Tesla's planned lower-priced BEV, the so-called Model 2, will sell 1mn units/yr by the end of the decade and will keep Elon Musk's automaker at the forefront of the auto industry and help stave off ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Detroit automaker GM has been forced to recall 66 of its Brightdrop EV600 electric delivery vans after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) flagged them as fire risks. The recall ...

Chile’s SQM anticipates stable lithium prices for the remainder of the year but is “optimistic about a positive trend starting in 2026”, according to CEO Ricardo Ramos. While it expects 2025 demand to ...

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 ...

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 ...

German OEM Opel — part of the Stellantis conglomerate — sold around 90,000 BEVs in 2023, an increase of 22pc compared to the previous year. The firm's growth puts it roughly on par with German peer VW ...

South Korea’s LG Chem will begin mass production of precursor-free cathode materials in the first half of this year. The materials will be produced by directly calcinating custom-designed metals ...

Shares of California EV start-up Rivian hit an all time low today as moves from Detroit legacy automaker Ford sounded alarms about electric truck demand. Rivian stock hit $9.57/share, 92pc down from ...

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 ...