LANSING - The Strategic Fund Board approved amendments to the MSF incentives authorized in January 2022 for the construction of an Ultium battery manufacturing facility in Lansing, originally a joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution (LGES). Through the sale of GM’s portion of the battery plant and 100% transfer of state incentives already
BEIJING - Filling an empty gas tank in an SUV might take five or six minutes. A new electric SUV from China’s BYD can charge its battery in roughly the same amount of time, using one of the company’s new EV chargers. That’s a major step forward. “It is certainly a feat of engineering to
LONDON - A new niche EV brand, Longbow, has emerged into the public eye, hailing itself as ” the first-ever British electric sports car manufacturer. ” It has unveiled its first two featherweight models, inspired by British automotive icons and designed with real-road performance and the overall driver experience in mind. Despite debuting today, the limited
TOKYO - When you’re able to offer an EV with 267 miles of driving range, an impressive driver assist suite, and decent styling for under $20,000, you better believe it’s going to be popular. That’s exactly what the 2026 Toyota bZ3X did in China, and the launch was so well received that it crashed Toyota-GACs order
DETROIT - The future of electric vehicle technology may be just around the corner — and it's not necessarily what you might be envisioning. A General Motors patent recently surfaced revealing some interesting ideas the company has regarding a burgeoning EV concept: bidirectional charging. Using this technology, EVs can become a power source of their own, providing charge to a
TEXAS - Tesla owners who expected to enjoy fully autonomous driving in their vehicles might be in for a disappointment. After years of promises, Elon Musk has finally admitted that models equipped with Hardware 3, which were sold as being ready for full self-driving, will need an upgrade. This announcement is not going over well—especially
DETROIT - Commercial trucks, heavy machinery, generators, and, to a lesser extent, passenger cars will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells that GM and Honda have begun producing. The hydrogen-powered Honda CR-V, which will debut in March 2024 and eventually be offered for sale in limited quantities in California, will employ the fuel-cell modules that
DETROIT - The future is and must be sustainable. The major automotive brands know this, but they also know that it cannot rely solely on electricity, or at least not yet, given the problems that these vehicles bring. But, you have to be smarter than the market and BMW and Toyota have wanted to go
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley sees the automaker as in a race against Chinese manufacturers to make affordable, yet profitable, electric vehicles. Farley says that the key to winning is to downsize the vehicles and the price. That might sound obvious, but it is also counterintuitive, given that the automaker's first all-electric
LANSING - Tariffs would be worse for the U.S. auto industry than a UAW strike, a notable Michigan economic group is predicting, and would harm the industry for a much longer period. Patrick Anderson, CEO of Michigan-based Anderson Economic Group, said Friday on an Automotive Press Association webcast that tariffs would add punishing costs for
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