Electric Car

Home Green Marine Longship rings the welcome bell to latest ultra-low emission diesel-electric cargo vessel March 6, 2025, by Sara Kosmajac Dutch shortsea ship operator and logistics company Longship recently took delivery of the 8,600 dwt ultra-low emission diesel-electric general cargo vessel Longearth, the third in a series of four…

Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. electric carmaker Tesla has signed a lease deal to open its first showroom in Mumbai, as it moves towards a goal to sell imported cars in India, registration papers show, after it dropped similar plans…

Automakers need to sell cheaper electric vehicles if they want to put more people behind the wheel of EVs. Volkswagen intends to address the lack of models at the lower end with two new entries: ID.2 and ID.1. The ID.2all concept has previewed the former and will cost less than €25,000 ($26,700)…

South Africa’s main export markets for cars are looking to reduce imports of petrol and diesel cars in the next 10 years, which means boosting skills in electric vehicle manufacturing is essential for safeguarding jobs and the economy in this country...Read More

The whole world is talking about solid-state batteries and their promise of longer ranges, faster charging, and improved performance for electric cars. However, Hyundai and Kia are cooling the hype a bit, suggesting that the widespread commercial availability of this technology is still years away. Some automakers are promising rapid rollouts,…

A three-port public electric-vehicle charging station, such as this one operated by Electrify America, in Nebraska, can cost as much as half a million dollars. If there’s one thing we could do now to hasten the transition to electric vehicles, it’s this: Build a robust public EV-charging infrastructure. While the…

The plunge in Tesla electric vehicle sales has continued into February, according to the latest official data, with combined sales of the Model Y and Model 3 EVs plunging 71.9 per cent in the month of February, compared to the same month a year earlier. The data from the Electric…

It is well known that China is the world’s leading manufacturer, but its dominance is so significant that traditional manufacturers have substantial reasons to be concerned. The future of electric cars will, as things stand, be entirely Chinese, as the vast majority of battery-powered cars already come from that country.…

By Meaghan Tobin and Claire Fu March 2, 2025 — 4.00pm After nearly a decade of trying, Apple finally gave up its effort to produce an electric car last year, cancelling a project that had soaked up $US10 billion ($16.1 billion). But last year in China, electronics maker Xiaomi launched…

After nearly a decade of trying, Apple finally gave up its effort to produce an electric car last year, canceling a project that soaked up $10 billion. But last year in China, electronics maker Xiaomi launched its first electric car after just three years of development and delivered 135,000 vehicles.…