Not exact matches
A Chinese
vehicle maker that operates as SF Motors in the U.S. revealed its
battery -
electric concept car, the SF5.
It will be the biggest lithium
battery factory in the world and is critical to the
electric car -
maker's plans to begin mass marketing a more affordable line of the
vehicles within three years.
The Globe and Mail reported on March 20, 2018 that nervous Asian
battery makers are turning to early - stage cobalt projects in Australia and Canada to lock in supplies of the critical
battery ingredient ahead of expected shortages as demand for
electric vehicles revs up.
The Gigafactory production capacity will be large enough to make
batteries for other
electric vehicles by other
makers.
Samsung pursued a stake in BYD after its affiliate was among foreign
battery makers left off a list of suppliers approved by China, where sales of
electric vehicles are surging and the government has sped up construction of charging points.
Top automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda have teamed up with the Japanese government and
battery makers in a programme to develop solid - state
batteries for
electric vehicles of the future.
Speaking at the Geneva motor show, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler also committed to filling every gap in the German car -
maker's already - comprehensive SUV range, strengthening the prospects of Q1, Q4 and Q6 models, but said Audi's first all -
electric vehicle (next year's all - new
battery -
electric SUV, previewed by the e-tron quattro concept) won't be called the Q6.
Tesla owners in the US who have parked their
vehicles with low
battery power remaining - for as little as a week - have found their cars had become «bricks» that could not be re-charged...
Electric car
maker Tesla is defending claims its cars become immobilised if the
battery ever becomes completely discharged.
China's leading
electric vehicle maker BYD announced Wednesday to team with US Hybrid Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cells
battery -
electric bus.
Hyundai has said it intends to sell more green cars globally — meaning hybrids,
battery -
electrics, plug - in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel - cell
vehicles — than any other
maker than Toyota by 2020.
Grade: B. Wang Chuanfu - Chairman of BYD, a
battery maker that produces
batteries for
electric vehicles.
It's already pretty complex to pick a
battery for a single
electric vehicle, how do you get auto
makers to agree on which design will be used for many completely different models of
electric cars?
What we would like to see from Toyota and other car
makers: More affordable very fuel - efficient and low - emission hybrids, plug - in hybrids, all cars flex fuel so that they can run on cellulosic ethanol when it is available (the fuel sensors required for that are apparently only about $ 30 - no reason not to include them in all cars), diesel - hybrids with the latest emission technology (to run on biodiesel where available, of course) and, as soon as
battery technology is ready, affordable
electric - only
vehicles.
Tesla may have made waves with its Tesla Energy home
batteries, but more luxury car
makers are looking to do something similar as they make the jump to all -
electric vehicles.