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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.…

Five state and private agencies have joined hands to develop the electric vehicle (EV) industry through more R&D projects as well as better support for local startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the automotive market...Read More

Where I live, in Berkeley, CA, it can seem like every other car is either a Tesla Model 3 or Y. Or a Hyundai IONIQ 5 SUV. Or some other brand of EV. And that’s not including the hybrids, the Toyota Priuses and others, that appear ubiquitous along the Bay.…

The Lucid Air offers the longest range of any battery-electric vehicle (BEV) on the market today. It can go 516 miles between charges according to Environmental Protection Agency estimates. New Toyotas may go even further thanks to solid-state battery technology, the company revealed this week, saying that their future vehicles…

Author of the article: The Associated Press Farai Mutsaka Published Jul 05, 2023  •  1 minute read HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Chinese mining company formally opened a $300 million lithium processing plant Wednesday in Zimbabwe, which has one of the world’s largest reserves of the metal as demand surges…

Next month, 50 homeowners in Ireland will start renting out their home electric car charging points to their neighbours with the help of a new app. It’s “the Airbnb of electric vehicle (EV) home chargers,” says GoPlugable co-founder Maebh Reynolds. The app’s trial launch will be limited to that first…

Finally, the Volkswagen ID.3 has made it to Australia. Well… sort of. 2023 Cupra Born Credit: CarExpertAfter years of delays and tug-of-wars with head office to bring its electrified vehicles to Australia, the Volkswagen Group has passed the baton to Spanish upstart Cupra to take on the top-selling Tesla Model…