While Ford and General Motors are aiming to grab the third spot in EV market, Stellantis might become a surprising challenger for the position. The electric vehicle market is bulging fast. While the electric two-wheelers are spearheading the market, electric cars too are gaining a stronger footprint. Tesla and Volkswagen are among the key players […]
Charging Stations Coming to City – EQ Mag Pro
Juanice Gray and Carolyn Roy contributed to this story The City of Natchitoches is getting charged – and it’s a good thing. Natchitoches is among more than 20 government agencies, universities and electric utilities in Louisiana that will soon be getting electric vehicle charging stations. Natchitoches is set to get two fast chargers, a value […]
Electric car beats hydrogen: Volkswagen explains again
New Delhi : The battery electric vehicle is the best technology for individual, carbon-neutral mobility, remarked the world’s leading carmaker Volkswagen, adding EVs are ready for mass production and affordable for the majority of customers. Quoting studies, Volkswagen said: In terms of climate change mitigation, the electric vehicle is superior to fuel-cell drive vehicles and […]
Carmakers Plan Switch to Electric Vehicles: What’s in Store
Most leading brands plan to cut back on internal combustion engines Volkswagen wants to be the global leader in electric vehicles An electric car is seen plugged in at a charging point. Leading automakers have signalled their intention to scrap internal combustion engines by 2030 or cut back sharply on their production as the sector […]
Volkswagen Battery Electric Vehicle Deliveries Nearly Triple in H1
In the first six months of the year, deliveries of BEVs climbed to 170,939. “Our global electric offensive continues to make good progress and customer demand is high,” said Christian Dahlheim, Volkswagen’s head of group sales. Volkswagen on Tuesday said global deliveries of battery electric vehicles (BEV) nearly tripled in the first half of 2021, […]
State’s Volkswagen Settlement Funding Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at Busy Rural Missouri Interchanges
Missouri’s first electric vehicle charging station funded through the state’s Volkswagen settlement has opened in central Missouri’s Kingdom City, which is about 20 miles east of Columbia. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the charging station is located at Kingdom City’s FastLane convenience store, which is near heavily-traveled I-70 and Highway 54. DNR […]
Only Volkswagen, Volvo Doing Enough to Electrify in Europe: Study
Sales of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids almost tripled last year, boosted by tighter emission standards and government subsidies. Among the major carmakers, Volkswagen and Volvo are doing enough to electrify their vehicle line-ups in Europe and the EU needs to set tougher CO2 emission limits if it wants to meet Green Deal targets, […]
Volkswagen seeks partners for battery materials race
“We’re all in a race. It’s about making the most affordable cells and you need scale to do that,” said Thomas Schmall, Volkswagen’s board member in charge of technology. FRANKFURT : Volkswagen is in talks with suppliers to secure direct access to raw materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries via partnerships, one of its board […]
Volkswagen invests $620 million in Northvolt to secure battery supply
The investment, part of a $2.75 billion funding round launched by the maker of lithium-ion batteries, will keep Volkswagen’s stake stable at around 20% and follows an initial 900 million euro investment in 2019. Volkswagen said on Wednesday it was investing a further $620 million in Swedish battery maker Northvolt, in a bid to secure […]
China Tech Giants Bet $19 Billion on Global Electric Car Frenzy
China is shaping up to be the first real test of Big Tech’s ambitions in the world of carmaking, with giants from Huawei Technologies Co. to Baidu Inc. plowing almost $19 billion into electric and self-driving vehicle ventures widely seen as the future of transport. While Apple Inc. has long had plans for its own […]