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Bentley has announced that it will accelerate its Beyond100 Strategy and it will introduce five new battery-electric vehicles starting in 2025. Dubbed the Five-in-Five plan, this is Bentley’s commitment to redefining its credentials as the bench mark manufacturer in terms of high-end sustainable luxury mobility. Earlier today, Bentley also announced that it has received an […]

Pricing for the 2022 Kia EV6 has been announced and the least expensive version, the Light RWD, starts at $42,115. That will get you a 58.0-kWh lithium-ion battery and an electric motor with 167 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque mounted on the rear axle. On a single charge, the EV6 Light RWD can travel […]

General Motors has doubled down once again on electrification with the announcement that it will invest another $7 billion on the technology and expand its manufacturing activities in Michigan. This will see the creation of 4,000 new jobs and the retention of an existing 1,000. A new battery cell plant will be built in Lansing […]

Hot on the heels of the redesigned Tundra is its SUV sibling, the 2023 Sequoia. This third-generation model comes more than a decade since the last redesign in 2007 and it’s packing an electrified powertrain standard on all models. That’s right, the new Sequoia follows the Sienna and Venza, making it the third new vehicle […]

Porsche has started rolling out the latest version of its infotainment system on the 911, Cayenne, Taycan, and Panamera. Called PCM 6.0, the interface gets several new additions like wireless Android Auto and an improved Voice Pilot virtual assistant. The menu structure has also been redesigned for the first time with colored icons to make […]

Cummins and Isuzu have announced that they have formed an agreement to build a prototype medium-duty battery-electric truck. The unit will be used for demonstration in North America and mark the first zero-emissions powertrain solutions from the Isuzu Cummins Powertrain Partnership formed three years ago in May 2019. Powering the Isuzu F-Series truck will be […]

Thor Industries, the largest RV maker in the world unveiled its future products at the 2022 Florida RV SuperShow, a motor home, and a travel trailer. Both are battery-electric vehicles that are the first fruits of Thor Industries’ electrification strategy. “We’ve been focused on an electrification ‘eMobility’ strategy for a number of years and have […]

Stellantis’ Peugeot brand is at the forefront of its electrification plans in Europe. With its range of battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, nearly every vehicle sold by the French brand has an electrified option. Road cars aren’t the only thing Peugeot is known for, though. The company has participated in many racing series for decades […]

Lexus’ lineup is about to get a nice helping of electrification. According to a report from Automotive News, the second generation NX compact crossover is just the start of the brand’s offensive. Most of the models that are also getting an electrified powertrain are also crossovers, showing that utility vehicles are getting all the attention […]

Hyundai Motor Group has announced its latest partnership for next-generation battery development, this time it’s with IonQ a company leading in trapped-ion quantum computing. The partnership aims to develop new variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algorithms to study lithium compounds and their chemical reactions involved in battery chemistry. This is expected to make significant improvements in future lithium-ion […]