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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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, ...

It is perhaps not news to anyone with a passing familiarity to the nascent EV public charging industry that it screams consolidation opportunity. But when will this trend kick off; who are the runners ...

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded a $3mn grant for a trial of vehicle to grid (V2G) technology in Californian school buses. The trial will be carried out by BorgWarner and V2G ...

Canada will ban the sale of new cars and light duty trucks with ICEs under rules published this week. Under the new Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, auto manufacturers and importers must meet ...

Chinese automaker Xpeng has set a target of rolling out Level 4 autonomous driving to its vehicle fleet by next year, as it approaches the launch of a new software-defined vehicle sub-brand next month ...

German OEM BMW has received approval to deploy Level 3 automation software in its 7 Series vehicles, making it the first automaker to offer L2 and L3 autonomous driving in the same vehicle. L3 ...

Detroit automaker Ford has signalled that it is reassessing its vertically integrated battery supply strategy as it weighs up options for its second generation of EVs. The automaker's EV division, ...

British mining hopeful Cornish Lithium and the German chemical firm Helm have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to jointly work together to produce battery-grade lithium compounds ...

Two nascent lithium production schemes have hit material benchmarks, one in the US and one in the UK. While both remain in the early stages, the projects could provide the raw materials for ...