Electric Car

Starbucks's logo outside its coffee shop on Sept 28, 2019 in Beijing. (Image credit: TechNode/Coco Gao) Starbucks China has appointed Tony Yang as its first-ever Chief Growth Officer (CGO), Chinese tech media LatePost reported yesterday. Yang, previously President and Partner at digital marketing firm Tizeng, joined Baidu-backed electric car startup…

Tesla has a clear mission and vision statement that guides its every move. The company aims to make the world a better place by focusing on electric cars and clean energy. They believe in using renewable energy sources to help protect the planet. This commitment to sustainability is at the…

EVs are practically worthless secondhand, because the huge batteries will need expensive replacement after a few years. At least, that’s what some articles or forum discussions in recent years may lead you to believe. However, while secondhand prices for EVs have been plummeting, evidence is building that their batteries could…

BMW to achieve 100% green charging with China’s State Grid by 2027 Credit: BMW BMW China said on Thursday that it will significantly expand the access that its customers have to green electricity for charging their electric vehicles in an existing partnership with the country’s state grid operator starting 2025.…

Aachen – Customer requirements for the evolution of electric cars are clearly defined: reduced weight at increased efficiency, higher range at shorter charging times and maximum safety. FEV, Germany's innovation powerhouse for the automotive and energy industry, and ProLogium, global pioneer in developing advanced vehicle batteries, fulfill precisely these requirements…

Richard Lawler is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Jaguar’s new ethos is “copy nothing,” and the first concept car of its new era is trying to deliver. The leaks earlier were…

Elon Musk has filed for an injunction against OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, broadly designed to prevent the GenAI poster child from shifting towards an entirely for-profit business. The businessman and political advisor has been pursuing a legal battle against the ChatGPT maker, linked to Microsoft by a $13…

Workers at German auto giant Volkswagen are to stage strikes from Monday against the company's cost-cutting plans that includes the closure of some factories. Photo: Ronny HARTMANN / AFP Source: AFP Thousands of Volkswagen workers were to go on strike Monday in an escalating industrial dispute at the crisis-hit German…

Before you come for me, I know that you, our beloved Car Throttle audience, are the type to be sceptical of electric vehicles. I often am too. For a start, I can’t charge them at home, which means I have to rely on the utter shambles that is the public…

In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles could help solve these problems but they’ve been slow to take off in the region. Its biggest economy, South…