Ford reboots in China, with deeper local intel
Desperate to reverse last year's 37 percent tumble in China sales, Ford is belatedly following rivals in doing things differently. ...
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Toyota: Export U.S. best practices to China
Toyota is benchmarking its U.S. success story in an effort to repeat the winning formula in China. The goal: China surpasses the U.S. as Toyota's volume leader. ...
Instead of national strike, UAW could target key plants for ripple effect
Can the UAW get deals with the Detroit 3 -- and persuade its restless membership to approve them -- without a strike? ...
Sweden To Test Dynamic Wireless Charging On Island Of Gotland
The road that would power the car… sounds too good to be true The Smart Road Gotland consortium won the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket)’s tender for demonstration road system with dynamic wireless power transfer on the island of Gotland. The project includes retrofitting of 1.6 km (1 mile) out of 4.1 km (2.5 miles) route ...
Combined EV Sales In U.S. & Europe Less Than Half Of China In Q1
In terms of BEV, sales China is second to none The Chinese plug-in electric market, and all-electric in particular, gradually expanded to a level that is now totally out of reach for the U.S. and Europe, even if we combine the two. In fact, China can now overcome the entire world in terms of BEV production ...
Renault Announces Experimental Last-Mile Delivery Van EZ-FLEX
With EZ-FLEX, Renault tries to imagine the future of urban delivery Renault will present at the upcoming VIVA Technology fair (from 16 to 18 May 2019) at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (France) its all new electric delivery van Renault EZ-FLEX. It’s designed for the last-mile urban deliveries (50 km per day on average), so ...
Nissan’s Supplier AESC To Build 20 GWh Battery Factory In China
AESC to increase production capacity from 7.5 GWh to 27.5 GWh annually Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), Nissan‘s subsidiary recently sold* to Envision Group, is going to more than triple its lithium-ion cell manufacturing capacity. * according to Bloomberg, Nissan still holds about 20% stake in AESC. Under the new Chinese owner, AESC intends to ...
In March 2019 Jaguar Sold Over 2,000 I-PACE
During the past 12 months, Jaguar delivered over 11,000 I-PACE Jaguar I-PACE sales reported by the manufacturer increased in March to a near-record level of 2,044, which turns out to be 8.4% of total volume for the brand globally. Hopefully, the output will continue to increase or at least stay above 2,000 per month. The official ...
Nissan LEAF Is Fastest Selling Used Car In UK
Alternatively-fuelled vehicles are doing well on the second-hand market. These days more than 70 percent of used car buyers are considering an electric car when it comes to their next purchase. Battery-powered vehicles are so popular these days in fact that the Nissan Leaf – the best selling electric car in the world – recently topped the list of ...
Rivian Is Benchmarking So Many Other Cars Than Teslas
Oh, and the CEO doesn’t have a car right now. Rivian‘s rollout is steadily gathering steam ahead of the planned launch of its electric pickup truck and SUV beginning next year. While the concepts first shown in November at AutoMobility LA, they’ve been making the rounds this year, including a stop in New York and ...