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Hyundai opens high-tech Singapore electric car factory

Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)

Half of the tasks at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore will be done by 200 robots, and it will use new production methods that will move away ...

US transition to electric vehicles faces delays

Nov 19, 2023 (AFP)

Automakers in recent weeks have pushed back EV sales targets and delayed capital projects as they seek to reduce inventories of unsold EVs at dealerships. "The ...

Paris plan targeting SUVs hits bumpy road

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

Mayor Anne Hidalgo is asking the capital's residents to vote on the fee hike in February, leaving no doubt about where she stands on the issue. "We want to say ...

Amazon to sell new cars next year in US, starting with Hyundai

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

Amazon made the announcement at the Los Angeles Auto Show in conjunction with Hyundai, the South Korean auto giant that will be the first brand sold on the site...

Deep decarbonization scenarios reveal importance of accelerating zero-emission vehicle adoption

Nov 16, 2023 (SPX)

The researchers came to that conclusion after running thousands of computer simulations on the steps needed to decarbonize passenger and freight travel, which m...

Renault tries to lure investment for new electric car unit

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

Renault created its EV subsidiary, named after the French scientist who gave his name to a measure of electrical intensity, in November and is preparing to sell...

Paris says to call vote on heavy SUV parking fee hike

Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)

City hall said in a statement that the overall space taken up by cars had diminished thanks to its "determined action" but that the average size and weight of c...

Electric heavy lorries poised to overtake hydrogen trucks

Nov 11, 2023 (AFP)

On the outskirts of Trondheim in western Norway, food wholesaler Asko has since 2020 been testing four hydrogen fuel cell trucks supplied by Swedish truckmaker ...

Switzerland ends electric car tax exemption

Nov 08, 2023 (AFP)

The federal government said in a statement that electric cars would from January 1 be subject to the same four-percent import duty imposed on traditional fuel v...

Designing cleaner vehicles

Nov 03, 2023 (SPX)

Now, as a second-year master's degree student in mechanical engineering, Mehrotra has channeled his energy into two arenas: designing clean energy vehicles and ...

Electric vehicles gain traction in Jordan as petrol prices rise

Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)

Boosted by low import taxes, especially affordable Chinese-made models have become a common sight on the streets of Amman and the kingdom's desert highways. Tes...

Toyota ups North Carolina EV plant investment by $8 bn

Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)

The Japanese car company now plans a $13.9 billion investment in the southern state, up from the prior $5.9 billion price tag for the project, first announced i...

Charging ahead: Dutch eye boost to 'fast charger' EV network

Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)

"It's really great in the Netherlands. When you leave the Netherlands, the network is a lot thinner," Jeroen Vever, a 37-year-old software developer fuelling up...

Japan's first fully autonomous vehicle suspended

Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)

It is the latest blow to efforts worldwide to promote driverless vehicles, a technology with particular potential benefits in ageing Japan. The driverless bus-l...

Chinese electric carmaker BYD posts record quarterly profit

Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)

The Shenzhen-based firm posted a profit of 10.4 billion yuan ($1.42 billion) for the July-September period, its highest-ever earnings during a single quarter an...

Stellantis to buy stake in Chinese EV start-up Leapmotor

Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)

Hangzhou-based Leapmotor only produces electric vehicles and is relatively unknown in Europe, despite selling 10,000 cars a month in China, while Stellantis is ...

Honda, GM scrap 'affordable' EV tie-up

Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)

"After extensive studies and analysis, we have come to a mutual decision to discontinue the program," the firms said in a joint statement. No reason was given, ...

Volvo Cars profit jumps on higher revenue, lower costs

Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)

The carmaker, which is majority owned by Chinese automaker Geely, reported an operating profit of 4.5 billion kronor ($400 million) for the third quarter -- up ...

Japan auto show returns, playing catchup on EVs

Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)

Since the last edition in 2019, the EV market in Japan has been sluggish and the country's automakers have been late to tap a growing appetite elsewhere. Just 1...

Japan's Mitsubishi Motors to end production in China

Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)

The automaker said its sales had slumped and it would restructure its joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group, recording a 24.3 billion yen ($162 million)...