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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 ...

Munich-headquartered BMW is mulling whether to request an accelerated review to receive an individually calculated duty rate on the import of BEVs that the firm makes in China and then brings to ...

BP expects continued margin growth in its EV charging division BP Pulse in 2024, with the unit still on track to become profitable in 2025, the firm said in its full year 2023 results. BP does not ...

French automaker Renault has unveiled its new electric Renault 5 E-Tech, committing to producing the vehicle entirely in France from summer 2025. Vehicles and batteries will be assembled at its Douai ...

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 Three automaker GM remains largely a manufacturer of ICE vehicles. BEVs made up less than 5pc of sales of over 650,000 units in its main US market in Q3, even with its all-electric deliveries ...

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 ...

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 ...

US EV start-up Canoo has will supply two of its EV models to tourism project Red Sea Global, in the automaker's second supply deal to Saudi Arabia announced this month. "Red Sea Global will pilot ...