In keeping with the 4xe’s more extreme billing, it has a 10mm suspension lift to boost ground clearance and give 31deg departure, 16deg breakover and 27deg approach angles. The Compass First Edition will be priced at £35,700 in mild-hybrid form and £39,200 as a EV. PHEV pricing will be revealed later. Q&A: Ralph Gilles, chief… Continue reading Chunky new Jeep Compass brings hybrid, PHEV and 404-mile EV
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Tech Talk: Breakthrough for EVs as new battery tech halves charging times
Total Energies Lubrifiants, the lubricants arm of French energy giant Total, has fitted a Renault Megane E-Tech with an immersion-cooled battery that uses a new fluid called Cell Shield – and is claimed to have halved the EV’s charging times and extended its range by 6 percent. Immersion cooling is a conveniently obvious term: reducing the temperature of something by putting it… Continue reading Tech Talk: Breakthrough for EVs as new battery tech halves charging times
Tech Talk: Breakthrough for EVs as new battery tech halves charging times
Total Energies Lubrifiants, the lubricants arm of French energy giant Total, has fitted a Renault Megane E-Tech with an immersion-cooled battery that uses a new fluid called Cell Shield – and is claimed to have halved the EV’s charging times and extended its range by 6 percent. Immersion cooling is a conveniently obvious term: reducing the temperature of something by putting it… Continue reading Tech Talk: Breakthrough for EVs as new battery tech halves charging times
Tech Talk: Breakthrough for EVs as new battery tech halves charging times
Total Energies Lubrifiants, the lubricants arm of French energy giant Total, has fitted a Renault Megane E-Tech with an immersion-cooled battery that uses a new fluid called Cell Shield – and is claimed to have halved the EV’s charging times and extended its range by 6 percent. Immersion cooling is a conveniently obvious term: reducing the temperature of something by putting it… Continue reading Tech Talk: Breakthrough for EVs as new battery tech halves charging times
Hyundai Mobis develops battery system with built-in fire extinguishing feature
Technology to prevent thermal runaway in electric vehicles is being advanced. Hyundai Mobis has recently announced that it had succeeded in developing a new technology that can extinguish a fire immediately by spraying a fire extinguishing agent when a battery cell catches fire. This is the first technology that can prevent thermal runaway by preventing… Continue reading Hyundai Mobis develops battery system with built-in fire extinguishing feature
Hyundai Mobis develops battery system with built-in fire extinguishing feature
Technology to prevent thermal runaway in electric vehicles is being advanced. Hyundai Mobis has recently announced that it had succeeded in developing a new technology that can extinguish a fire immediately by spraying a fire extinguishing agent when a battery cell catches fire. This is the first technology that can prevent thermal runaway by preventing… Continue reading Hyundai Mobis develops battery system with built-in fire extinguishing feature
FORVIA and Smart Eye unveil in-car iris and facial biometric authentication
FORVIA, a global leader in automotive technologies and sustainable mobility solutions, and Smart Eye, the leading provider of human insight AI to the automotive industry, recently showcased their latest and world-first innovation of secure biometric authentication in vehicles using iris and face recognition technology at Auto Shanghai in April. Leveraging iris and face recognition via… Continue reading FORVIA and Smart Eye unveil in-car iris and facial biometric authentication
Continental to discontinue tyre production at Malaysian plant
Continental is to discontinue tyre manufacturing operations at its Alor Setar, Malaysia, plant by the end of 2025. The facility produces passenger car and light truck tyres for the Asia Pacific (APAC) market, as well as motorcycle tyres. A total of 950 employees work at the Alor Setar facility and the company states that it will… Continue reading Continental to discontinue tyre production at Malaysian plant
Waymo plans to double robotaxi production at Arizona plant by end of 2026
A Waymo self-driving vehicle seen in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2025. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Alphabet-owned Waymo and the auto manufacturing giant Magna International plan to double robotaxi production at their new plant in Mesa, Arizona, by the end of 2026, the companies announced Monday. The “Waymo Driver Integration Plant,” a 239,000 square foot facility… Continue reading Waymo plans to double robotaxi production at Arizona plant by end of 2026
Ford suspends 2025 guidance amid $2.5 billion tariff impact
The Ford display is seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor beat Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations, but suspended its 2025 financial guidance amid an expected $2.5 billion impact this year from President Donald Trump‘s tariffs. The Detroit automaker said it expects to offset… Continue reading Ford suspends 2025 guidance amid $2.5 billion tariff impact