About Reuters
Articles of Reuters
Samsung SDI, Stellantis Agree Joint Electric Vehicle Battery Deal
Samsung SDI and Stellantis NV have agreed to jointly produce electric vehicle (EV) batteries for the North American market, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Read More →
Automakers Funding New Tech Aimed At Making Greener Lithium For EVs
Albemarle Corp and other traditional lithium producers say they have studied DLE technologies but feel they will not go mainstream until later this decade, given worries about high energy and water use.
Read More →
Apple's Talks With Chinese Battery Makers CATL And BYD Mostly Stalled: Report
The stalled discussions have meant that Apple has been considering Japanese battery makers and it sent a group of people to Japan this month.
Read More →
Ford JV Partner SK Innovations Sees US Battery Shortage Persisting Until 2025
Korea's SK Innovation, expects the U.S. vehicle industry to face a battery supply shortage until 2025 because of the long lead times to build production facilities.
Read More →
Battery Giants Face Skills Gap That Could Jam Electric Highway
South Korea's three major players, which command a third of the global electric vehicle (EV) battery market, told Reuters they were all grappling with a shortage of research and engineering specialists as demand for the technology balloons.
Read More →
Self-Driving Startup Aurora Maps Out Commercial Strategy
The move comes as several autonomous trucking companies prepare to launch driverless routes in the coming years and begin signing up industry partners and customers in an effort to turn long-elusive self-driving into a profitable reality.
Read More →
Volkswagen CEO Warns Shift To Electric Vehicles Could Cost 30,000 Jobs
A Volkswagen spokesperson confirmed Diess' position that Tesla and others' presence in Germany heightened the urgency of transitioning to EVs, but denied that specific calculations had been made on how many jobs could be lost in the process.
Read More →
Indian Businesses Seek Government Support To Meet 2030 EV Target
More than 25 companies, including automakers Mahindra & Mahindra and Volvo, oil giant Shell, and clean mobility startups, want India to set firm targets and frame policies to support the transition to electric vehicles.
Read More →
Commercial EV Startup ELMS Signs Battery Supply Deal With CATL
The companies are also exploring a setup where CATL would have a U.S. plant that would make battery cells and ship them to the ELMS plant in Indiana for assembly into battery packs.
Read More →
Hyundai Motor Aims To Develop Chips, Cut Reliance On Chipmakers
A global shortage of semiconductors, triggered partly by surging demand for laptops and other electronic products during the pandemic, has shuttered some auto production lines globally this year. Hyundai temporarily suspended some factories.
Read More →
Daimler To Produce First In-House Electric Motor At Berlin Plant
The motor, known as an axial-flux motor and designed by the British startup YASA which Daimler acquired earlier this year, weighs a fraction of its diesel equivalent and can boost the range of an EV by up to 7%.
Read More →
Piech Automotive Says Incari Software In Its First EV Model Quick To Update
Piech Automotive is due to release its 200,000 euro Piech GT model in 2024, with a production target of 10,000 cars a year.
Read More →
New German Government Aims For At Least 15 Million EVs By 2030
Germany aims to have at least 15 million electric cars on the roads by 2030 in its shift towards climate neutrality, up from a previous goal of 14 million.
Read More →
US Eliminates Human Controls Requirement For Fully Automated Vehicles
Automakers and tech companies have faced significant hurdles to deploying automated driving system (ADS) vehicles without human controls because of safety standards written decades ago that assume people are in control.
Read More →
Italy To Give New Electric Car Buyers Subsidy Of Up To 6,000 Euros
The subsidy of up to 6,000 euros is subject to the purchase of new vehicles costing up to 35,000 euros and includes a 2,000 euro contribution linked to the scrappage of a polluting combustion-engine car.
Read More →
Russia Seeks Indian Investment In Its Oil And Gas Sector
"Russia's oil and petroleum product exports to India have approached $1 billion, and there are clear opportunities to increase this figure," said Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, according to a statement shared by Russia's embassy in India.
Read More →
Swiss Court Rejects Bid To Cloak Accounts In Ghosn Probe
Carlos Ghosn, the architect of the Renault-Nissan auto alliance, has been fighting multiple probes since fleeing to Lebanon from Japan in late 2019 and has said he hopes to clear his name in financial misconduct cases against him.
Read More →
Toyota Gears Up Its First EV With Safer, Longer-lasting Battery
BEVs have grown in popularity globally, but some consumers have been put off by EV battery-related fire risks and rapid degradation.
Read More →
Auto And Truck Makers Suspend Some Business In Russia Following Invasion
Russian forces invaded Ukraine last week, marking the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two. Many firms have idled operations in Russia following Western sanctions against Russia.
Read More →
Toyota To Build New $1.3 Billion Battery Plant In North Carolina
The new plant, at a site in Liberty that will begin production in 2025, will initially be capable of supplying lithium-ion batteries for 800,000 vehicles annually, and will "pave the way" for Toyota's U.S. production of electric vehicles.
Read More →
