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Volta Trucks reveals full-electric Zero 16-tonner for inner-city freight operations

Volta Trucks, the start-up electric vehicle manufacturer, has revealed the new Volta Zero – its first vehicle and the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed specifically for inner-city parcel and freight distribution. From launch, the Volta Zero will be a significant contributor to the future vision of zero-emission cities all over the world.… Continue reading Volta Trucks reveals full-electric Zero 16-tonner for inner-city freight operations

Pininfarina’s Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo revealed at Geneva Motor Show – Wired.co.uk

In order to see this embed, you must give consent to Social Media cookies. Open my cookie preferences. [embedded content] F1 racing legend and Indy 500 champion Emerson Fittipaldi has joined forces with Italian design company Pininfarina and German engineering firm HWA AG to produce this stunning hypercar, the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo. The… Continue reading Pininfarina’s Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo revealed at Geneva Motor Show – Wired.co.uk

Ford is going for Tesla with Mustang Mach-E dealer training material highlighting price advantage

Ford is training dealers to favorably compare the Mustang Mach-E against the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y in new training material. When Ford first launched the Mustang Mac-E, it came with some inevitable comparisons with Tesla. As the market leader in electric cars, most automakers are benchmarking against Tesla vehicles and EV buyers are… Continue reading Ford is going for Tesla with Mustang Mach-E dealer training material highlighting price advantage

Porsche to develop synthetic e-fuel, looking for partners

Porsche has announced that it wants to “drive forward the development of synthetic fuels (e-fuels) and is seeking partners to build pilot factories to prove e-fuels’ viability. Although Porsche is investing in electrification, as evidenced by the introduction of the Taycan EV earlier this year, it believes the technology is not reducing its carbon footprint quickly… Continue reading Porsche to develop synthetic e-fuel, looking for partners

TVS Motor invests additional Rs 30 crore in Ultraviolette Automotive

Chennai-headquartered TVS Motor Company has made an additional investment of Rs 30 crore in electric vehicle startup Ultraviolette Automotive (UV), as part of its Series B round of funding. The startup says to accelerate the adoption of EVs in India it is set-out to build India’s first high-performance electric motorcycle – the F77, three years ago.… Continue reading TVS Motor invests additional Rs 30 crore in Ultraviolette Automotive

Neeraj Kanwar: ‘Learnings from our Hungarian plant have gone into the new plant in Andhra Pradesh.’

Apollo Tyres’ new plant in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district uses state-of-the-art automation as well as machine learning and IoT. Neeraj Kanwar, Vice-Chairman and MD, tells why the company chose Andhra Pradesh over other states, level of collaboration between its R&D centres in Chennai and Holland, market dynamics, introducing premium Vredestein tyres soon in India, and how… Continue reading Neeraj Kanwar: ‘Learnings from our Hungarian plant have gone into the new plant in Andhra Pradesh.’

Ford wants to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in U.S.: Who is targeted

Ford Motor Company alerted its employees early Wednesday during a weekly virtual global meeting that the automaker plans to trim its headcount by 1,400 salaried workers by offering them an opportunity to retire this year if they meet certain qualifications. Kumar Galhotra, president, Americas & International Markets Group, who oversees the profit and loss of the business units, told workers the news. He… Continue reading Ford wants to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in U.S.: Who is targeted

An aerial time-lapse of Tesla’s new Texas factory reveals remarkable progress after just over a month of construction (TSLA)

Tesla’s Austin factory is quickly beginning to take shape.  Drone photographers are documenting nearly every day’s progress, as fallow land starts to look more like an industrial site.  Eventually the sprawling factory will include public areas for recreation, CEO Elon Musk said in July.  Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Construction of Tesla’s fourth… Continue reading An aerial time-lapse of Tesla’s new Texas factory reveals remarkable progress after just over a month of construction (TSLA)