Electric Car

Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. — Reuters WASHINGTON: A US judge issued an emergency order early Saturday blocking Elon Musk's government reform team from accessing personal and financial data for millions of Americans stored at…

If you were hoping the Biden administration's $5 billion investment in building a cross-country network of EV chargers would soon have you road-tripping in an electric car without range anxiety, think again: The Trump-led US Dept of Transport has put the plan under review and halted new funding. In a…

Electric vehicles are still generally unprofitable due to the high costs associated with making batteries, which remain the priciest component of an EV. Tesla's first profitable year was not until 2020. Last month, General Motors said it's finally starting to make some money with electric cars. Ford's Model e division,…

Mercedes’ poor electric vehicle sales prompted the company to take a bold step earlier this year by discontinuing the EQS AMG. This decision marks the first of several upcoming discontinuations in the months ahead. Following two years of declining electric car sales, 2025 is viewed as a pivotal year for…

It's been nearly two years since Volkswagen unveiled the ID.2all concept as a window into the future of its €25,000 ($26,000) electric car. That future is still not here, considering that a production model won't hit the market until sometime next year. Nevertheless, VW is already eager to preview an…

Renault says that the Filante Record 2025 is a laboratory on wheels for testing new technologies, materials and innovations. Filante Record 2025 will be on show at the Rétromobile motor show in Paris from 5 to 9 February 2025. Renault is on course to set a new record for power…

A significant drop in the number of new electric-car sales was recorded this year, latest provisional figures show. There were 17,450 new BEVs (battery electric vehicles) registered in 2024, a decline of 24pc on 2023, but there is optimism that buying will rebound in 2025 to the levels attained in…

Volkswagen’s automotive software company, Cariad, exposed data collected from around 800,000 electric cars. The info could be linked to drivers’ names and reveal precise vehicle locations. The developer left terabytes of Volkswagen customer details in Amazon cloud storage unprotected for months, allowing anyone with little technical knowledge to track drivers’ movement…

United States-based Nigerian expert in the automotive manufacturing industry, Sunday Aluko. A United States-based Nigerian expert in the automotive manufacturing industry, Sunday Aluko, has highlighted how embracing electric vehicles can drastically reduce the country’s reliance on imported fuel and revolutionise its transportation systems. Aluko stressed the urgent need for reforms…

Author of the article: Canadian Press Morgan Lowrie Published Dec 23, 2024  •  3 minute read Outgoing Montreal mayor Denis Coderre pauses as he answers a question during a news conference in Montreal on November 8, 2017. Photo by Paul Chiasson /THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — An entrepreneur who sued…