Source link New Delhi has followed Beijing’s strategy to attract EV manufacturers, but subsidies and tax cuts may not be enough – India’s real strength lies elsewhere India is rapidly turning into a hotspot for electric vehicles with Elon Musk‘s Tesla reportedly looking at sites for a $3 billion manufacturing facility, and Korean auto giants […]
Source link Chinese companies are producing too many batteries, solar panels and electric cars, harming American workers, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said. She intends to bring up the issue on her trip to Beijing next month. Yellen spoke on Wednesday at a solar cell manufacturing facility in Georgia, which closed in 2017 due […]
Source link American industries are trailing behind, but Biden will leverage protectionism to win the 2024 election By Timur Fomenko, political analyst The Biden administration has announced that it’s launching a probe into Chinese “smart cars,” vowing to protect the American automobile industry. As is conventional, the White House branded the cars a “national security threat” […]
Source link US tech giant Apple has abandoned its decade-long effort to build an electric car, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The anonymous sources told the outlet that the announcement, which Apple made internally on Tuesday, came as a surprise to the nearly 2,000 employees working on the project. The […]
Source link A think tank claims Rowan Atkinson’s criticism of EVs is disrupting the phase-out of petrol and diesel vehicles in the UK The UK-based environmental charity Green Alliance has accused actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson of being a high-profile obstacle to the government’s efforts to phase out fossil fuel vehicles by 2035. Addressing the […]
Source link Drivers rather than regulators or politicians should decide which vehicles they choose, Akio Toyoda has said Electric vehicles (EVs) will never dominate the market and consumers should not be forced to buy them, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda stated in comments published on the company’s website on Tuesday. Battery-powered vehicles will only ever reach […]
Source link Demand for EVs has reportedly been declining, partly due to a reduction in state subsidies Sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) have continued to slow across the world, according to market research firm Rho Motion, cited by Reuters. Sales rose by only 31% last year, down from 60% growth in […]
Source link China’s first domestically manufactured electric airplane successfully completed its maiden flight this week, the country’s media reported on Friday. The AG60E plane, developed by China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Corporation, took off from Jiande Qiandaohu Airport in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday. It landed at the same airport after conducting a short […]
Source link In 2032, India will need a billion tonnes of coal, partly to charge EVs in urban areas via power generated by thermal plants Five Indian cities, including the capital, New Delhi, consistently rank in the world’s top ten worst air-polluted cities. Vehicular emissions are significant contributors; Delhi alone has around four million cars […]
Source link Russian electric vehicle maker MotorInvest has launched production of its latest SUV model, the Evolute i-SKY, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday. The vehicle, a mid-size crossover SUV with a range of over 500km on a single charge, will be assembled by MotorInvest at a factory in Lipetsk Region. The car is already available […]