Electric Vehicle

Mazda to invest $10.6 bn in EV battery push

Japan’s Mazda Motor plans to invest 1.5 trillion yen ($10.6 billion) by 2030 to procure electric vehicle (EV) batteries and cooperate with battery supplier...

LG Energy Solution, Compass Minerals sign minerals contract

LG Energy Solution has signed an offtake agreement with Compass Minerals, a U.S. producer of essential minerals, for the purchase of battery-grade lithium carbonate. The...

General Motors expects EV business to generate $50 bn revenue

General Motors (GM) said its electric vehicles business will be profitable in 2025 in North America as the company scales EV capacity in the...

General Motors adds Vale to its list of battery material suppliers

General Motors has added Vale to its list of battery material suppliers as the US-based automaker aims to address increasing EV competition beyond 2025,...

Vingroup, Gotion start building $275 mn battery plant in Vietnam

VinES Energy Solutions, a unit of Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup and China’s Gotion High-Tech, have commenced construction of a $275 million battery factory in...

India revises guidelines for charging infrastructure for EVs

India’s Power Ministry has amended the guidelines for charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, under which public charging stations would have the feature of prepaid...

Ford’s Essex Engine Plant uses Convergent battery energy storage

Convergent Energy and Power has won a contract from Ford to meet its power needs at a plant Essex Engine Plant in Windsor, Ontario...

Households with one EV could consume 37% more energy: ABI Research

Households with one Electric Vehicle (EV) could consume 37 percent more daily energy, according to ABI Research. Use of EVs will shift peak demand in...