As electric vehicle (EV) sales stall, hybrids—which combine electric power with a conventional fossil-fuel engine—are speeding off dealers’ lots.
Tag: electric vehicles
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TOP TREND 2024, EV GO FU: CENTURY-OLD BATTERY DESIGN STALLS EVs
Owners of some electric vehicles (EVs) are finding their new cars have an Achilles heel: a battery design more than a century old.
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BIDEN EV MANDATES AND THE DREAM OF “CARLESS CITIES”
For buyers who were looking to own their first Electric Vehicle, (relative) price tags have never been better.
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TOP TREND 2024, EV GO FU: BYD CUTS EV PRICES IN CHINA
BYD, one of China’s largest makers of electric vehicles (EVs), has again cut the sticker price of the basic version of its Seagull model amid an EV price war in the country.
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OIL PRICES DOWN AS ECONOMIES GO DOWN
Oil futures fell last week in parallel with China’s declining imports and a generously supplied market.
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THE LATEST IN EV GO FU: CAN A SUB 30 THOUSAND TESLA TURN AROUND THE EV SKID?
Elon Musk has a track record for taking visionary tech from the drawing board to real-world products that change industries, and capture the imagination.
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A LITHIUM EV BATTERY THAT CHARGES IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES—BUT THERE’S A CATCH
One complaint drivers have about electric vehicles (EVs) is that the lithium batteries that most EVs run on can take hours to fully charge.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
Toyota has projected a record $30.3 billion in profits for its financial year ending 31 March, due in large part to the popularity of gasoline-electric hybrid cars, a market Toyota dominates.
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TOP TREND 2024 EV GO FU: SPINOFFS
Volvo has cut off funding to the Polestar electric vehicle (EV) venture. The EV brand, launched in 2017, is a joint venture between Volvo and Chinese car company Geely, which also owns a majority interest in Volvo.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU: LITHIUM PRICE CRASHES AS GLOBAL EV DEMAND SLOWS
In recent months, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have stalled around the world. High sticker prices, high interest rates, and a global economic slowdown have left post-inflation consumers reluctant or unable to pay the more than $50,000 cost of an EV.