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“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” So said Abraham Lincoln. Or maybe not. Whoever did say it was on to something, because technology has always shaped the way economies develop. In ...

Vietnamese EV maker Vinfast has announced it will merge with battery manufacturer and sister company Vin ES Energy Solutions in order to vertically integrate battery production into its auto ...

A quarter (25pc) of Electric vehicles sold in Europe in 2024 will be made in China, up from 19.5pc in 2023, according to analysis by EU non-profit Transport and Environment (T&E). Chinese imports into ...

“There are some geographies where our market share is remarkably low.” So says Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, of national markets that his firm’s BEVs have yet to conquer. And he is particularly aware of a ...

Germany’s Rossmann, one of Europe’s largest drugstore chains, will not purchase any more Tesla vehicles for its fleet with immediate effect, the firm has announced. The decision “is based on the ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was frank in admitting to analysts on the company's fourth quarter earnings call that the EV leader is "between two major growth waves". While appearing to dampen expectations for ...

Germany’s BMW plans to launch its first mass-produced fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in 2028, after agreeing to strengthen its collaboration in the hydrogen sector with Japan’s Toyota. The firms ...

France’s Renault Group sold a combined 109,307 of its Megane E-Tech and Dacia Spring BEVs in 2023 (see main image), a year-on-year rise of 33.5pc. But that measure might be slightly distorted by the ...

New BEV sales in the 31 countries of the EU+Efta+UK hit 2mn for the first time in 2023, growing by over 28pc year-on-year. But that did not stop alarms being raised about the pace of growth even ...

German OEM BMW has launched the concept for its next-generation Neue Klasse EV range, with deliveries due to begin 2025. BMW is bullish about the pricing and operational structures that keep its EV ...

Denmark’s Monta, a charging operating platform, has inaugurated a new US headquarters in Miami, FL, ahead of bringing its EV charging software to market in the country. The firm aims to welcome 30 ...