Peugeot Finds Children are a Driving Force in the Decision To Buy Electric

New research conducted by PEUGEOT UK* found that more than half of children surveyed in Britain want their parents to be more environmentally friendly, including switching to electric or plug-in HYBRID vehicles.   More than two-thirds […]

Researchers Develop Framework to Identify Health impacts of Self-Driving Vehicles

Originally on Texas A&M University College of Engineering,  Autonomous vehicles (AV) are the wave of the future in the automobile industry, and there’s extensive discussion about the impacts on transportation, society, the economy, and the environment. […]

An Automaker is Born—the Early Days of Tesla [new book excerpt] (Video)

by Charles Morris This article is an excerpt from the new book, Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries, by Charles Morris.  It sometimes happens that a symbolic event […]

Welcome to Horizon “An Exploratory Journey into the Design of the Nissan Ariya”

The digital Zine – Horizon – delves into the detail of Nissan Ariya’s all-new electrified design with six unique stories The detailed features and bespoke videos explore the craftsmanship of Nissan’s design teams from around the world and […]

4 Reasons to Prioritize Electric Vehicles After COVID-19

by  Vishant Kothari and Ryan Sclar  COVID-19 has affected almost all aspects of transportation. For the public sector, economic shutdowns have gutted the tax revenue needed to buy and maintain government vehicle fleets. Perhaps no municipal entity has been […]

Porsche Joins Multi-stakeholder Responsible Mica Initiative

Porsche has joined the “Responsible Mica Initiative“ (RMI). This cross-industry coalition of international companies and non-governmental organizations is campaigning for transparency and improved working conditions in mica mining. Sports Car Manufacturer Supports Sustainable Mining of #Mica […]

FORD First Corporate Partner to Copper Mark, Assuring Environmental Commitment in Supply Chain

The Copper Mark is the first and only comprehensive social and environmental assurance program for copper production; Ford’s partnership with the program aligns with the company’s goal to responsibly source its raw materials Ford uses significant […]

GM Marks Progress Toward All-Electric Future with Unveiling of Factory ZERO

Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be entirely dedicated to building EVs DETROIT – General Motors today announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. The name […]

Fisker Announces Strategic Cooperation with Magna for Electric Ocean SUV

Innovative new EV cooperation anticipated to secure previously communicated Q4 2022 start of production timing for the Ocean SUV, with manufacturing planned at Magna’s European vehicle assembly facility Magna to be issued warrants to purchase up […]

Volkswagen Invests in Automation for Emden, Hanover & Chattanooga Plants

Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands step up pace of transformation to e-mobility era More than 2,200 new robots ordered for planned production of electric cars at Emden, Hanover and Chattanooga These are to […]

Green Supply Chains for Europe: DB Schenker Expands its Electric Fleet with 36 New FUSO eCanter vehicles

DB Schenker strengthens sustainability strategy with CO2-free city logistics in eleven European countries FUSO eCanter for the first time in Finland, Austria, Spain and Italy DB Schenker is FUSO’s largest electric fleet customer with a total […]

Electric Cars Will Treble Market Share this Year as Most Carmakers on Track to Meet EU Emissions Targets – Analysis

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Eoin Bannon Also available in French, German, Italian and Polish EU standards are driving electric cars towards 10% of sales, and 15% in 2021 But lax targets for 2025 and 2030 would see EV […]

The EV Sales Leader in China? Things are getting interesting

This EV. It is so cool. Things are getting interesting since Wuling Hongguang moved this engaging Hong Guang MINI EV on the market. Last month Wuling Mini EV Shined in growing Chinese EV Market, as CleanTechnica’s […]