Category: eV

BMW Investing Big In New Hungarian Battery Plant

Want to know whether a company is serious about building EVs? Don’t take its plans at face value. Don’t take even its final assembly plants for granted, especially if it’s on a flexible architecture. The truth is, if you really want to know whether a company is going to build EVs, you have to see […]

Chevy FNR-XE electric sedan concept takes Ultium to cars

Chevrolet FNR-XE Concept  -  GM ChinaGM’s Ultium has reached China, with the Chevrolet FNR-XE Concept EV revealed last week. The concept, which was developed in Shanghai, was shown as part of GM’s Tech Day for China. It’s the first concept for China that wraps in GM’s battery and propulsion architecture for scaling up EVs with local SAIC-GM resources. On a...

First US-bound Vinfast EVs shipped for December delivery

Vinfast VF 8Vietnamese automaker Vinfast reported last week that it had shipped its first batch of 999 VF 8 electric SUVs for the U.S., with the first deliveries due before the end of the calendar year. The EVs departed Hai Phong, Vietnam, Nov. 25 for what is scheduled to be a 20-day voyage to California, where they'll be offloaded and sent to customers...