For the first time in nearly two decades, British luxury manufacturer Aston Martin is updating its iconic wing logo. The West Midlands-based company is undergoing what it calls an evolution, rebranding itself with a focus on motorsports and high performance. …
Solid state batteries could reduce the carbon footprint of electric cars by 39 per cent, according to a new report commissioned by environmental advocacy group Transport & Environment (T&E). Compiled by Minviro, a company that does raw material lifecycle analyses, …
Electric-vehicle advocates and early adopters have long maintained the experience of learning about EVs, shopping for them, and buying them is better at those few brands that sell directly to buyers—Tesla foremost, now also Lucid and Rivian—than at conventional third-party …
While vehicles without driver controls are not currently allowed on US roads, automakers are allowed to submit petitions for exemptions, provided they have a good enough reason, and both Ford and GM think they do. The National Highway Traffic Safety …
Since electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are almost totally silent when driving at low speeds, they are required to emit a distinctive noise any time they are moving at less than 20 mph (32 km/h) to warn nearby pedestrians. A …
Vietnamese automaker VinFast is reporting two new major developments in the United States. The company has secured a $1.2 billion incentive package from the State of North Carolina for its EV manufacturing project and has announced the simultaneous opening of …
When environmentalist David Suzuki and his wife, Tara Cullis, needed to travel from their home in Vancouver to Toronto – the couple needed to make a big decision. Suzuki said they thought about taking a bus across the country but …
Panasonic said Wednesday it’s aiming to improve lithium-ion battery energy density by 20 per cent in the next eight years, which is great news for the car companies it supplies, like Tesla and Toyota. The patents it’s filed give an …
A new battlefield has emerged in the century-long tussle between General Motors and Ford: hands-free driving technology. In recent testing of GM’s Super Cruise in the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado and Ford’s Bluecruise in the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning, one thing …
A new research study conducted by independent market research firm Qualtrics found that nearly all car buyers are asking for wireless charging as an option on their new electric vehicles, with 96 per cent of respondents saying the feature is …
General Motors currently has close to 100,000 vehicles sitting in parking lots all around its factories, waiting for back-ordered parts before they can be delivered to their buyers. This situation is not surprising considering the ongoing supply chain crisis that …
Global passenger plug-in electric car sales noticeably increased in May, which is a positive sign, considering challenging economy and supply issues. According to EV-Volumes data, shared by Jose Pontes, some 699,708 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in May, …
