Electric Vehicle

India budget offers customs duty exemption for EV battery making

India government said customs duty exemption will be extended to the import of capital goods and machinery required for manufacture of lithium-ion cells for...

Samsung SDI bets on premium EV market in 2023

Samsung SDI has posted a record annual revenue of KRW 20.12 trillion and operating profit of KRW 1.8 trillion in 2022. Samsung SDI’s fourth quarter...

Posco Chemical wins $32.6 bn order from Samsung SDI

Posco Chemical said it has won a 40 trillion won ($32.60 billion) order from Samsung SDI to supply cathode materials for electric vehicle batteries between 2023...

Suzuki Motor reveals Growth Strategy focusing on EV business

Suzuki Motor, as part of its Growth Strategy for FY2030, said it will invest 4.5 trillion yen ($34.8 billion) through fiscal 2030 in research, development...

Tesla to invest $3.6 bn more to grow EV factory in Nevada

Elon Musk-promoted Tesla announced it will be investing over $3.6 billion more to grow its Gigafactory in Nevada in the US. The company said that...

GM, LG Energy shelve plan for fourth battery plant

General Motors and LG Energy Solution have shelved plan for making investment in a fourth battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States, a news...

Battery EV demand to surge 41% to 11 mn: GlobalData

Global battery electric vehicle demand is set to increase 41 percent to 11 million units in 2023, according to GlobalData. China will continue to dominate...

Shell buys EV charging firm Volta for $169 mn

Shell USA will acquire Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging network operator, in an all-cash deal valued at about $169 million. Shell and other companies...