EV

Ford has significantly dropped in overall sales in the face of the unmitigated chip shortage, though the country has risen sizably in BEV sales under the principle that first allocates raw materials to EVs, where battery electric vans took the crown of sales champion in the US. ...  more

Lucid Motor, a new electric vehicle startup, has signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the purchase of up to 100,000 electric cars. Saudi Arabia is one of richest countries in the world. This deal represents the biggest procurement of EVs in history. ...  more

Apple may name its Apple Car project as Project Titan. According to a renowned leaker, the research team at the company plans to utilize a significant volume of titanium alloy in its design, and commission Foxconn, a long-term OEM of iPhones, to assemble and manufacture the vehicle, with the iPhone itself being used as the car key. Apple Car is expected to be priced at no less than US$100K, and will be announced in 2025 for the high-end EV market. ...  more

Electric vehicle start-up Rivian has won a US$1.5 billion grant from the Georgia state government to build a new factory with an annual capacity of 400,000 vehicles and an estimated 7,500 new jobs in what appears to be a win-win. ...  more

Electric vehicle start-up Rivian has won a US$1.5 billion grant from the Georgia state government to build a new factory with an annual capacity of 400,000 vehicles and an estimated 7,500 new jobs in what appears to be a win-win. ...  more

In order to compensate for the capacity shortage caused by Shanghai's lockdowns, and to ensure that its 2nd quarter financial report would not look too bad, Tesla has recently given an all-out effort to expand the capacity at its California factory. As pointed out by an analyst from Global Equity Research in its latest memorandum, this automaker is preparing an astonishingly huge production in the second quarter. The capacity of Gigafactory in Northern California recently exceeded its limit by 20%. ...  more

Solid-state batteries are regarded as the main direction in the development of the next generation of EV batteries due to their potential advantages such as higher energy density, smaller form factor, and lower safety risk. Hence, many carmakers and battery manufacturers around the world have been ramping up efforts in the related R&D. ...  more

In the midst of grief in the auto industry, the newly opened Tesla Berlin plant is expected to reach a production rate of 10,000 Model Y units per week in 2022. ...  more

EV battery suppliers around the world are now scrambling to establish a foothold in the nickel-rich Indonesia. ...  more

Ford's pure electric truck, the F-150 Lightning, has finally been delivered. At the same time, it also announced the launch of its second pure electric pickup truck. Ford CEO Jim Farley even expressed that he would challenge Tesla and other competitors to make Ford the leader in electric vehicles. ...  more