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The Zeekr 001 has officially entered production with the first vehicle rolling off the production line today at its assembly plant in Ningbo, China. This new facility is one of the most advanced, according to its parent company Geely Holding Group. In the welding facility over 300 robots carry out fully automated work with minimal […]

Software and chip company Foxconn has unveiled three new vehicles that it has developed in-house. All of them have been developed on an open platform, which was built specifically for battery-electric vehicles. The three vehicles will be marketed under the Foxtron brand, a joint venture between Foxconn and Yulon Motor. Luxgen and CMC, Yulon’s stand-alone […]

Toyota announced that it is investing $3.4 billion through 2030 to produce batteries for electrified vehicles in the United States. This is to help develop and localize battery production in the region. It is part of a larger $13.5 trillion investment that the automaker has set aside for the development and production of batteries. To […]

Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions have announced that both companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding to manufacture battery cells and modules for the North American market. This new tie-up aims to help the former meet its target of making 40 percent of its sales in the U.S. consist of electrified vehicles by 2030. […]

Ford Europe has announced that it will turn its facility in Halewood, United Kingdom into a center building components for battery-electric vehicles. This £230 ($315.6 million) investment is the latest in the Blue Oval’s global electrification offensive. The Halewood site currently builds transmissions and will transition to making power units for EVs in mid-2024. This […]

BMW i Ventures, BMW’s venture capital firm, has announced that it has invested in the Michigan-based startup Our Next Energy (ONE). The startup aims to help develop lower-cost batteries that also give battery-electric vehiclesmore range. “Our Next Energy is working to fundamentally reinvent the battery while focusing on sustainability, safety, and cost; three key factors […]

Honda has outlined its electrification strategy for the Chinese market, which will only get hybrids and battery-electric vehicles after 2030. Over the next five years, it will introduce 10 EVs in its new e: N series with the e: NS1 and e: NP1 going on sale first. Three more concept cars are being developed to […]

The last of the six battery-electric vehicles that form Mercedes-Benz’s electrification offensive has been caught for the first time in a remote part of Germany. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV will be the third crossover in the brand’s EQ lineup of EVs. It will slot between the EQB, a tall subcompact utility vehicle, and the […]

Alfa Romeo will finally get a much-needed dose of new products for the next two years. The brand’s boss, Jean-Phillipe Imparato has revealed at a dealer event that Alfa Romeo will launch a new vehicle every year until 2026. This was later confirmed to Reuters by a Stellantis spokesperson. After that, the Alfa Romeo brand […]

The next vehicle in Audi’s electrification offensive has been caught testing in the German countryside. Slotting between the Q4 e-tron and e-tron SUV, the 2023 Audi Q6 e-tron will be the first vehicle on the new PPE platform codeveloped with Porsche. Audi CEO Markus Duesmann confirmed that the Q6 e-tron will launch in 2022 and […]