The pilot project, which will form part of Volkswagen’s operations...

September 23, 2019 No Responses

Electric Cars: Germany To Unveil Incentives

The German government will raise incentives for buying electric cars under its new climate plan, as well as raising road tolls for trucks from 2023 and pumping money into rail operator Deutsche Bahn, a climate policy document seen by Reuters...

September 2, 2019 No Responses

Shell Launches Electric Vehicle Chargers

Shell is launching electric vehicle chargers at petrol stations in Singapore, its first such foray in Southeast Asia. The electric vehicle charging service, ‘Shell Recharge’, will be available at 10 Shell petrol stations in Singapore by October, th...

August 19, 2019 No Responses

Auto Manufacturers To South Africa: Drop Import Tariff On Electric Vehicles

Nissan Motor Company, BMW AG and Volkswagen AG are among carmakers in talks to bring the electric-car revolution to South Africa. The industry is preparing a unified stance on electrification to present to the government by the end of the...

April 28, 2019 No Responses

VW, JAC Seal $750.8m Electric Car Deal

Volkswagen AG’s joint venture with China’s Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co (JAC) plans to invest 5.06 billion yuan ($750.83 million) in a new electric car factory in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, according to local authorities. A document post...