Hyundai Eyes Second North American EV Assembly Plant
The Hyundai Motor Group is already eyeing its second North American EV assembly while its first is still under construction in Bryan County, Georgia. According to Hyundai Auto Canada’s CEO, Don Romano, “Canada’s going to be part of that conversation.” Hyundai initially revealed…
Wallbox Announces Retail Partnership With Costco
Wallbox (NYSE:WBX), a leading provider of electric vehicle (“EV”) charging and energy management solutions worldwide, today announced that Pulsar Plus, its best-selling EV charger, will be available at Costco (NASDAQ: COST) stores across the U.S. and through Costco starting in July, marking…
VW’s Electrify America Embraces Tesla’s NACS EV Plug
Electrify America operates one of the largest charging networks in the United States, so their decision to embrace the North American Charging Standard (NACS) is huge news and another step towards making the Combined Charging System (CCS) the Betamax of…
Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars
The auto industry’s largest lobbying organization has come out against the Biden administration’s most ambitious climate change regulation, a proposed rule designed to ensure that two-thirds of new passenger cars sold in the United States are all-electric by 2032. If implemented,…
Fisker Makes First US Deliveries Of Long Range Ocean One Electric SUV
Fledgling American electric vehicle company Fisker has begun deliveries of its Ocean One launch edition electric SUV to the first customers in the United States. Fisker says it has delivered the first 22 Ocean Ones, with additional deliveries expected to…
Volvo Becomes Latest Automaker To Adopt Tesla EV Charging Standard
First came Ford. GM and Rivian followed. Now, Volvo is turning to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard. Under an agreement announced Tuesday, Volvo EV owners will have access to about 12,000 of Tesla’s fast chargers, known as Superchargers, via an adapter starting in the first half…
Ford To Lay Off Workers As It Focuses On Electric Vehicles
As Ford shifts to producing more electric vehicles, it expects to lay off a number of employees, mostly engineers, in North America over the coming days. The company would not confirm any specific number of employees involved. “This is related…
Georgia Governor Attacks Biden’s Electric Vehicle Policy At Federally-Backed Battery Material Maker
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is escalating his attack on President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle policy, speaking Tuesday at the groundbreaking for a company that received more than $100 million to refine graphite for electric batteries from the infrastructure law Biden…
GM And Element 25 To Supercharge The US EV Battery Supply Chain
General Motors (GM) announced a new deal with Australian-based supplier Element 25 on Monday to expand manganese sulfate production in the US, a key EV battery component. Under the supply agreement, Element 25 will provide GM with up to 32,500 metric tons…
Aston Martin, Lucid To Enter Into Agreement To Make Electric Vehicles
British luxury carmaker Aston Martin said on Monday it would enter into an agreement with Lucid Group to manufacture “high performance” electric vehicles (EVs). As part of the agreement, US-based luxury EV maker Lucid will supply Aston Martin with select…
