Lion Electric, Announces, U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Illinois, the Largest All-Electric Medium & Heavy-Duty Vehicles Plant in the U.S.

Joliet, Illinois Facility Planned to Begin Production in Second Half of 2022 with Annual Capacity of up to 20,000 Zero-Emission Vehicles MONTREAL, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) (“Lion” or the “Company”), […]

Volvo Cars Successfully Places first Green Bond & Raises EUR 500m

Volvo Cars today successfully placed its first green bond, raising EUR 500m from a diverse group of institutional investors and further increasing the company’s financial flexibility. The proceeds of the bond will be used to fund […]

Volvo Cars starts production of Fully Electric XC40 Recharge

The XC40 Recharge is the first of several fully electric Volvos to come and today’s production start represents a significant step towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to reduce its CO2 footprint per car by 40 per cent […]

Electric Bus Manufacturer BYD Motors Renews Landmark Community Benifits Agreement

BYD, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electric vehicles, renewed its commitment hiring 40% of its workers from populations facing significant barriers to employment, such as veterans, women, and African Americans. LOS ANGELES, September 11 […]

US & Chinese Companies Team Up To Build 5-Passenger, All-Electric EV Assembled In US

Here’s an interesting announcement from Shanghai, but partly from a US EV company. Like with CODA, the effort seems to target delivering a relatively cheap and “somewhat made in America” all-electric car. But the question is whether or not […]