GM, LG to invest $2.3bn to build second EV battery plant in US
The facility is expected to produce battery cells for GM's Spring Hill assembly plant
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Taxi-hailing company Kakao Mobility secures $50m investment from Google
05 Apr 21Google will take a stake of nearly 1.7% in the South Korean MaaS platform
UK-based online car retailer Cazoo to merge with AJAX I in $7bn deal
30 Mar 21The merger will enable Cazoo to become a publicly-listed company
ABB, AWS to develop solution for real-time EV fleet management
30 Mar 21The fleet management solution will have features such as real-time monitoring, charge planning, and route optimisation
Czech carmaker Skoda Auto to invest €2.5bn in future technologies
25 Mar 21The company to spend €1.4bn exclusively on electric vehicle development
Hyundai, Singtel join forces for 5G-enabled manufacturing and connectivity
24 Mar 21A 5G-enabled smart factory use case will be trialled by the partners at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation…
PG&E, BMW to launch phase 3 of ChargeForward smart charging programme
23 Mar 21Phase 3 will expand the programme to all BMW EV drivers across Northern and Central California, who are…
Ford Motor makes production changes amid global semiconductor shortage
19 Mar 21The automaker said that certain electronic modules containing scarce semiconductors will not be added currently to some of…
BMW expects 50% of its global sales from electric cars by 2030
18 Mar 21The company expects to have nearly 10 million fully electric vehicles on roads over the next 10 years
Volkswagen, BP partner to deploy ultrafast EV chargers in Europe
16 Mar 21BP’s charging network will be integrated into Volkswagen vehicles to make EV charging fast and simple