Category: Motorized Vehicle

July 6, 2023

General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. both posted strong sales gains in the second quarter, signs of consumer health in the auto market as semiconductor supply improves. GM sales rose almost 19% in the quarter and were up 15% […]

June 27, 2023

As the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to grow, mid-size and fast-growing metropolitan areas like Columbia, South Carolina have recently caught the attention of manufacturers. In the past year, there have been a variety of large economic development deals announced […]

June 15, 2023

Audi’s CEO, Markus Duesmann, recently spoke about the company’s plans to expedite the development of new electric vehicle (EV) models to meet the increasing demand, especially in China. In an interview with Reuters, Duesmann acknowledged the need for faster production […]

June 7, 2023

General Motors this week announced a $1 billion investment in two of its factories in Flint, Mich., where it will retool production lines to manufacture heavy duty pickup trucks like this one for the next seven to 10 years. That’s […]

May 25, 2023

Nikola Corp. tumbled May 25 after Nasdaq Inc. notified the company that it isn’t in compliance with the minimum bid requirements to remain listed on the exchange. Shares of the electric truck maker sank 20%, the most since November 2020. […]

May 15, 2023

When General Motors began outlining plans in 2020 to fully switch to electric vehicles, it didn’t account for one critical factor: Many of the battery minerals needed to fulfill its plans were still in the ground. “I remember seeing a […]

May 11, 2023

“The auto industry is just too tough.” That was Warren Buffett’s response to a question about the opportunities presented by the shift to electric vehicles at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting last Saturday. A few days of earnings reports from EV […]

May 8, 2023

Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume named a company insider to head the automaker’s struggling software unit as part of a broader overhaul of how the company develops the software for its cars, VW said on Monday. Mr. Blume put […]

April 28, 2023

Chinese truck maker Beiqi Foton Motor Co. is planning a second plant in Mexico to manufacture electric vehicles with an eye on U.S. exports. The plant’s location has yet to be decided, said Roberto Talavera, director of electric vehicles at […]

April 12, 2023

The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales. The proposed […]

April 11, 2023

Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to switch, […]

April 3, 2023

Tesla’s stock is back to being boringly expensive. There was nothing in the electric-vehicle maker’s first-quarter volume data to move the needle on investors’ typically entrenched views. Tesla said on Sunday it produced just shy of 441,000 vehicles and shipped […]

April 3, 2023

Rivian Automotive Inc. built 9,395 battery-electric vehicles in the first three months of the year as the company aims to ramp up production. The output was above the average 8,752 estimated by analysts. Rivian — which makes two consumer EVs […]

March 29, 2023

Skyworks Solutions is debuting the next iteration of its isolated gate driver board (GDB) reference design, the Si828x-BAWB-KIT. These gate driver boards are well-suited for SiCFETs with an optimised gate driver board layout suited to replace complex competing power stage […]

March 23, 2023

Renault SA is inviting investment banks to pitch for a role on the planned initial public offering of its Ampere electric vehicle business, according to people familiar with the matter. The French carmaker has been sending out requests for proposals […]

March 22, 2023

The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world: Operational stock hit a new record of about one million units. This represents about one third of the total number installed across all industries, according […]

March 21, 2023

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on March 20 asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state. Cruise already is running an autonomous ride-hailing service in its hometown of San Francisco after testing for more than […]

March 15, 2023

Honda is now moving forward with the next stages as it prepares to build electric vehicles (EVs) in the US. According to Electrek, the automaker is now setting the stage for its EV Hub in Ohio, with plans to transition […]

March 7, 2023

Honda is set to unveil its newest autonomous robot that is designed to lighten a load of construction-related works in the future. The Japanese automobile firm confirms that it will reveal more information about the third-gen Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) […]

March 6, 2023

Rivian Automotive Inc. has told employees that production of 62,000 electric vehicles is possible this year, according to people familiar with the matter, an increase from the production target it told investors on Feb. 28. The Irvine, Calif.-based company’s production […]