by Michael Strong | Dec 2, 2020
With the mandate to lower carbon emissions in Europe rapidly approaching, automakers on the continent are making the shift to zero-emissions products, mostly battery-electric vehicles, with the latest being Fiat. Officials at the Fiat Chrysler-owned brand said by the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 2, 2020
More than two dozen companies with a stake in the development of electric vehicles are joining together to create a new trade association, the Zero Emission Transportation Association or ZETA for short. ZETA describes itself as “the first industry-backed coalition of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 1, 2020
Almost a year to the day after breaking ground, Lucid Motor says it has finished construction of its new EV plant in Arizona — the first phase, anyway. The facility, based in the Phoenix suburb of Casa Grande, initially will have capacity to build about 30,000...
by Michael Strong | Dec 1, 2020
Last week, General Motors switched sides of the California emissions debate, siding with the Golden State in its ongoing legal battle against the Trump administration to set its own emissions standard. Could Ford Motor Co. have played a role? Maybe. Officials at the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 30, 2020
German carmakers have made major investments in electric vehicles and now the German government is preparing to help sell those new EVs with a new round of incentives. Earlier this month, Germany rolled out a program that extends its environmental subsidies for...
by Michael Strong | Nov 23, 2020
General Motors is switching sides, moving to support California in its efforts to fight attempts by the Trump administration to revoke the state’s ability to set its own emissions rules in court. The Golden State’s rules are more stringent than federal mandates, even...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 23, 2020
As Cadillac prepares to become an all-electric luxury brand it is offering dealers who don’t want to plug in incentives to go away. For the last several years, General Motors CEO Mary Barra has said the automaker is on a “path to an all-electric future,” and the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 23, 2020
An upcoming boom in EV sales, notably in China, will bring to an end the “oil era,” according to a new study by research firm Carbon Tracker. While the need for oil won’t end anytime soon, growth in demand will drop by 70%, the study forecast, while the switch to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 18, 2020
The United Kingdom will bar the sale of all new gas and diesel-powered vehicles starting in 2030, the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson moving up an earlier ban by a decade. As part of Britain’s new “green industrial revolution,” the sale of hybrid vehicles...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 17, 2020
General Motors Co. Chairman Mary Barra and United Auto Workers President Rory Gamble were among a small group of executives and labor leaders who met with President-elect Joe Biden, discussing the need for equity and worker safety as the U.S. economy begins to rebuild...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 11, 2020
Hyundai confirmed Wednesday plans to have 10 “Eco Vehicles” in production by 2022, a broad term covering everything from conventional hybrids to all-electric vehicles, as well as hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. And that automaker plans to add even more electrified...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 11, 2020
One of the early pioneers in electrification with products like the i3 city car and i8 plug-in sports car, BMW has fallen behind key rivals lately – but the Bavarian automaker plans to catch up quickly with an assortment of long-range battery-electric vehicles such as...
