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Kia Unveils 2030 Roadmap: Aims to Launch 14 EV Models By 2027, Including 2 Electric Pickups

Kia announced during the company's 2022 CEO Investor Day virtual event that it targets to expand its EV lineup to 14 new models by the year 2027. The plan for Kia is to introduce two new electric vehicles per year starting in 2023. more

Tesla Makes Supercharging Free for People Fleeing War-torn Ukraine; Non-Tesla EVs Also Benefit

Tesla Makes Supercharging Free for People Fleeing War-torn Ukraine; Non-Tesla EVs Also Benefit

Tesla has made charging electric vehicles free for people trying to flee Ukraine due to Russia's deadly invasion. Tesla announced that it would waive the fee for Supercharging in several countries around war-torn Ukraine. more

Kia EV6 Makes Solid Debut in the U.S.; 2,125 Units Sold in February as Kia Sets Record Month for EV Sales

Kia EV6 Makes Solid Debut in the U.S.; 2,125 Units Sold in February as Kia Sets Record Month for EV Sales

Kia America had a strong showing in the United States in February 2022, selling 49,182 vehicles last month. Powering Kia's surge in sales in America is the company's all-new Kia EV6 model. more

Envision Battery

Chinese Company Envision to Mass Produce EV Batteries With 1,000-Kilometer Range Starting in 2024

Envision AESC's quest to become the world's biggest battery supplier got a major boost, as it will soon begin mass-producing batteries that are capable of giving electric vehicles a driving range of at least 1,000 kilometers. more

Lightning eMotors Completes Expansion of Colorado Facility: EV Maker to Double Production Capacity

Lightning eMotors Completes Expansion of Colorado Facility: EV Maker to Double Production Capacity

Lightning eMotors has delivered some outstanding news, with the EV maker announcing that it has completed its expansion of the company's sprawling manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado. more

Mercedes-Benz Aims to Have Production Lines Solely for Electric Vehicles Soon as EQE Launch Nears

Mercedes-Benz Aims to Have Production Lines Solely for Electric Vehicles Soon as EQE Launch Nears

The electrification plans of Mercedes-Benz are going full steam ahead, with the German automaker confirming that it is expecting to have factories exclusively producing electric vehicles (EVs) by the second half of the decade. more

Nissan and Infiniti Tease EV Models Ahead of 2025 Release; Company Invests $500 Million in the U.S. Plant

Nissan and Infiniti Tease EV Models Ahead of 2025 Release; Company Invests $500 Million in the U.S. Plant

On Thursday, February 17, Nissan announced that it will build two new EV models at the company's Canton, Mississippi plant in the United States starting in 2025. One of those models will be for the Nissan brand, while the other one is for its luxury vehicle division Infiniti. more

Ford Plans Shock Return to India: Carmaker Considers Turning Indian Facility Into EV Export Hub

Ford Plans Shock Return to India: Carmaker Considers Turning Indian Facility Into EV Export Hub

Ford sent shockwaves across the auto industry when it decided to shut down its operations in India six months ago. The decision to close shop may be short-lived, with the U.S. carmaker considering returning to the subcontinent as a manufacturer and exporter of electric vehicles. more

Audi and Faw Group Get Approval From China for $3.3 Billion Ev Joint Venture Facility in Changchun

Audi and Faw Group Get Approval From China for $3.3 Billion EV Joint Venture Facility in Changchun

Audi received some great news in China this week as the German automaker and state-owned partner FAW Group finally got the much-needed approval from Chinese government officials for their new $3.3 billion production facility in the provincial capital of Changchun. more

China Dominates EV Race Accounting for Half of the All-electric Vehicles Sold Globally in 2021

China Dominates EV Race Accounting for Half of the All-electric Vehicles Sold Globally in 2021

China dominates EV race, with more than 3.2 million electric vehicles sold in mainland China last year. That figure accounts for half of all electric cars sold worldwide in 2021. more

Nationwide EV Charging Network: U.S. President Biden Allocates $5 Billion Investment to States

Nationwide EV Charging Network: U.S. President Biden Allocates $5 Billion Investment to States

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden rolled out a plan this week to provide nearly $5 billion over five years to states to help in developing a national electric vehicle charging network. more

Tesla vs General Motors: GM Plans To Beat Elon Musk's Electric Vehicle With 1 Million EVs by 2025

Tesla vs General Motors: GM Plans To Beat Elon Musk's Electric Vehicle With 1 Million EVs by 2025

General Motors issued a direct challenge to Tesla, saying it will become the top US-based seller of electric vehicles by 2025. GM will invest $6.6 billion to achieve this goal, with the automaker planning to increase its production capacity in North America to 1 million EV cars by 2025. more

Las Vegas Hosts Annual CES Trade Show

GM To Invest $6.5 Billion For EV and Battery Facilities in Michigan, Creating 4,000 New Jobs

General Motors definitely means business when it comes to electrification. The automaker is set to invest $6.5 billion for the development of two electric vehicle and EV battery production plants in the state of Michigan. more

Las Vegas Hosts Annual CES Trade Show

GM to Invest $154 Million to Refurbish Western New York Plant for EV Production Creating 230 Jobs

General Motors announced on Friday, January 21, that it will invest $154 million into its Lockport Components plant in Western New York. The money invested will help support facility renovations, as well as purchase and installation of new machinery and equipment for production of electric motor components. more

Subaru To Develop Electric Versions Of Its Current Car Models

Subaru acknowledges it doesn't have sky-high funds and resources as bigger carmakers but the company mulls entering the EV market as well. more

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