High tech milling machines are among the tools at work at the Ford Electric Vehicle Development Center in Long Beach, California, where plans for a new, affordable EV are taking shape (screenshot, courtesy of Ford).
High tech milling machines are among the tools at work at the Ford Electric Vehicle Development Center in Long Beach, California, where plans for a new, affordable EV are taking shape.
Several trends emerged at Auto China, also known as the Beijing Auto Show. The number of new models and the speed that new technology was progressing was a bit overwhelming. However, one of the strongest and most interesting trends came from more established brands. The trend came into focus for … [continued]
What if the best time to fill up your car was while you were fast asleep — and it saved you money? For Ford electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid owners in Texas, that’s not a dream; it’s a nightly reality with home charging. Through a partnership between Ford and … [continued]
The name Doug Field has been prominent in the EV world for quite some time. He was a top executive at Tesla for five years, after working at Apple for five years. In August 2018, he then went back to Apple for three years to lead Project Titan, the company’s … [continued]
The world’s largest EV battery producer in the world, by far, is China’s CATL. Second is China’s BYD. The USA wants to block automakers from using Chinese batteries, but these Chinese companies are basically saying — yeah, good luck with that, hahaha. In fact, the general conclusion is that the … [continued]
Ford has unveiled the Transit City, a battery electric multi-purpose van for commercial customers in Europe.
The death of the EV1 was reported prematurely according to GM, which is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1990’s electric car this year.
Electric cars already have no tailpipe emissions, but even cleaner EVs — built with low-carbon steel, aluminium and batteries, and in a way that minimises harm to people, communities and the environment — are now within reach, according to a new ranking of the world’s largest carmakers. Crucially, this progress … [continued]
Ford is apparently now doing something very weird and yet very normal in the auto industry. One of the benefits of electric vehicles has long been their frunks. Not all EVs have one, but almost all of them do. Not needing to have a huge, clunky engine under the front … [continued]
Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I sat down yesterday to talk about some of the hottest stories of the past week. We discussed the Tesla Cybercab (and some of our skepticism about it being the big hit Tesla wants it to be); the slow start to EV sales in China … [continued]
