Global automakers are looking for ways to make cheaper EVs and prolong the life of their batteries, which can account for up to one-fifth of each vehicle's cost and are made from increasingly costly materials, including cobalt and nickel.
With the electric push in overdrive, marque brands like Bentley aren't too behind and the British carmaker is working on its new all-electric flagship. The upcoming model is expected to join the line-up in the first half of the next decade and will be automaker's first-ever electric offering. Now details of Bentley's electric flagship have emerged online, and the model will be sharing its underpinnings with the Porsche Mission E platform.
Porsche is all set to bring out the electric hybrid version of the third-generation Cayenne SUV later this year. Right now, the automaker is putting the Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid through some tough endurance tests in South Africa, before it's finally ready for the big unveil. In fact, Peter Hass, Team Manager Quality Management and Testing, says, "Our goal is to deliver a vehicle to the customer that is 100 per cent perfect".
Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will use BlackBerry Ltd's infotainment and security software in its vehicles, the companies said on Thursday. The licensing deal with Tata Motors Ltd's JLR is the Canadian firm's latest in the automobile industry following agreements with Qualcomm Inc, Baidu Inc and Aptiv Plc.Under the deal, terms of which were not disclosed, BlackBerry will license its QNX software for cars and Certicom security technology to JLR.
Jaguar I-Pace is an indication of the brands new responsibility to be the innovation flagbearer of electric cars for the Tata-JLR group. Expect Land Rover and Tata Motors to use the I-Paces technology and platform for products in the immediate future.
Volkswagen releases a new teaser image of its new electric car which is set to participate in the Pikes Peak hill climb. The teaser image shows a resembles to the company's I.D. concepts.
