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Outlook on the Rechargeable Battery Global Market to 2026 - by Battery Type, Capacity, Application and Region

Outlook on the Rechargeable Battery Global Market to 2026 - by Battery Type, Capacity, Application and Region

The "Rechargeable Battery Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global rechargeable battery market reached a value of US$ 94.6 Billion in 2020. ... Continue reading

Subaru Plugging In With 2023 SOLTERRA - EV Motoring

Subaru Plugging In With 2023 SOLTERRA - EV Motoring

ts new full-electric SUV Solterra. Designed as a joint venture between Subaru and Toyota, the Solterra features a new, dedicated all-electric platform named the e-SUBARU Global Platform. ... Continue reading

Ford to Reveal All-Electric F-150 Lightning May 19

Ford to Reveal All-Electric F-150 Lightning May 19

The F-150 Lightning brings stunning innovation, technologies and capabilities to the F-Series, America’s best-selling vehicle, combined with the power, payload and towing capability that is the hallmark of all Built Ford Tough trucks. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Reveals Two New EQA AWD Models Ready For Sale

Mercedes-Benz Reveals Two New EQA AWD Models Ready For Sale

Stuttgart. May 5, 2021; Mercedes-Benz says that more than 20,000 customers have already ordered an EQA since February. ... Continue reading

2021 Chicago Auto Show "Special Edition" Scheduled for July 15-19

2021 Chicago Auto Show "Special Edition" Scheduled for July 15-19

May 4, 2021; Chicago Auto Show officials announced they received approval from state and city officials to host a special edition of the show July 15-19 at McCormick Place. The Chicago Auto Show will be one of the McCormick Place's first live, in-person events since the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. ... Continue reading

Understanding discontinuance among California’s electric vehicle owners

Understanding discontinuance among California’s electric vehicle owners

CITATION: Hardman, S., Tal, G. Understanding discontinuance among California’s electric vehicle owners. Nat Energy (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00814-9 For the market share of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) to continue to grow and reach 100% of new vehicle sales, adopters of the technology, who initia ... Continue reading

Dr. Matthias Jurytko takes over the management of the Volvo Truck, Daimler fuel cell joint venture cellcentric

Dr. Matthias Jurytko takes over the management of the Volvo Truck, Daimler fuel cell joint venture cellcentric

As the current site manager of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth and former site manager of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Gaggenau, Dr Matthias Jurytko has many years of experience in the management and further development of Daimler Truck plants as well as extensive expertise in the truck business. ... Continue reading

ChargePoint Continues to Enhance the EV Driver Experience with Android Auto Integration

ChargePoint Continues to Enhance the EV Driver Experience with Android Auto Integration

Android Auto compatibility brings essential charging functionality directly into the vehicle, helping drivers easily find nearby stations and more. ... Continue reading

Tula’s DMD™ Improves Electric Motor Efficiency While Reducing Rare Earth Materials in Battery Electric Vehicles

Tula’s DMD™ Improves Electric Motor Efficiency While Reducing Rare Earth Materials in Battery Electric Vehicles

Video introduces Tula, current electric vehicle motor technology challenges and DMD™ concept, operation and benefits. Animation included. ... Continue reading

Toyota Preparing To Build Two New 3 Row SUV-EV's 1 Lexus 1 Toyoya, In Indiana Factory

Toyota Preparing To Build Two New 3 Row SUV-EV's 1 Lexus 1 Toyoya, In Indiana Factory

Princeton Plant Will Invest $803 Million, Add 1,400 Jobs and Drive Toward Electrified Future PRINCETON, Ind. (April 28, 2021) – With its 25th anniversary right around the corner, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (TMMI) is poised to celebrate with gusto as it announces an investment sure to drive the team through t ... Continue reading

To Put 'Everybody In' an Electric Vehicle, GM Introduces Ultium Charge 360

To Put 'Everybody In' an Electric Vehicle, GM Introduces Ultium Charge 360

General Motors introduced Ultium Charge 360, a holistic charging approach that integrates charging networks, GM vehicle mobile apps1, and other products and services to simplify the overall charging experience for GM electric vehicle owners. Ultium Charge 360 builds on GM's existing charging efforts to provide GM EV ow ... Continue reading

10th Annual 5-Year Cost to Own Awards

10th Annual 5-Year Cost to Own Awards

Ongoing costs like fuel, maintenance, insurance and even vehicle depreciation can vary greatly from one model to the next. ... Continue reading

Ford Plans To Develop And Produce Own EV Batteries In House

Ford Plans To Develop And Produce Own EV Batteries In House

“We’re already scaling production of all-electric vehicles around the world as more customers experience and crave the fun-to-drive benefits of electric vehicles with zero emissions,” said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford's chief product platform and operations officer. ... Continue reading

NG Vehicles Still An Emissions Competitive Technology

NG Vehicles Still An Emissions Competitive Technology

it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.9% from 2020 to 2027.Europe led the global natural gas vehicle market with 8.1% revenue sharein 2019, followed by Asia-Pacific (APAC)and North America. EuropecomprisesGermany, Italy, Russia, the UK, France,and the Rest of Europe. ... Continue reading

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis. NHTSA proposed to withdraw its portions of the so-called SAFE I Rule, which sought to preempt States, including California, from issuing their own greenhouse gas emissions standards and zero-emissions vehicle mandates. ... Continue reading

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