As the automotive industry moves further along in its shift toward electric vehicles, automakers face the key decision of whether to produce the battery cells and packs that will help power millions of electric vehicles, or whether they want to buy them from suppliers. General Motors Co. has opted to make its own EV components. It’s joined up with… Continue reading Ford ‘discussing’ making its own battery cells for EVs, CEO says
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Don’t want to end up like Nokia: Volkswagen chief Herbert Diess to staff – Deccan Herald
By Christoph Rauwald, Tara Patel and Chad Thomas Volkswagen AG is at a critical juncture. It has weathered the pandemic relatively well but is fretting about cases going up again. It has electric cars rolling out but is well behind Tesla Inc. And it has massive manufacturing scale but desperately needs to rethink its vehicles… Continue reading Don’t want to end up like Nokia: Volkswagen chief Herbert Diess to staff – Deccan Herald
Uber is reportedly in talks to sell its self-driving vehicle division to a startup run by former Uber, Tesla, and Google executives and backed by Amazon (UBER)
Uber is in talks to sell its self-driving vehicle division, ATG, to autonomous vehicle startup Aurora, TechCrunch reported Friday. ATG has been hobbled by a deadly crash, infighting, and unreliable tech — leading investors to lose patience and sparking rumors the company would try to offload the struggling unit. Despite a previous $7.25 billion valuation,… Continue reading Uber is reportedly in talks to sell its self-driving vehicle division to a startup run by former Uber, Tesla, and Google executives and backed by Amazon (UBER)
Uber in talks to sell ATG self-driving unit to Aurora
Eighteen months ago, Uber’s self-driving car unit, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, was valued at $7.25 billion following a $1 billion investment from Toyota, DENSO and Softbank’s Vision Fund. Now, it’s up for sale and a competing autonomous vehicle technology startup is in talks with Uber to buy it, according to three sources familiar with the… Continue reading Uber in talks to sell ATG self-driving unit to Aurora
GM recalls 68,667 Chevy Bolt EVs (’17-’19) citing unlikely potential fire risk
GM is announcing today that it is initiating a voluntary recall of 68,667 Chevy Bolt EV electric cars model year 2017 to 2019 over a potential fire risk. There have been 5 reported fires in close to 70,000 vehicles produced. What you need to know if you are a 2017-2019 Bolt Owner: There have only been… Continue reading GM recalls 68,667 Chevy Bolt EVs (’17-’19) citing unlikely potential fire risk
GM recalls 68,000 Chevy Bolt EVs for potential battery fires
Detroit — General Motors Co. is voluntarily recalling 68,667 Chevrolet Bolt EVs manufactured between 2017-2019 as it works with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to pinpoint what caused multiple battery fires. The automaker has found five confirmed incidents of battery fires on the Bolt when the batteries were either at full-charge or almost fully charged. Three of those… Continue reading GM recalls 68,000 Chevy Bolt EVs for potential battery fires
German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen: Investments stagnate, but more for electric cars – Plant Emden loses Passat000323
The world’s largest automaker Volkswagenincreased amidst the Corona crisis and the economic uncertainty set the pace when switching to the Electromobility. In the next five years (2021-2025), Volkswagen plans to invest 73 billion euros in climate-friendly drives and digitalization and thus almost every second euro of its entire investment budget in this period. As before,… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen: Investments stagnate, but more for electric cars – Plant Emden loses Passat000323
Waymo throws shade at Tesla and Elon Musk over self-driving comments
Waymo is throwing shade at Tesla and Elon Musk over comments that the latter has made about the usefulness of the former’s self-driving technology. There are dozens of high-profile companies working on solving self-driving and just as many different approaches, but there are two main differences: those who rely mainly if not entirely on computer… Continue reading Waymo throws shade at Tesla and Elon Musk over self-driving comments
Ford unveils the 2022 E-Transit, its $45,000 electric workhorse
Ford revealed Thursday the E-Transit, a configurable all-electric cargo van that it’s betting will be the new go-to workhorse for commercial customers. The E-Transit is just one piece of the company’s $11.5 billion investment in electrification. But it could be its most important one. Ford has largely focused its electrification efforts on the consumer market,… Continue reading Ford unveils the 2022 E-Transit, its $45,000 electric workhorse
A Panasonic battery VP explains the biggest challenge her team faces as it prepares for a huge wave of electric cars
Panasonic executive Celina Mikolajczak said on Tuesday that increasing production capacity is the biggest challenge the company’s electric-vehicle battery division faces right now. That’s partly the result of a supply chain for raw materials that’s concentrated in a small number of companies, Mikolajczak said. The auto industry is planning a major increase in EV production… Continue reading A Panasonic battery VP explains the biggest challenge her team faces as it prepares for a huge wave of electric cars