Volvo commits to fully electric lineup by 2030
Volvo was among the first of the mainstream automakers to fully commit to electrification when in 2017 it said its entire lineup would consist purely of mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid and...
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America’s need for rare earths mines to power EVs could create political quandary for Biden
Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died mysteriously overnight. Conservationists were quick to suspect Ioneer Ltd., an Australian...
C-Class-like electric sedan likely to be based on Mercedes’ second EV platform
Mercedes-Benz has just launched a new generation of its C-Class but the handsome sedan won’t have a battery-electric variant to take on the Tesla Model 3 and upcoming electric 3-Series...
Gunther Werks Speedster, Gordon Murray T.50s, 2022 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: This Week’s Top Photos
California’s Gunther Werks returned this week with another carbon-bodied stunner based on the 993-generation 911. This time the company delivered a wide-body speedster to complement its coupe from a few...
Glickenhaus 007 LMH, 2022 Infiniti QX60, 2022 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: Today’s Car News
The new season of the World Endurance Championship is nearly upon us, and this time there’s the new top class Le Mans Hypercars. There’s also an American team competing at...
VW weathers pandemic with $10.7 billion profit
FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen said Friday it made better than expected profit of 8.8 billion euros ($10.7 billion) after tax in 2020 despite the pandemic. The world’s No. 2 automaker...
VW sales, deliveries expected to bounce back big in 2021
FRANKFURT — Volkswagen Group said it expects revenues and deliveries to rebound strongly in the current year, shrugging off the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The automaker also said its operating...
Toyota air taxi partner Joby to go public in $6.6 billion blank-check deal
Joby Aviation, the 12-year-old electric air taxi startup partnered with Toyota and Uber, will go public in a $6.6 billion reverse merger with blank check company Reinvent Technology Partners, the...
Tesla has halted some Model 3 production in California
Tesla Inc. has told workers it will temporarily halt some production at its car assembly plant in California, according to a person familiar with the matter. Workers on a Model...
None of Jaguar’s current model lines will remain after EV transformation
Jaguar Land Rover CEO Thierry Bollore last week made the shock announcement that Jaguar’s full lineup will consist exclusively of electric vehicles as soon as 2025. But the automaker doesn’t...