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May 24, 2021 No Responses

Ford CEO: Electric Vehicle Demand Will Transform Industry

A new electric version of Ford’s immensely popular F-150 pickup truck might just be the catalyst that hastens America’s transition from gasoline to battery-powered vehicles.Jim Farley, the company’s new CEO, calls the introduction of an electric version of the nation’s...

May 22, 2021 No Responses

Pope Francis To Get First Electric Popemobile From Fisker

Los Angeles-based Fisker Inc plans to supply the first pure electric vehicle for Pope Francis next year, it said on Friday, with features such as a solar roof and carpets made of recycled plastic bottles from the ocean.Fisker will covert its all-electric O...

May 21, 2021 No Responses

South Africa Unveils Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Agenda

As part of measures to increase the country’s competitiveness in the global automotive market, the South African Government has launched a public consultation on how to boost domestic production of electric vehicles (EVs). Already, the Department o...

May 14, 2021 No Responses

Hyundai To Invest $7.4b In Electric Cars, Expansion

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it planned to invest $7.4 billion in the United States by 2025 to produce electric vehicles, upgrade production facilities and further its investment in smart mobility solutions.The announcement came b...

May 3, 2021 No Responses

South Korea Captures 31 Per Cent Of Global Electric Vehicle Battery Market In Q1

Three South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery makers accounted for 31 percent of the global market in the first quarter, but their share has slipped since last year in the face of toughening competition with Chinese rivals, a market research firm said...

April 28, 2021 No Responses

Ford To Develop, Produce Own Electric Vehicle Batteries

Saying that it wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles, Ford plans to open a battery development center near Detroit by the end of next year.The company said the 200,000-square-foot facility will have equipment to design, test and even...

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...

April 9, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Unveils First Solar Energy Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station

The Nigeria Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), on Thursday in Sokoto State, inaugurated the first 100 per cent solar energy powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Nigeria. In his address, Director-General of NADDC, Mr Jelani Aliyu, s...

April 6, 2021 No Responses

Kia All-Electric Car Explains 500 kms Single Charge Agenda

Taking Elon Musk-run Tesla head-on, South Korea’s No 2 automaker Kia has unveiled the EV6, its first all-electric model built on a dedicated platform that can travel over 500 kms on a single charge.The EV6 is priced at from over 45 million...

February 25, 2021 No Responses

Hyundai IONIQ 5 Redefines Electric Mobility Lifestyle

Hyundai Motor Company has launched the IONIQ 5 midsize CUV during a virtual world premiere event. As the first model in Hyundai’s new IONIQ brand dedicated to battery electric vehicles (BEV), IONIQ 5 sets the benchmark to redefine the electric mobility....