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Verizon News|Aoutomotive Aftermarket For Spark Plugs to Show Inferior Growth Due to the Increase in the COVID-19 Spread | Technavio

Verizon News|Aoutomotive Aftermarket For Spark Plugs to Show Inferior Growth Due to the Increase in the COVID-19 Spread | Technavio

Technavio has been monitoring the automotive aftermarket for spark plugs and it is poised to grow by USD 115.00 million during 2021-2025, progressing at a CAGR of almost 2% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the ... Continue reading

Majority of Electric Vehicle Owners Are Intent on Purchasing Another One in the Future, J.D. Power Finds

Majority of Electric Vehicle Owners Are Intent on Purchasing Another One in the Future, J.D. Power Finds

) Among the early adopters who own an electric vehicle (EV),1 82% say they “definitely will” consider purchasing another EV in the future, according to the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study,SM released today. However, satisfaction with the current ownership experience is a ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Unveils New Electric Van

Vauxhall Unveils New Electric Van

Built on the same line as the diesel-engined Vivaro, and available to order from June in two lengths and and two body variants, the new battery electric Vivaro-e enables business users to benefit from uncompromised zero-emission, door-to-door mobility. ... Continue reading

EIA forecasts More Electric Power From Coal Less From Clean Natural Gas

EIA forecasts More Electric Power From Coal Less From Clean Natural Gas

In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), released on January 12, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that generation from natural gas-fired power plants in the U.S. electric power sector will decline by about 8% in 2021. This decline would be the first annual decline in natural gas-fired g ... Continue reading

Microsoft Joins GM And Honda to Invest More Than $2 Billion in AV Group Cruise

Microsoft Joins GM And Honda to Invest More Than $2 Billion in AV Group Cruise

Microsoft will join General Motors, Honda and institutional investors in a combined new equity investment of more than $2 billion in AV group Cruise. This brings the valuation of Cruise to $30 billion. ... Continue reading

BIG DEAL: e-Zinc to accelerate commercialization of its breakthrough energy storage technology

BIG DEAL: e-Zinc to accelerate commercialization of its breakthrough energy storage technology

e-Zinc, a Toronto-based energy storage innovator, announced today it has raised $2.3 million in a closed round led by BDC Capital's Cleantech Practice. ... Continue reading

NHTSA Recall Summary - January 18, 2021

NHTSA Recall Summary - January 18, 2021

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

State of Batteries 2020

State of Batteries 2020

This 70-page deck summarizes the most significant developments in the battery industry in 2020. We intend for this report to be a comprehensive and accessible overview of the current state of battery research, industry, talent, and policy. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap Up - January 10-16, 2021

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap Up - January 10-16, 2021

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy to digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor Company to Pay $180 Million in Settlement for Decade-Long Noncompliance with Clean Air Act Reporting Requirements

Toyota Motor Company to Pay $180 Million in Settlement for Decade-Long Noncompliance with Clean Air Act Reporting Requirements

Along with the civil complaint, the United States has filed a consent decree, agreed to by Toyota, that resolves the government’s complaint through Toyota’s payment of a $180 million civil penalty and the imposition of injunctive relief. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Serious About Fuel Cell Power - Partners With Guangzhou Company For New Fuel Cell System Plant +VIDEO

Hyundai Serious About Fuel Cell Power - Partners With Guangzhou Company For New Fuel Cell System Plant +VIDEO

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced today that it signed an investment contract with the government of Guangdong Province to establish an offshore fuel cell system production facility in Guangzhou, China. The investment advances the Group’s global hydrogen leadership and supports its push into China’s rapidly ... Continue reading

So There You Go Leftys - Big Oil Keeps On Smiling Despite Renewable Energy Fairy-Tales - Time For Ethanol America

So There You Go Leftys - Big Oil Keeps On Smiling Despite Renewable Energy Fairy-Tales - Time For Ethanol America

Fossil fuel production expected to increase through 2022 but remain below 2019 peak Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review and Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) In 2020, fossil fuel production in the United States declined by an estimated 6% from the 2019 record high of 81.3 quadrillion Br ... Continue reading

Groupe Renault Presents Its ‘Renaulution’ Strategic Plan

Groupe Renault Presents Its ‘Renaulution’ Strategic Plan

a new strategic plan, which aims to shift the group’s strategy from volume to value. This strategic plan involves pivoting the business model to tech, energy and mobility; making Groupe Renault a frontrunner in the value chain of new mobility.The plan aims to ensure the company’s ’s sustainable profitability whil ... Continue reading

Sony Commences VISION-S Public Road Testing +VIDEO

Sony Commences VISION-S Public Road Testing +VIDEO

Sony Corporation (“Sony”) today announced the completion of its VISION-S prototype vehicle in December 2020, which has been under development with the goal of contributing to the evolution of mobility, and that it has begun public road tests in Europe. Sony will continue to further develop the vehicle, and plans to ... Continue reading

CamelCarEV™ - Built-in Rotary Range Extender Will Eliminate Need For Wall Street Backed Multi-Billion Dollar Recharge Networks | The Auto Channel

CamelCarEV™ - Built-in Rotary Range Extender Will Eliminate Need For Wall Street Backed Multi-Billion Dollar Recharge Networks | The Auto Channel

At the Washington DC Auto Show about 15 years ago I saw the future. An electric vehicle that, like a camel, carried the fuel it needed for virtually unlimited travel across the desert. ... Continue reading

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