France looks like it has won the charm offensive in attracting automotive battery producers to site their gigafactories in the country. Reuters reports that President Emmanuel Macron successfully rolled...
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Lexus has unveiled its smallest self-charging hybrid CUV to date with the entry-level LBX. Measuring just 13.7ft long, 5.98ft wide and 5ft high and with a 8.46ft wheelbase, the...
French automaker, Renault, could face criminal prosecution over claims it has sold cars with major engine faults. A group of disgruntled customers plans to lodge a criminal complaint against...
Toyota has ramped up the power output of its hybrid powertrain in the refreshed Yaris compact urban car. The updates to Yaris’s full self-charging hybrid electric powertrain sees it...
Fiat is targeting the young and young-at-heart with a post-war Fiat 500 inspired city BEV hoping to advance its urban mobility ambitions. It has released the first image of...
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Stellantis is teaming up with a company claiming to be able to commercially produce battery grade lithium from a CO2 free process using naturally occurring salt water. The automaker...
Citroën added a mild hybrid powertrain to its C5 Aircross CUV line-up claiming a cut of 15% CO2 emissions compared to its equivalent pure ICE sibling. Its new Hybrid...
As the leader goes, the runners-up follow. That’s what is happening now in the BEV segment, with said leader, Tesla of course, taking a series of whacks to its...
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Aston Martin has created a whole new car category to describe its latest performance product, the DB12 ‘Super Tourer’. The automaker says the traditional Grand Tourer title does not...
BMW launches the eighth generation of its executive high-speed cruiser, the BMW 5 Series, pushing BEV as the range-topping halo powertrain. It’s as if the automaker is predicting a...
Tata, owner of Jaguar Land Rover, looks likely to accept a near $1Bn UK government handout to build the nation’s first automotive gigafactory. The BBC reports that the Indian...
In its bid to secure automotive battery raw materials, Ford has signed an 11-year supply agreement with a lithium mining company in Canada. Ford is the first automaker customer...
The world cannot rely on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as the main powertrain option for transportation because there simply are not enough...
