Vietnamese-Made Electric Cars Arrive At Port of Nanaimo For Sale in Canada
The Port of Nanaimo is the first stop for hundreds of new electric vehicles built in Vietnam. More than 750 VinFast VF 8 vehicles arrived in Nanaimo on May 16 as part of an initial shipment of 1,879 vehicles exported…
Jaguar Has Some Dangerous News For Its Electric Vehicle Owners
Tesla (TSLA) – Get Free Report CEO Elon Musk despises the term “recall” when it comes to an over-the-air software update or vehicle remote upgrade, but that’s the term Chinese regulators used for a recall of 1.1 million Teslas sold from Jan. 12, 2019 to…
Ford And Uber Offer EV Leasing Pilot Program To Rideshare Drivers
Ford Next and Uber have teamed up on a new EV leasing pilot program for rideshare drivers who want to go electric. The new EV leasing pilot program is called Ford Drive. “We understand uptime and ease of use are…
Ford, Tesla ‘Blindside’ Industry With Charging Deal
On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, Ford CEO Jim Farley announced he would be joining Tesla CEO Elon Musk for a Twitter Spaces discussion, where the two would talk about “accelerating EV adoption,” and make an announcement. That announcement turned…
Volkswagen To Launch Electric Bus For North America And Europe
Volkswagen AG moved into high gear by announcing elaborate plans for the return of the VW bus to North America with the all-electric ID. Buzz with long wheelbase. The German automotive giant noted that the ID. Buzz is one of…
GM Deal Strengthens Its EV Supply Chain. The Stock Is Rising.
Traditional auto makers need supply chains full of batteries and the materials they’re made of if their electric-vehicles businesses are ever to catch the leader Tesla TSLA +3.11% . U.S. auto giant General Motors GM +3.82% has big EV ambitions and unveiled another deal to strengthen its supply chain on Friday. GM…
Canadian Auto Industry, Politicians Defend EV Subsidies
The Canadian auto sector and governments appear united in saying the huge subsidies sunk into securing a C$7 billion ($5.1 billion) Volkswagen battery plant in southern Ontario make good commercial and economic sense. The level of financing could indicate what the…
Keeping AM Radio In EVs Is A Safety Issue
By now, most of America is aware of Democratic and Republican disappointment over recent changes to the Inflation Reduction Act’s “Made in America” electric vehicle (EV) tax credit rules to include cars made in Japan and elsewhere. Critics have labeled…
Jaguar Is Recalling I-Pace Electric SUVs Because The Batteries Can Catch Fire
Jaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U.S. due to the risk of the high-voltage battery catching fire, and it’s telling owners to park them outdoors. The recall is the latest in a series of electric vehicle battery recalls because…
Tesla Jolts EV Charging Industry
Tesla’s proprietary charging network helped power its rise as the dominant US electric-car maker. Now it is opening that network to rival marques — a decision that will shake up a nascent roadside charging industry. The Supercharger network’s thousands of…