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Foxconn (Nee Lordstown Motors) EV production plan in motion

Foxconn (Nee Lordstown Motors) EV production plan in motion

Foxconn EV production plan back in motion with Lordstown Motors’ Ohio plant acquisition, says GlobalData Following the news that Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn acquires Lordstown Motors’ Ohio electric vehicle (EV) factory for $230m; Bakar Sadik Agwan, Senior Automotive Consulting Analyst at GlobalData, a leading da ... Continue reading

2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e - Review by Larry Nutson

2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e - Review by Larry Nutson

A few years back I drove the first iteration of BMW’s X5 plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the new-for-2016 X5 xDrive40e. This was BMW’s first PHEV core production model. ... Continue reading

The Midwest Automotive Media Association Hosted More than 70 Journalists for the 2021 Rally at Road America, Celebrates 30th Year

The Midwest Automotive Media Association Hosted More than 70 Journalists for the 2021 Rally at Road America, Celebrates 30th Year

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin – Oct. 19, 2021 – The Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) hosted the 2021 MAMA Rally last week at Road America, one of the world’s premier road racing tracks. ... Continue reading

8 ways Argonne advances hydrogen as a clean energy resource

8 ways Argonne advances hydrogen as a clean energy resource

Feature Story | Argonne National Laboratory News Media Contacts Press Releases Feature Stories In the News Social Media ArgonneNOW Magazine Subscribe to Argonne By Argonne Staff | October 18, 2021 Hydrogen is one of the most abundant elements in the universe and an attractive form of renewable energy for fuel that coul ... Continue reading

Hyundai 5 Wins 2021 Spanish Radio Show Awards

Hyundai 5 Wins 2021 Spanish Radio Show Awards

Hyundai Santa Cruz – Best New Product Hyundai IONIQ 5 – Best Compact EV MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 18, 2021 – The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz and Hyundai IONIQ 5 both received 2021 Sobre Ruedas Awards at the 2021 Miami International Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Toyota Makes $3.4 billion Investment In Battery Electrification For US Market

Toyota Makes $3.4 billion Investment In Battery Electrification For US Market

Investment to bring new American plant, production, jobs with focus on carbon neutrality PLANO, Texas (Oct. 18, 2021) – Toyota announced today that it will invest approximately $3.4 billion (380 billion yen) in automotive batteries in the United States through 2030. ... Continue reading

750 Miles Per Charge (MPC) Battery Startup Our Next Energy (ONE) Gets Investments

750 Miles Per Charge (MPC) Battery Startup Our Next Energy (ONE) Gets Investments

NOVI, Mich., Oct. 18, 2021 -- Our Next Energy Inc. (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage solutions company, today announced it has closed a $25 million Series A capital raise led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS - Official Weekly Summary October 18, 2021

NHTSA RECALLS - Official Weekly Summary October 18, 2021

Your vehicle MAY be involved in a safety recall and MAY create a safety risk for you or your passengers. If left unrepaired, a potential safety defect could lead to injury or even death. ... Continue reading

Let Them Eat Cake - Where Are All The Diesel-Hybrids? (Originally Published 2/7/2008; Once More Ahead Of Our Time)

Let Them Eat Cake - Where Are All The Diesel-Hybrids? (Originally Published 2/7/2008; Once More Ahead Of Our Time)

Let Them Eat Cake - Where Are All The Diesel-Hybrids? (Originally Published 2/7/2008), What's The Problem Here? We all know the problem and most of us who look for it can see the solution's right here under our collective noses, right here in virtually everyone's home, office, and every venue we work or play in, in fac ... Continue reading

America's Car Dealers Are Getting Serious About EVs -- NADA and Chargeway Announce Partnership

America's Car Dealers Are Getting Serious About EVs -- NADA and Chargeway Announce Partnership

Chargeway, the Oregon-based software startup best known for developing a simple, intuitive color-coded visual language for charging EVs with "electric fuel," has been chosen by the National Auto Dealers Association (NADA) as an Affinity Partner, allowing NADA member dealers to capitalize on Chargeway’s straightf ... Continue reading

TikTok's Top Motors: Cars and Trucks racking up over 17 million views on TikTok +VIDEO

TikTok's Top Motors: Cars and Trucks racking up over 17 million views on TikTok +VIDEO

New research reveals the most popular car brands on TikTok. TikTok has exploded in popularity over the last couple of years, and according to the comparison and switching service Uswitch.com <https://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/>, car videos have become a viewer favourite, racking up billions of views. ... Continue reading

2021 Chrysler Pacifica AWD Review by Larry Nutson

2021 Chrysler Pacifica AWD Review by Larry Nutson

Many buyers of an SUV do so because they say they want all-wheel drive. Well, now on the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica and you’ll be able to get an all-weather capable, seamless and fully automatic all-wheel-drive (AWD) system. ... Continue reading

2021 MINI Cooper SE Countryman ALL4 PHEV Review By Larry Nutson

2021 MINI Cooper SE Countryman ALL4 PHEV Review By Larry Nutson

About four months ago I spent time with the all-electric battery powered 2020 MINI Cooper SE 3-door Hardtop. This is the automaker’s first BEV, an all-electric model. ... Continue reading

EV Motoring: EDTA Electric Drive Report

EV Motoring: EDTA Electric Drive Report

EDTA Member Spotlight: Lucid Motors Lucid’s mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating the most captivating electric vehicles, centered around the human experience. The company’s first car, Lucid Air, is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design underpinned by race- ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS - Weekly Summary October 11, 2021

NHTSA RECALLS - Weekly Summary October 11, 2021

The Auto Channel is publishing this official NHTSA Recall Summary because your vehicle MAY be involved in a safety recall and MAY create a safety risk for you or your passengers. If left unrepaired, a potential safety defect could lead to injury or even death. ... Continue reading

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