BYD Production Snowballs As It Celebrates Rolling Five Millionth Plug-in EV Off The Assembly Line
While some EV automaker’s are working to deliver EV numbers in the tens of thousands, China’s Build Your Dreams (BYD) is on an entirely different level. The automotive manufacturing conglomerate is celebrating five million new energy vehicles (NEVs) built – a feat…
Thai EV Brand Strom Announces New Electric Motorcycle Production Facility
Electric vehicles are picking up at a rapid pace in Asia and Europe. More and more people are making the shift from either driving cars or taking public transport on a daily basis, to riding lightweight e-bikes and electric scooters….
Half of Large Commercial Fleets in the UK & Ireland Could Be Hybrid or Electric by 2025
Samsara Inc. (NYSE: IOT), the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, today announced new research, revealing that over half (55%) of physical operations leaders surveyed in the UK and Ireland could have a hybrid or electric fleet by 2025, rising…
Electric Cars Overtake Diesels In Europe For The First Time
EVs are continuing their upward trajectory in Europe, with pure electric cars outselling diesel vehicles in the month of June. Figures released the other week by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) show that in June 2023 158,252 EVs were…
France’s Le Maire Presses China On Market Access And Lobbies For Electric Car Investment
The French finance minister said Sunday he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to foreign companies and lobbied for investment in France’s electric car industry, as the European Union’s second-largest economy followed Washington in reviving post-COVID economic talks amid…
BT Looks To Use Phone Boxes As EV Charging Points
The start-up and Digital incubation team at BT, called Etc., will, over the next two years, conduct technical and commercial pilots to convert or upgrade its street cabinets for EV charging units. The pilots will provide critical insight into the…
EU Rules Require EV Fast Charging Stations Every 60 Kilometers
The European Union has approved a new rules package for EV fast charging that requires there be a facility with at least 150 kW of power along all major transportation routes every 60 kilometers (37 miles) by 2025. According to The Verge, the…
GM Hires EV And Retail Leader For The European Market
GM has just announced that it has hired EV and retail leader Pere Brugal as the new chief commercial officer in Europe, where the company prepares a new market entry as an all-electric player. The automaker’s European subsidiary announced the hiring of…
Nissan Global EV Sales Surpass 1-Million-Unit Milestone
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announces today that global sales of its electric vehicles have surpassed the 1 million unit milestone, with almost one third of which have been to European customers. Since its launch in December 2010, the Nissan LEAF…
US & Europe Propel EV Battery Demand in Uncertain Times
In an ever-changing automotive industry, the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to fuel a significant increase in the demand for batteries, particularly in the United States and Europe. As governments actively support the growth of EV sales…
