Electric Car

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks to the media after a dialogue session with enforcement agencies at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre, July 13, 2023. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news you need to…

Last Friday, the final Ford Fiesta rolled off the Cologne, Germany assembly line, with the Blue Oval’s entry-level nameplate retired. That’s the end of the story, right? Not quite, according to Ford of Europe’s passenger cars boss Martin Sander, who left the door open for a Fiesta revival on an…

Ford is preparing to reveal what appears to be a rally-ready Mustang Mach-E at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed on the 14th of July. The Blue Oval’s European division posted a teaser video on YouTube, showing the colourful Mustang Mach-E lurking in the background behind two other regular Mustang…

Technology The lithium-ion batteries found in electric cars work best when kept within a certain temperature range, so researchers have created a blanket to keep your car cool in the sun and warm in the cold By Madeleine Cuff The blanket helps regulate temperature Huaxu Qiao Draping an electric car…

Hyundai and affiliate Kia sold 38,457 electric cars in the U.S. in the first half of this year to rank second in the market after Tesla. The Korean auto giant ranked third last year after Tesla and Ford, but ascended one notch despite the withdrawal of tax breaks for foreign-made…

The problem with EVs was once limited supply, but it has now become demand. In the U.S., EVs are sitting on dealer lots for far longer than their gas-powered counterparts and piling up as buyers mostly continue to overlook fully-electric cars, as Axios reports. Despite carmaker lineups filling out with…

Tesla wants stricter gas vehicle emission standards (image: Tesla)Tesla expects its cars to become drastically cheaper and sell many more units than the US government projects in the next few years, so it demands even more stringent emission standards for gas-powered vehicles. The EPA's current proposal is for 67% of…

The Model 2 may look like a smaller Model Y (image: Tesla/YouTube)The purported mass market Model 2 that Tesla is preparing to build at its new Gigafactory in Mexico will be the 'best' and most 'affordable' electric vehicle there is, according to the governor of Nuevo León, Samuel Alejandro García…

Back to homepage / Shows / The Debate Issued on: 08/07/2023 - 22:34Modified: 09/07/2023 - 16:55 26:05 FRANCE 24's Nicholas Rushworth hosts a special debate on the rush for cobalt, a strategic mineral essential to making electric car batteries. © screengrab, FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 brings you a special debate about the…

World BEV market share was 11% in May and is average 10% in 2023. Global light vehicle sales are forecast to increase by 6.2% y/y to 86.0 million units in 2023. World BEV sales should be about 11 million in 2023. This would be up from 7.2 million in 2022.…