The world’s top lithium producer Albemarle has downgraded its 2030 forecast for global lithium demand by 10pc to 3.3mn tonnes due to slower-than-expected growth in the EV market. Last year the firm ...

“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 ...

The majority of production from the Mount Holland, WA lithium mine will ultimately go to the integrated refinery its joint venture (JV) owners are developing at Kwinana. But, despite the processing ...

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 ...

Detroit legacy automaker Ford has filed a patent for an EV platform likely to be the basis for the firm’s highly anticipated upcoming second generation of EVs. The design, filed with the US Patent ...

Japanese OEM Nissan has unveiled a new business strategy which aims to make more profitable and accessible EVs whilst also maintaining an ICE vehicle portfolio. Nissan’s 'Next' business strategy ended ...

US lithium miner and processor Albemarle has shifted some its conversion capacity at its Qinzhou plant in Guangxi, China away from producing lithium hydroxide to making lithium carbonate instead, ...

“The more customers move to battery electric vehicles, the more Opel benefits and the more Opel grows.” So says Florian Huettl, CEO of the Opel brand of Franco-Italian automaker Stellantis. It perhaps ...

Analysts are eager to see Elon Musk-led EV maker Tesla improve its falling margins with a greater emphasis on its Full Self Driving (FSD) software rollout. Tesla's FSD software is currently too ...

How many new BEVs will US customers buy in in 2024? It's a pretty key question for a large array of stakeholders on the global automotive industry. If you believe a December forecast from consultancy ...

Germany’s Volkswagen and Chinese EV pure play start-up Xpeng have entered into a master agreement on electrical/electronic (E/E) collaboration that aims to jointly develop E/E architecture for all ...

Sino-Swedish automaker Volvo Cars is not confirming just yet what its BEV plans are beyond its new EX30, EX90 and EM90 launches. But it has dropped a couple of clear hints as to where its thoughts are ...