Electric Car

BMW unveiled two new electric cars in Korea on Monday. The iX and iX3 are its first new electric cars sold here in seven years and are based on two popular SUVs. The iX is the same size as BMW's X5 mid-sized SUV and made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic for light…

Britain will make electric car chargers compulsory for new buildings in England from 2022, as it switches away from high-polluting vehicles, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. Johnson, fresh from hosting the COP26 climate change summit, told business leaders that he will legislate to compel charging points in new…

Volvo has revealed a new concept car called the Concept Recharge. The automaker says the vehicle is more than a showcase for its future design language and product strategy. It says the car is a manifesto for its future as a company. Volvo is showing steps that can be taken…

"Saturday Night Live" opened its 47th season by setting its sights on a man likely to be a primary target for the next few years: President Joe Biden. Biden, who has been struggling with first-year approval ratings following a botched exit from Afghanistan, a summer wave of Covid-19, and a…

In context: It's no secret that Foxconn has set its sights on electric vehicles. Parent company Hon Hai Precision has been making bank on assembling iPhones and PCs, but it also wants a piece of the EV pie, especially as governments are pushing for the electrification of everything. Recently, the…

Welcome to the planet's grandest high-stakes poker game, one where the players at the table are auto manufacturers frantically raising the ante in their financial commitments, betting tens of billions and their very survival on their electric vehicle development decisions. In early 2019, Reuters estimated that the top 29 global…

Ola Electric, the EV business arm of Ola, is driving the growth of the SoftBank-backed mobility giant ahead of its plans to go public in early 2022. After the market debut of its two-wheeler EV—Ola Scooter—proved to be a runaway success last month, Ola Electric has raised over USD 200…

Rolls-Royce is entering the era of modern vehicle electrification in grand fashion. The company today revealed Spectre, its new battery electric model, alongside a promise to continue to draw on the company's heritage to produce further future vehicles. "In April 1900, our founding forefather, Charles Rolls, made a prescient prophecy…