October 16th, 2020 | by Loren McDonald
Reaffirming its continued commitment to a zero-crashes, zero-emissions, and zero-congestion future, General Motors today announced the rebranding of the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center as Factory ZERO. With a $2.2 billion investment, the plant is currently being reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant
August 20th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Volkswagen ID.4 production just started today in Zwickau, Germany. It is first being produced at the Volkswagen Group factory there that just recently produced its last fossil fuel vehicle, after 116 years of operation. The factory is now focused on producing electric vehicles. The ID.3 was the first, and now the ID.4 is in production
February 20th, 2018 | by Giles Parkinson
UK-based billionaire Sanjeev Gupta is looking to buy equipment from and use part of the old Holden factory in South Australia to create an electric vehicle production line. That would be a significant part of remarkable transformation of Australia’s car industry and economy
December 18th, 2017 | by James Ayre
Volkswagen AG will be investing around €1 billion to fully convert its manufacturing facility in Zwickau, Germany, to electric vehicle production over the next 5 years. This is part of a broader €22.8 billion investment package for 2018–
July 14th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The electric car revolution is coming. In fact, it is picking up speed as companies like Volvo say that all of their cars will have a battery and electric motor by 2025. Whole nations such as India and France are suggesting they may ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines in coming years. Most people assume that lack of charging infrastructure is the primary barrier to more electric cars being on the road, but Volkswagen believes (as others do) that a lack of batteries will be the biggest factor. In fact, Volkswagen believes the world will need the equivalent of 40 Gigafactories by 2025 to meet the demand
May 10th, 2017 | by Kyle Field
BYD announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Government of Ecuador to build an electric bus factory in the South American country