With 919 vehicle sold in December and total 3,742 in the second half of 2021, the HiPhi X captured the top spot over prestigious international and domestic automakers such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and Hongqi. This marks the first time a domestic car manufacturer has topped sales chart in the luxury segment for vehicles priced at… Continue reading Human Horizons’ HiPhi X Tops China Luxury Electric Vehicle Sales for the 2nd Half of 2021
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CATL Launches Battery Swap Solution EVOGO Featuring Modular Battery Swapping
NINGDE, China, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On January 18, Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd. (CAES), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), rolled out its battery swap solution EVOGO featuring modular battery swapping at its first online launch event. Comprised of battery blocks, fast battery swap stations and an app,… Continue reading CATL Launches Battery Swap Solution EVOGO Featuring Modular Battery Swapping
Unipart Logistics Wins Two-year Contract Extension With Volkswagen Group UK
The site services more than 900 retailers and trade partners across the UK and Ireland for Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, CUPRA, SKODA, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and the Volkswagen Group’s Trade Parts Services business. Unipart Logistics provides logistics services, network service support, and bespoke services for the retailer network. The efficiency and performance of the warehouse operations… Continue reading Unipart Logistics Wins Two-year Contract Extension With Volkswagen Group UK
Calling it Quits
When Tata Group Chairman, N Chandrasekaran met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin some weeks ago, reports began doing the rounds that there was finally a knight in shining armour for Ford’s facilities in Chennai and Gujarat. The optimism could be short-lived since there is no indication that this will happen in a hurry. Tata… Continue reading Calling it Quits
SsangYong sale brings down the curtain on Mahindra saga
It’s finally all over for Mahindra & Mahindra and SsangYong Motor. With the Korean SUV maker now in the hands of a consortium led by Edison Motors, its 10-year innings with its Indian owner has officially come to an end. M&M had already made it known a couple of years ago that it would cap… Continue reading SsangYong sale brings down the curtain on Mahindra saga
LiDAR Supercharges Vehicle Vision and the Transportation Transformation
NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Buckle up because transportation is evolving double quick time. It wasn’t long ago that lane keep assist, approaching object alerts, automatic parallel parking and much more were, at best, concepts in an engineer’s head. Now the next generation of automotive evolution is made possible by the… Continue reading LiDAR Supercharges Vehicle Vision and the Transportation Transformation
China’s CATL launches service that lets users swap EV battery in a minute …
China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) on Tuesday launched a battery swap service for electric vehicles (EV) called EVOGO, which it said would allow drivers to change car batteries in one minute. The battery maker will set up swap stations in ten cities around China and users will be able to access the service… Continue reading China’s CATL launches service that lets users swap EV battery in a minute …
UK self-driving startup Wayve raises $200m Series B from Microsoft, others
British self-driving technology startup Wayve said on Tuesday it has raised $200 million from investors to scale up its autonomous driving technology globally and launch more pilot projects with commercial fleet partners. The Series B funding round brings the startup’s total fundraising to $258 million and includes new investments from venture capital firms D1 Capital Partners, Moore… Continue reading UK self-driving startup Wayve raises $200m Series B from Microsoft, others
Battle for a brand
To Harish Bijoor, this four-letter word brand is a “humongous asset” for the electric space. The reference is to ‘Hero’ where Pawan and Naveen Munjal have sought legal intervention for use of the name. The former who heads the market leader, Hero MotoCorp, wants the brand (Hero) for the foray into electric. This is not… Continue reading Battle for a brand
VW’s global sales down 8 percent
VW’s electric vehicle sales did well in 2021 The company’s fossil fuel-powered vehicles saw a drop in sales even as EVs and plug-in hybrids grew by 97 percent and 33 percent, respectively. Volkswagen sales dropped around eight percent in 2021 as it battled the ongoing global semiconductor shortage. However, it recorded a substantial uptick in… Continue reading VW’s global sales down 8 percent