Electric Mobility News

Tata Motors has launched the updated 2021 Tigor EV in India today, and we have all the highlights from the launch event here.

Toyota Motor said on Monday it would resume operations of its self-driving e-Palette pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village with greater operator control and more safety staff to ensure they did not hit any more people.

BYD India has announced its plan to launch its first electric passenger vehicle in the country. The new EV will be a Multi-Purpose Vehicle or MPV for the B2B (Business to Business) segment, which means it will be targeted towards to fleet/taxi segment only.

Mercedes-Benz's performance arm, Mercedes-AMG will soon add a new member to its GT family, and the new model is expected to be a plug-in hybrid. Likely to be called the Mercedes-AMG GT 73e, the car will make its global debut later this week, on September 1, 2021, and ahead of the official unveiling, the carmaker has released a new teaser.

The move to stop selling lidars comes after the departure of CEO John Krafcik and some other executives, which had fueled questions about whether Waymo would rethink its strategy after failing to generate significant revenue for over a decade.

In June, the Autonomous delivery startup Nuro had teamed up with package delivery company FedEx Corp and signed a multi-year agreement to test self-driving vehicles.

Investors also included Cathay Fortune Corporation, which invests in mining companies, and private-equity firm Boyu Capital that additionally signed long-term investment partnerships with Zeekr, the carmaker said in a statement.

Prevail Electric Mobility is a subsidiary of French lubricants major FRVelion, and is setting up EV operations in India.