Author: Linda Ma

The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicles will get a bigger battery pack. Europe is the first market to get the new Ioniq 5 battery pack. According Carscoops,  the new 77.4 kWh battery pack is expected to provide a longer cruising range. However, Hyundai is said to still be marketing a 58 kWh battery pack. There is no detailed information about the total cruising range of the latest Ioniq 5 battery pack, but it is estimated that it is around 488 kilometers on a single charge. See also: Hyundai cooperating with IonQ to produce EV batteries using quantum computing In…

The French manufacturer, DS Automobiles has just announced its newest vehicle concept taken from Formula E technology. Almost all the best parts will be applied to the car, from the body, the engine to the supporting features in it. Citroen which is the parent company of DS Automobiles stated that the new vehicle will be named E-Tense Performance. The DS prototype uses a carbon monocoque structure paired with the DS Techeetah engine that competes in Formula E. The pair of electric motors produces a combined power of 600 kW divided by 250 kW at the front and 350 kW at…

German automotive manufacturer, Electric Brands launched the latest prototype of their tiny electric pickup truck called the XBus which will hit the market in 2022. Designed with a modular body with dimensions of 3,640 mm in length, 1,600 mm in width and 1,940 mm in height, this light commercial vehicle is classified as an L7e-B2 class four-wheel bicycle. Quoting carscoops, Thursday (10/2/2022), the best feature of the XBus is the 10 modular and interchangeable bodies that turn it into a passenger van, panel van, box van, pickup, pickup wagon, convertible, to camper van. See also: Volta Trucks ready to help…

Volkswagen will be able to produce 1 million electric vehicles per year in China by 2023, Volkswagen Passenger Car CEO Ralf Brandstaetter told Nikkei. Quoted from Reuters on Sunday, Brandstaetter said the electric vehicle production capability was boosted by a new factory in Anhui province. The factory, which is a joint venture with China’s Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co (JAC), which was first announced in 2019, will produce 300,000 electric cars per year, with production starting in 2023. See also: Volkswagen is reportedly restart sales of VW e-Up electric cars that had stopped production Together with production from two further joint…

Baidu’s electric vehicle (EV) business unit, Jidu Auto, has raised nearly $400 million from Baidu and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in a new funding round. No external investors participated in the round. According Reuters (26/1), Jidu, an EV venture between Baidu and Geely, said in a statement that it would ship a mass-produced “robot” car by 2023. In April, Jidu CEO Xia Yiping said that the company would raise a total of 50 billion yuan ($7.90 billion) to develop and manufacture smart car “robots” over the next five years and that financing would come from Baidu and other investors. See…

Honda CEO, Toshiro Mibe criticized Toyota’s plans related to the development of hydrogen-fueled car technology. Citing Automotive News, Toshiro Mibe explained that the current hydrogen-fueled car will not have a greater impact than the electric car that is currently busy. “We have researched every possibility that is out there. Regarding the hydrogen engine, we saw some quite difficult technological challenges. So, about 10 years ago, we decided this should not be the main goal,” said Toshiro Mibe. See also: Honda have a deal with SES Holdings to develop Lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles In addition, Toshiro Mibe said that the…

Battery for electric vehicle (EV) startup Britishvolt said Monday it had signed an agreement with the UK Battery Industrialization Center (UKBIC), a UK government-backed research facility to help the UK auto industry bring battery technology to market. . The direction of the automotive industry trend going forward is towards electric vehicles (EV) so that nickel demand is expected to soar in the coming year. Given the function of nickel supports energy storage at the cathode of the battery. Britishvolt said it had reached an agreement with UKBIC to develop and assemble the next generation of batteries, from sample battery cells…

Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturing company known for assembling various Apple products, is committed to building an electric vehicle ecosystem (EV) in Indonesia. This is realized in a collaboration between Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd (Foxconn) and Taiwanese electric scooter vendor Gogoro Inc, with two Indonesian companies, namely PT Industri Battery Indonesia (IBC) and PT Indika Energy Tbk. This cooperation is evidenced by the signing of a commitment in the recent Memorandum of Undestanding (MoU), with a total investment value of 8 billion US dollars. See also: Stellantis announced a partnership with Foxconn to manufacture semiconductors In more detail, the…

Japan’s Panasonic will start producing new lithium-ion batteries for Tesla’s electric cars from early 2023. The Nikkei also reported Monday, January 24 that the Japanese battery maker also plans to invest around 80 billion yen to production facilities in Japan. Powerpack, an electric battery produced by Panasonic, is claimed to help make electric vehicles (EV) more attractive to motorists because they are more economical. Those savings can add and expand roaming range by about a fifth or 20 percent. The Nikkei reported this although there has been no further confirmation of the claim. “We are studying various options for mass…

A Tesla driver in the United States has received a murder charge while driving an electric car on autopilot. It came after the driver was involved in a fatal crash in 2019. The electric car he was driving reportedly ran a red light and hit another vehicle. Unfortunately, the accident involving the autopilot feature killed two people. Local police explained that the Tesla Model S was traveling at high speed when it left the freeway and hit a Honda Civid at a crossroads on December 29, 2019. See also: Tesla Cybertruck will come in two sizes, analyst says Two people…

German car maker Volkswagen has decided to stop selling the cheap electric car e-Up in 2020. The decision did raise a question mark amid growing demand for electric cars and the many incentives given to electric vehicles. Vokswagen’s decision to leave e-Up seems not without reason. Because the electric car is known not to be prepared for high volume. Even rumors, the company must incur losses for every unit €4,000–€5,000 for every e-Up and e-Golf it sells. See also: 2022 Volkswagen ID.4 come new range, faster charging and new interior Based on a report from Golem, the all-electric urban car…

TuSimple long-standing reputation for autonomous driving technology is reported to be exploring a partnership with commercial vehicle maker Foton to build a heavy truck with long-range and high-efficiency. Bloomberg reports in a report that TuSimple’s autonomous driving software will be installed on trucks manufactured by Foton. Currently, TuSimple and Foton are discussing plans for this collaboration. Foton is a subsidiary of the BAIC group. Foton has been producing trucks and buses. Foton is known to have a joint venture with Daimler AG to make heavy tractors. On January 5, TuSimple and NVIDIA announced a strategic partnership to design and develop…