Enlarge / The House Ways and Means Committee has proposed a wide-ranging overhaul of the current electric vehicle incentives as part of the infrastructure bill. (credit: Stadtratte) On Friday, the House Ways and Means Committee released a markup of its proposed budget reconciliation bill. There’s a ton of information in the $3. 5 trillion plan, […]
Toyota introduced the particular Prius Prime in 2016, years after other manufacturers released electric-only models. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin ) Executives at Toyota had a moment of inspiration when typically the company first developed the Prius. That moment, apparently, has long since passed. The Prius was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, years ahead of any […]
Enlarge / VW Group CEO Herbert Diess presents VW’s strategy for the next decade. (credit: Volkswagen Group) On Tuesday, Volkswagen Group revealed its new strategy for the coming decade . Under the tag line “New Auto, ” VW Group CEO Herbert Diess laid out how the company plans to increase profitability and streamline the operations […]
Enlarge / In 2024, Ram will offer a battery-electric Ram 1500 pickup truck. (credit: Stellantis) Stellantis, the automaker with a portfolio of 14 brands that includes Jeep, Ram, Peugeot, and Citroën, is planning four new platforms for battery-electric vehicles as part of its electrification strategy. The company revealed its new EV strategy on Thursday morning, […]
Enlarge / Poor charging infrastructure is a big reason that some Californians decided not to get another electric vehicle. (credit: Cavan Images/Getty Images) By now, we know a lot of ways to get people to buy electric vehicles. In Europe and China, it’s simple: mandate them. Policymakers aren’t nearly that brave here in the US, […]
Enlarge / Thomas Schmall, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Group for Technology, and CEO of Volkswagen Group Components. (credit: Volkswagen AG) Volkswagen Group is planning six new European lithium-ion battery factories with a total yearly output of 240 GWh once they’re all operational in 2030. It made the announcement on Monday at […]
Enlarge / WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order related to American manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The federal government owns more than 600,000 civilian vehicles—trucks, vans, and passenger vehicles—with a large large majority […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Apple’s automotive plan includes a collaboration with Hyundai, according to a report published on Friday by the Korea Economic Daily. It says that Apple and Hyundai are working on battery technology that will differ from the kind used in the automaker’s new battery electric vehicle platform, which goes into […]
|} When Audi demonstrated its FE07 race car a week, it did not tell us it’d be the corporation’s last Formula E automobile. [credit: Audi ] Formula E likely expected that its preseason evaluation could be the source of several headlines today. Ahead of this electrical racing series’ seventh year launch in Chile in January, […]
Expand / Because of the centenary at 2019 the firm assembled the EXP 100 GT concept vehicle to consider ideas to the all-electric Bentley. (charge: Bentley) Time is beginning to run out to get vehicles powered only by internal combustion motors, along with also the automobile industry understands it. Last week Bentley, that bastion of […]