Karma Automotive announced it will be introducing a new name for a family of vehicles in 2021 called the GS Series. The lineup will include updated electrification options, technological advancements and Karma's first-ever battery electric (BEV) luxury sedan. For a fully-refundable $100 deposit, interested individuals can reserve a place in line. The GS lineup will retain the same exotic design of the Revero to...

21 September 2020

Today, Ford has confirmed the construction of the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022. The electric F-150, which is undergoing tens of thousands of hours of torture testing and targeting millions of simulated, laboratory, and real-world test miles, will be more powerful than any F-150 available today and deliver commercial and personal customers the lowest expected...

17 September 2020

BMW has announced the 2021 BMW iX3 on July 15th and now the pricing, availability and first specifications for the UK market are unveiled. Launching in summer 2021, UK customers will be able to choose between the BMW iX3 Premier Edition and BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro. Each will be available in four exterior colors: Carbon Black, Mineral White, Phytonic Blue, and Sophisto Grey. Two exterior trim colours will be...

17 September 2020

We have already informed you that LG Chem plans on slitting off its battery business. The rumor has turned out to be true and today the company held that important board meeting during which the decision to do so was taken. LG Chem will establish a wholly-owned battery subsidiary dubbed LG Energy Solutions and shore up investments through a public listing in the future. The actual split off will take place on...

17 September 2020

Electrify America has introduced a new pricing structure offering kWh pricing, depending upon the state where the EV is charged. As a result, EV charging will become more affordable and charging expenditure - more transparent. Rates start at $0.31 per kilowatt hour. This will be introduced first in 23 states plus the District of Columbia. In the remaining states where the company operates, Electrify America will...

17 September 2020

Various Korean media report that LG Chem plans on splitting off its battery business. A board meeting is expected to happen today to approve this move. As a result, LG Chem will form a new wholly-owned subsidiary for the EV battery business within the first half of 2021. LG Corp will own LG Chem, and LG Chem will wholly own the newly formed battery company. "For LG Chem to digest battery orders, it needs to increase...

17 September 2020

General Motors has introduced a whole family of five drive units and three motors for its future EVs which can be interchanged for maximum flexibility. Dubbed Ultium Drive the system is expected to offer industry-leading torque and power density across a wide spectrum of different vehicle types. The GM Ultium Drive family covers front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive propulsion combinations...

17 September 2020

BMW's Brilliance Automotive joint venture in China doubles production capacity for high-voltage batteries in its Tiexi factory. It has been expanded with a new battery center that will immediately begin producing the new and more powerful batteries of the fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology used in the fully-electric BMW iX3. Production of the new fully-electric BMW iX3 will get underway at BBA Plant Dadong by...

16 September 2020

LG Chem has completed its first overseas anode factory. Located in Wuxi, China, it is called Leyou New Energy materials and is the result of LG Chem's JV with Huayou Cobalt - China's top cobalt producer. LG Chem invested 272 billion won in the first half of 2020 and the total investment was 324 billion won. The plant will supply anode materials to LG Chem's battery factory in Nanjing set 180 km from Wuxi. In total...

16 September 2020

As part of Kia's future EV product strategy event earlier today, Kia's President and CEO Ho Sung Song showed off a sketch of several of the brand's future battery-electric vehicles. It plans on launching a diverse range of dedicated BEVs and partner with EV charging companies worldwide to become one of the market leaders. Kia's "Plan S" strategy includes BEV portfolio expansion to 11 models by 2025. During the same...

16 September 2020

At the end of July, GM said it will unveil the GMC Hummer EV this autumn. Today, the company specified the date - October 20th. It also teased the vehicle's Crab Mode - a four-wheel-steer system that allows it to move diagonally. Reservation books will be open on GMC.com after the event while mass production of the vehicle will begin in the autumn of 2021. The GMC Hummer EV will be based on the new GM BT1 electric...

15 September 2020

Lucid Motors has finally unveiled the Lucid Air all-electric luxury sedan, as promised. Based on the Lucid Electric Advanced Platform (LEAP) upon which all forthcoming Lucid vehicles will be built, it features Lucid's in-house developed compact and lightwaeight drivetrain. The Lucid Air will have a dual-motor AWD system with 1,080 hp output for quarter-mile times as low as 9.9 seconds on a consistent, repeatable...

11 September 2020

Announced a couple of months ago first in the UK, the 2021 Audi e-tron S and the 2021 Audi e-tron S Sportback are finally available in Europe. In Germany, the base price for the Audi e-tron S starts at EUR 91,435.29. For the e-tron S Sportback, it starts at EUR 93,628.58. These are performance-oriented all-electric vehicles propelled by three electric motors - two on the rear axle and one on the front. They are able...

11 September 2020

General Motors announced that its future electric vehicles will arrive with the industry's first wireless battery management system (wBMS). The technology is developed in collaboration with Analog Devices, Inc. It is expected to drive GM's Ultium-powered EVs to market faster and its flexible basic structure can easily receive new features as software becomes available. With expanded OTA updates provided by GM's...

11 September 2020

General Motors and Nikola have announced they made a strategic partnership. GM buys 11% from Nikola for $2 billion and receives the right to nominate one director. The company will engineer, validate, homologate and build the Nikola Badger for both the battery electric vehicle and fuel cell electric vehicle variants as part of the in-kind services. General Motors expects to receive in excess of $4 billion of...

11 September 2020