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BMW Expands Chinese EV Battery Factory & Chooses Solid-State LiDAR Supplier

June 8, 20188 years Z. S. 0 Comments

BMW is a top electric vehicle producer. Indeed, it isn’t yet shipping 1 million EVs a year and it only has the i3 in its fully electric stable, but it already has plug-in versions of four of its popular models, to supplement the “born electric” i3 and i8. Overall, BMW’s plug-in vehicle sales have been growing significantly and they now represent 5% of BMW’s sales globally (7% in the US and 9% in the UK). BMW’s plug-in vehicle sales have increased 73% in the US, 25% in the UK, and 646% in China this year.

Auto Parts Supplier Magna Invests $200 Million In Lyft

March 16, 20189 years James Ayre 0 Comments

In another sign of the way that the auto industry is now shifting away from auto manufacturer dominance and towards parts suppliers, battery suppliers, and on-demand taxi service operators, the auto parts supplier Magna has now reportedly invested $200 million into Lyft.

Magna Gives A Tesla Model S Three Motors

September 8, 20179 years Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Magna has created a complete electric powertrain with three motors and installed it in a Tesla Model S to showcase its system for interested car makers. It’s available now. All the manufacturer has to do is write a check.

Electric Cars Not Coming Soon Say Major Industry Suppliers

August 14, 20179 years Steve Hanley 0 Comments

The heads of major parts suppliers to the auto industry remain skeptical about electric cars. They think conventional cars will be with us for a long time yet.

Magna CEO Says Auto Industry Is Overly Optimistic About EVs & Self-Driving Cars … In…

August 7, 20179 years James Ayre 0 Comments

While the outward consensus of the auto industry now seems to be that a wide rollout of self-driving vehicles and electric cars is inevitable, even if projected timelines vary somewhat, there are still some people out there who remain skeptical.

Electric Supercar Manufacturer Rimac Aims To Be The Dominant EV OEM Supplier

May 9, 20179 years Kyle Field 0 Comments

Croatian electric supercar manufacturer Rimac has built a name for itself as a designer and builder of insane 1000+ horsepower electric hypercars, but it has been hard at work behind the scenes on a different strategy altogether — to become the world’s leading OEM supplier for all things electric.

New EV Wireless Charging Guidelines Published

May 20, 201610 years James Ayre 2 Comments

An important new industry guideline for wireless power transfer technology and infrastructure — “SAE TIR J2954 Wireless Power Transfer for Light-Duty Plug-In/ Electric Vehicles and Alignment Methodology” — was recently approved for publication by SAE International, according to reports. The new guideline will reportedly be available on the SAE website … [continued]

Apple Car To Be Built In Austria By Magna, German Newspaper Reports

April 22, 201610 years James Ayre 29 Comments

(Note that we’ve had a reader telling us more or less the same for the past several months.) Originally published on EV Obsession. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently published a new article stating that the Apple Car (iCar?) will be built in Austria by the firm Magna. The … [continued]

Electric Car Prices, Specs, & Other Details In One Spot

December 20, 201511 years Z. S. 26 Comments

On numerous occasions, I have wanted to know and share some specs or other info regarding production electric cars and EV batteries but had a hard time finding what I was looking for — either because it was buried on the manufacturer’s site, not on there at all and hard to find in … [continued]