Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Earth Day was April 22, and its usual message—take care of our planet—has been given added urgency by the challenges highlighted in the latest IPCC report. This year, Ars is taking a look at the technologies we normally cover, from cars to chipmaking, and finding out how we […]
Enlarge / Canoo’s lifestyle vehicle will be too small to fit NASA’s needs, but perhaps the Artemis Crew Transport Vehicle will look like a stretched-out version of this van. (credit: Canoo) When astronauts finally return to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis project, their journey to the launchpad is going to be fully electric. The space […]
Enlarge / The first EV to use GM’s Ultium batteries is the Hummer EV, seen here. But from 2027, the cells will also power new, affordable EVs from Honda and GM brands. (credit: General Motors) On Tuesday, General Motors and Honda announced that the two companies are working together on a new range of affordable […]
Enlarge / The Vision-S 02 (left) and Vision-S 01 (right) are a pair of concept EVs developed by Sony. Now, the company} is joining up with Honda to build a range of EVs. (credit: Sony) On Friday, we learned that Honda and Volvo are teaming up for a strategic alliance. The two companies are creating […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) What happens to an electric vehicle’s big slab of batteries once it no longer holds a sufficient charge? On Thursday, Redwood Materials moved that conversation forward with an announcement that it has started its EV battery recycling program, with Kia and Volvo as partners. US law requires a good EV’s traction […]
Enlarge / Toyota is playing EV catchup, but it’s evidently been busy behind closed doors working on some ideas, as seen above. (credit: Noriaki Mtsuhashi/N-RAK PHOTO AGENCY) Despite being a pioneer in hybrid cars, Toyota failed to translate that knowledge and experience into a strong battery electric vehicle portfolio. Although the company collaborated with Tesla […]
Enlarge / Toyota’s current lineup of electrified vehicles will be joined by a battery electric crossover in 2022. (credit: Toyota) In 2025, Toyota will open a new North American battery manufacturing plant as part of the automaker’s electrification strategy. The company made the announcement on Monday morning, stating that it will spend $3.4 billion (¥ […]
Enlarge / In 2024, Ram will offer a battery-electric Ram 1500 pickup truck, with battery packs of up to 200 kWh. (credit: Stellantis) On Monday morning, the car conglomerate Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced a new joint venture that will produce lithium ion battery cells destined for electric vehicles in North America. The factory—to […]
Enlarge / A rendering of the BlueOvalSK campus in Glendale, Kentucky. (credit: Ford) On Monday, the Ford Motor Company announced a massive investment to build electric vehicles in Kentucky and Tennessee. Together with partner SK Innovation, it will invest $11.4 billion and create around 11,000 new jobs in the region building electric F-series pickup trucks […]
Lotus Cars is developing a lightweight electric vehicle architecture for sports cars. It uses a die-cast rear subframe that packages the drive unit. For two-seaters, the battery pack goes behind the passenger compartment. [credit: Lotus Cars ] Of all the automakers that are undergoing the transformation from internal combustion to electric propulsion, few have my […]