Ford Hires New CMO Away From Toyota as It Pivots Toward Electric Vehicles
Ford Motor hired a new global chief marketing officer away from rival Toyota as the automaker contends with a costly and slower-than-expected shift toward electric vehicles, as well as a potential strike by thousands of unionized workers. Lisa Materazzo succeeds Suzy Deering, who…
Smartville Second-life Ev Battery Systems To Help Power Nissan North America
Smartville Inc., an EV battery-repurposing innovator, has been contracted to install a 500-kilowatt-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Nissan North America headquarters in Franklin, Tenn. using second-life Nissan LEAF electric vehicle battery packs. Smartville launched the Smartville 360™ BESS today…
State Installs 1st Electric Vehicle Charging Stations On University Campus
Montana State University installed Level 2 EV charging stations on the west side of American Indian Hall and on the south side of Hyalite residence hall. Both stations are expected to be in use during the fall semester, and a…
Ev Charging Infrastructure Strength In Each U.S. State Analyzed In New Study
Public charging is a common concern for new electric vehicle (EV) buyers and current owners alike, and local charging infrastructure can depend heavily on where a person lives. In a recent study, one organization looked at each U.S. state to…
Gotion Builds Ev Lithium Battery Manufacturing Plant In Illinois
Gotion announced on Friday that it is building a new electric vehicle (EV) lithium battery manufacturing plant in Manteno, U.S. state of Illinois. Covering approximately 150 acres, the plant will focus on lithium-ion battery cell, battery pack production, and energy…
UK’s Largest Public EV Charging Hub Comes Online In Birmingham
BP pulse, The EV Network (EVN), and NEC Group, announced the launch of the United Kingdom’s largest public electric vehicle charging hub on the NEC Campus in the West Midlands. The site, called Gigahub, has 16 ultra-fast chargers (14 dual-head and two…
Tesla Rival Chevy Has Bad News About Its Popular Electric Vehicle
The Bolt was the second best-selling electric vehicle behind the Tesla (TSLA) Model S after it launched. It was also named the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year, 2017 North American Car of the Year, Automobile magazine 2017 All Star and was…
Stellantis Expects To Add More Gigafactories For Ev Batteries
Stellantis will build more battery-making plants on top of the six facilities it already plans in Europe and North America. The additional capacity will support growing production of EV vehicles, said Stellantis’ head of global propulsion systems, Micky Bly. “We have committed…
California Shows An Electric-car Uprising Headed For The Us
If you want to know how quickly electric vehicles might spread across the U.S., just look at California. In the past five years, EVs have gone from 2% of new-car sales in the state to 22%. The pace of adoption…
Europe’s Auto Giants Trail in Electric Vehicle Transition
BYD, a leading Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has outpaced European auto giants BMW, Volkswagen, and Mercedes in the global EV market. In the first half of 2023, BYD sold nearly 1.2 million plug-in electric vehicles, double the combined total…