China’s BYD has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ayvens, the leasing and fleet management firm back by French bank Societe Generale, to try to improve its chances of taking a chunk out ...

Detroit Three automaker GM remains largely a manufacturer of ICE vehicles. BEVs made up less than 5pc of sales of over 650,000 units in its main US market in Q3, even with its all-electric deliveries ...

A quarter (25pc) of Electric vehicles sold in Europe in 2024 will be made in China, up from 19.5pc in 2023, according to analysis by EU non-profit Transport and Environment (T&E). Chinese imports into ...

South Korean battery materials firm Samsung SDI has unveiled its roadmap for the mass production of solid state batteries from 2027. Last year the firm established a pilot production line at its R&D ...

Norway’s Vianode has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply anode graphite solutions to US automaker GM. The agreement covers development of large-scale manufacturing capacity and supply of ...

British mining hopeful Cornish Lithium and the German chemical firm Helm have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to jointly work together to produce battery-grade lithium compounds ...

US start-up Urbix has been selected by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) for final negotiations for an award of up to $125mn towards the ...

Detroit legacy brand Cadillac has launched its Lyriq e-SUV in Germany, as part of parent OEM GM's ongoing European expansion plan. Germany becomes the fourth country to see the launch of the Lyriq, ...

The Fiat marque of Amsterdam-headquartered OEM Stellantis has hailed the sales performance of its 500e A-segment all-electric city car, a different story to press reports of production pauses for the ...

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” So said Abraham Lincoln. Or maybe not. Whoever did say it was on to something, because technology has always shaped the way economies develop. In ...

The CEO of an automaker should intrinsically want to sell more cars. He or she may have short-term reasons why that aim is unlikely or a low priority — be it production constraints or a product ...

Shares of Elon Musk's EV market leader Tesla are down by 16.3pc since late December, in part as markets react to headlines of the firm's automotive deliveries falling behind Chinese rival BYD in the ...