Vehicle Tech
Ford sets all-electric plans for Europe
Commercial vehicles, passenger cars to be all-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2030.
Category: Electric vehicles
Manufacturing
BorgWarner buys German commercial vehicle battery pack supplier for $915 million
Akasol AG makes battery packs for commercial electric vehicles (EVs), purchase expands BorgWarner’s electrification push.
Fleets
From Detroit Diesel to Detroit ePowertrain
Daimler Trucks subsidiary getting $20 million investment to make e-axles for electric commercial trucks.
Manufacturing
Ford to double EV/AV spending to $29 billion by 2025, loses $1.3 billion in 2020
Losses overseas erase gains in Ford Credit, Ford North America.
Manufacturing
General Motors hopes to stop making gasoline-burning cars by 2035
“Aspiration” plan developed with environmental groups could have the automaker carbon neutral within 20 years.
Vehicle Tech
GM to race GMC Hummer EV pickup
Extreme off-road race series to highlight capabilities of electric propulsion.
Manufacturing
GM announces electric product delivery system
Electrified pallet, EV delivery van to be released this year.
Manufacturing
Tesla hits 2020 sales target, more or less
499,550 deliveries falls slightly short of 500,000-vehicle target but automaker reaches production goals.
Manufacturing
Best of 2020: Lordstown Motors pioneering hub motor electric trucks
Higher power and smaller components will allow Lordstown Motors to power its Endurance pickup with hub motors in each wheel, greatly simplifying vehicle build.
Manufacturing
Best of 2020: The year of EV investments
Despite being the worst year for manufacturing in more than a decade, automakers dramatically ramped up spending on electric vehicles this year, preparing for increased demand for such vehicles in the coming years.
Manufacturing
Lucid Motors finishes Arizona plant construction
Lucid Air electric sports car set to go into production in early 2021.
Manufacturing
General Motors boosting electric, autonomous investment plans to $27 billion by 2025 (video)
35% increase in planned spending will help company launch 30 green vehicles within five years.