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EV Battery Industry Procurement Intelligence Study: Increasing Fuel Prices & Rising Adoption Of Electric Vehicles Has Propelled The Need For Procurement Of Electric Vehicle Batteries | Grand View Research, Inc.

EV Battery Industry Procurement Intelligence Study: Increasing Fuel Prices & Rising Adoption Of Electric Vehicles Has Propelled The Need For Procurement Of Electric Vehicle Batteries | Grand View Research, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2021 -- The global EV battery market is expected to witness sustainable growth (CAGR of 16%) from 2020 to 2025 due to the rising demand for electric vehicles across the world. ... Continue reading

2022 IONIQ 5 EV From Hyundai Official Retail Pricing Released

2022 IONIQ 5 EV From Hyundai Official Retail Pricing Released

Hyundai today revealed pricing, packaging and the 58kWh battery pack option for its highly anticipated IONIQ 5, an electric crossover utility vehicle (CUV). The addition of the 58kWh battery pack model provides a range of drive combinations to fit the needs of every customer. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up December 5-11, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up December 5-11, 2021

AUTO CENTRAL CHICAGO - December 12 2021; Every Sunday Larry Nutson, The Chicago Car Guy and Executive Producer, with able assistance from senior editor Thom Cannell from The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau, compile The Auto Channel's ... Continue reading

Toyota North America Announces Executive Changes

Toyota North America Announces Executive Changes

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 10, 2021 -- Toyota North America (TNA) today announced executive changes to Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and Toyota Financial Services (TFS), with the aim to drive critical business needs in support of TNA's mobility strategy. ... Continue reading

Mazda2 Hybrid (Toyota Made) to be Introduced in Europe

Mazda2 Hybrid (Toyota Made) to be Introduced in Europe

The Mazda2 Hybrid will be an OEM model supplied by Toyota Motor Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, and will be added to the Mazda2 lineup in Europe and sold as Mazda's own brand vehicle. ... Continue reading

Big AI Advances From MIT and Fujitsu

Big AI Advances From MIT and Fujitsu

Fujitsu and MIT's Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines Develop AI. The results of the research collaboration between Fujitsu and CBMM are published in a paper discussing computational principles that draw inspiration from neuroscience to enable AI models to recognize unseen (out-of-distribution, OOD) data (1) that de ... Continue reading

MC JV Launches PoC Autonomous-Driving Pilot Project in Jakarta's BSD City

MC JV Launches PoC Autonomous-Driving Pilot Project in Jakarta's BSD City

Proof-of-concept (PoC) autonomous-driving pilot project in Bumi Serpong Damai(BSD) City located in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. JICA's support comes via its second plan to assist small and medium enterprises with their efforts to grow, validate and commercialize businesses aimed at helping to achieve the UN's sustaina ... Continue reading

Gasoline Consumption Per Capita - 2020 On Par With 1965 Priced At Adjusted $2.54 Per Gallon

Gasoline Consumption Per Capita - 2020 On Par With 1965 Priced At Adjusted $2.54 Per Gallon

by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. Because of the pandemic, there was a substantial reduction in 2020 in vehicle miles traveled. ... Continue reading

General Motors Inks Long-Term Supply Agreement to Scale Rare Earth Magnet Sourcing and Production in the U.S.

General Motors Inks Long-Term Supply Agreement to Scale Rare Earth Magnet Sourcing and Production in the U.S.

General Motors and MP Materials today announced the formation of a strategic collaboration to develop a fully integrated U.S. supply chain for rare earth magnets. Under the long-term agreement, MP Materials will supply U.S.-sourced and manufactured rare earth materials, alloy and finished magnets for the electric motor ... Continue reading

“REJECTED ENERGY” - The Real Culprit Behind Climate Change And How To Stop It

“REJECTED ENERGY” - The Real Culprit Behind Climate Change And How To Stop It

Energy prices and oil demand could drop to levels not seen since the late 1960’s By Thomas Quinn Founder of E-Fuel Corporation On September 4, 1882 Thomas Edison flipped the switch on the world’s first power grid system at the Pearl Street Station in the Financial District of Manhattan that was fired by coal with s ... Continue reading

2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 300 Mile Range EV Buyers Recieve Unlimited 30 Minute Carges For Two Years

2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 300 Mile Range EV Buyers Recieve Unlimited 30 Minute Carges For Two Years

Hyundai IONIQ 5 Electric SUV Now EPA-rated For More Than 300 Miles of Driving Range December 7 2021 Ultra-fast 800-volt multi-charging (10 to 80 percent in 18 minutes) Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) function can power small appliances, devices and even charge other EVs Driving range of more than 300 miles New E-GMP platform imp ... Continue reading

One Finding: In Future Seamless Transaction More Important Than Vehicle Attributes Or Brand

One Finding: In Future Seamless Transaction More Important Than Vehicle Attributes Or Brand

Auto Industry Leaders Fully Expect a Major Shift in Retailing A large number of global auto industry executives expect to see most new-vehicle sales moving to online transactions by 2030, with a steep rise in factory-direct selling, according to an industry survey by KPMG International. Automotive News reports that a m ... Continue reading

EU Warns That Democrat's Proposed U.S. Electric-Vehicle Subsidies Will Inflame Trade Tensions

EU Warns That Democrat's Proposed U.S. Electric-Vehicle Subsidies Will Inflame Trade Tensions

The European Union warned U.S. congressional leaders and members of President Joe Biden’s administration that the aggressive use of electric-vehicle credits in the pending Build Back Better Act could run afoul of international trade rules and create “friction” in the transatlantic relationship. According to Bloom ... Continue reading

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