Bentley will target currently unreachable super-wealthy customers with a future electric vehicle but only when battery technology improves, CEO Adrian Hallmark said. Battery cell power density needs to be increased to power Bentley’s ultraluxury vehicles, Hallmark said. “The problem is when you get to our segment with the size of our vehicles and the frontal […]
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VW could use US Ford factories to build its upcoming electric cars
In trade talks in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess revealed the automaker is talking with Ford about using its factories in the U.S., and possibly sharing its upcoming electric car platform the American automaker. The two automakers announced in June that they planned an alliance to collaborate on some future products. Diess […]
SK Innovation announces new electric vehicle battery gigafactory in the US
Battery manufacturing companies are adding capacity to try to keep up with automakers going electric and the increasing demand for electric vehicles. With this trend, SK Innovation announced today a new $1.67 billion investment to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery gigafactory in the US. Aside from Tesla’s Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, most of the […]
Audi announces €14 billion investment with focus on electric vehicles
The whole Volkswagen group is massively investing in electric vehicles as it is trying to move away from diesel vehicles. Now Audi is making its part as it approves a new €14 billion investment plan in “electric mobility, digitalization and autonomous driving by the end of 2023.” The German premium automaker announced today that the […]
Sun Mobility And Smart E Partner For Battery Technology
Sun Mobility and Smart E have entered into a strategic partnership to develop a new EV battery swapping system. Earlier this year, Sun mobility had showcased the interoperable smart mobility solution for two and three wheelers. SmartE’s fleet of electric three-wheelers will make use of SUN Mobility’s solution and will be deployed at SmartE park […]
Artificial magnetic field produces exotic behavior in graphene sheets
A simple sheet of graphene has noteworthy properties due to a quantum phenomenon in its electron structure named Dirac cones in honor of British theoretical physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984), who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933. The system becomes even more interesting if it comprises two superimposed graphene sheets, and one is […]
Racine Chevrolet In Quebec Is Using The Tesla Model 3 To Sell Electric Vehicles
What? A GM dealership offering rides in a Model 3? And not just any Model 3, but a high-performance Model 3 from Québec’s very own Ian Pavelko’s — aka “The Mad Hungarian” — who slept 2 days in a tent to have the privilege of being Québec’s first Model 3 reservation holder. Ian’s Model 3, […]
Audi is starting to test its ‘all-electric flying and self-driving car’
Audi, Airbus and Italdesign are all working together on an electric “flying taxi” concept and they are now starting to test the vehicle. The concept was first unveiled earlier this year at the Geneva Auto Show. They now have a more refined working prototype, but it’s still a 1:4 scale model – though it is […]
Galaxy and POSCO Complete US$280-million Argentina Lithium Deal
Galaxy Resources has officially sold a tenement package at the Argentina-based Salar del Hombre Muerto to POSCO. Galaxy Resources has completed the sale of a northern tenement package at the Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina to POSCO for US$280 million. First announced in late August, the proceeds from the deal are intended to help […]
Lithium producers race to dominate South American output: Roskill
There is a battle to be the “supreme” lithium producer in South America, with Chile now facing competition from other countries on the continent, research outlet Roskill Information Services said Monday. Speaking at the annual Mines & Money exhibition in London, Robert Baylis, managing director of Roskill, said the global shift away from carbon to […]
