June 7, 2018
GM, Honda team up on next-gen EV batteries
General Motors and Honda Motor Co. are partnering to develop a new generation of batteries aimed at cutting costs and accelerating the companies’ rollout of electric vehicles. As part of the multiyear deal, Honda will buy battery modules based on…
May 30, 2018
India delays plan to roll out 10,000 electric cars to 2019
India has pushed back a deadline to put thousands of battery-driven cars on the road by nearly a year, in a setback to its ambitions of having electric vehicles account for about a third of its fleet by 2030. State-owned Energy Efficiency Services,…
April 5, 2018
UK car registrations plunge in March
Car registrations plunged in March, according to figures from industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Preliminary data shows the UK new car market shrank by 15.7% last month compared with 2017. Demand for diesel vehicles…
March 16, 2018
German cities could ban some diesel cars after court ruling
Germany's top court has paved the way for major cities to ban diesel vehicles. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled Tuesday that cities in Germany have the right to ban some diesel cars. The decision could fuel efforts to implement…
January 20, 2018
Ford to boost investment in electric cars by 2022
Ford says it will boost its investment in electric vehicles to $11bn (£8bn) in the next five years, more than doubling a previous commitment. Chairman Bill Ford said the car maker would have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its range by…
January 11, 2018
U.S. regulators meet with California on fate of vehicle fuel rules
Senior U.S. government officials held talks in recent weeks with California's Air Resources Board to discuss the goal of maintaining one set of national requirements for automakers, a move that will determine the fate of vehicle emissions rules. The…
December 15, 2017
What does the diesel change mean?
The sale of new diesel cars that do not meet latest emissions standards will face a one-off tax increase in April.It will be levied on all diesels that do not meet the Real Driving Emissions Step 2 standards on emissions for the first year of…
November 24, 2017
Porsche aims to meet EU emissions targets
Porsche expects it won't have any trouble meeting the EU's next round of CO2 emissions reduction targets because more than half of its sales by 2025 will come from electrified vehicles. The European Commission has proposed a 30 percent reduction in…
October 27, 2017
Toyota keeps ‘game-changing’ EV battery tech inhouse
Toyota will keep inhouse what it calls its "game-changing" solid state battery technology despite working with Mazda and Denso on a new architecture for electric cars. Toyota is partnering with Mazda to create a toolbox of components that the…
October 26, 2017
U.S. sales projected to slip in October, despite strong post-hurricane demand
October is on track to be the second-best month of 2017 for U.S. new-vehicle sales, analysts said, partly due to surging demand in states recovering from hurricane damage, though volume is projected to fall slightly from the same month last year.…