Korean Founder Of Battery Component Maker Becomes A Billionaire Amid Electric Vehicle Surge

getty As the growing popularity of electric vehicles charge up demand for battery components, shares of South Korea-listed chemicals group EcoPro have surged almost 230% since the beginning of the yea...

Tesla’s Crash And Musk’s Acquittal Is Good News For Electric Vehicles

AUSTIN, TEXAS – JANUARY 03: Tesla cars are seen on a lot at a Tesla dealership on January 03, 2023 … [+] in Austin, Texas. Tesla’s quarterly earnings fell short of Wall Street’...

The Slump In Tesla’s Share Price Does Not Reflect The Bright Future For Electric Vehicles

SHANGHAI, CHINA – MAY 15: A total of 4,027 Tesla Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles, which will … [+] be sent to the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, wait to be loaded on board the roll-on...

Recall-Plagued Tesla Calls Back Another 40,000 Cars Over Possible Steering Issue

Topline Tesla is recalling more than 40,000 vehicles that could possibly lose power steering assist when hitting potholes or driving over bumps, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administ...

BYD Retains EV Crown Over Tesla As Mainland Investors Buy Big In Hong Kong

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were down following the Fed’s 75 basis point interest rate hike as the US dollar surged overnight and the Asia dollar index hit a 52-week low. Thai...

Here’s How You Can Book A Michelin-Starred Road Trip With Turo Next Month

Starting November 1, The Michelin Guide in collaboration with car-sharing service Turo will offer travelers exclusive culinary experiences, hotel stays and more. Turo and The MICHELIN® Guide announced...

The Cheapest And Costliest Electric Cars To Insure

The Audi RS e-tron GT commands the highest national average insurance rates among electric cars for … [+] 2022. Audi/jameshalfacre.com Both consumer interest in, and sales of electric vehicles h...

5 Ways Electric Vehicles Can Reshape Convenience Stores

A driver stops to charge a Tesla vehicle at a Sheetz gas station in Breezewood, Pennsylvania, US, on … [+] Thursday, June 16, 2022. Nearly 14% of Sheetz Inc. locations offer electric vehicle cha...

The First Ever Rivian Electric Truck-Powered Vasectomy? Here’s The Reaction

When the power went out in an Austin, Texas, clinic, urologist Christopher Yang, MD, used a Rivian … [+] electric pickup truck to power a vasectomy. Here is a picture of such a electric vehicle ...

Buying An Electric Car By The Numbers

Electric cars are in short supply and greater demand, spurring record-high transaction prices. getty Though gas prices have eased up in recent weeks, fueling the family car is still taking a financial...

But Probably Down A Dead End

HOLLYWOOD, CA, – JANUARY 16: Actor Leslie Nielsen with his Rolls Royce and Bentley cars at his … [+] Hollywood Hills home January 16, 1992 Hollywood, California (Photo by Paul Harris/Getty...

Last-Mile Delivery War Heats Up As Amazon Rivals Multiply

Last-Mile Delivery War Heats Up As Amazon Rivals Multiply Shutterstock The pandemic may have become yesterday’s crisis, and parking lots may be thrumming with shoppers, but brands and merchants have b...

Protecting The Electric And Software-Defined Car

Automotive hacks are on the rise while innovative technology such as electric, autonomous and/or … [+] software-defined vehicles have exponentially increased the potential threats. So the cybers...

In The Electric Vehicle Age, Do People Still Want V-8s? ‘You Bet,’ Says Jaguar Land Rover

V-8 powered Land Rover Defender Photo: Jaguar Land Rover North America It’s a little premature to get nostalgic for V-8 engines, but like it or not, the sun is setting on V-8s, and gasoline engines in...

Rural Electrification 2.0 – The Electric Truck Is Here

Ford F150 Lightning kicking dust on a dirt road. J.Repak Productions Growing up in rural America, my first vehicle–like many of my friends–was a truck. Like many before me, moving to a city meant trad...

Electric Vehicle Maintenance Is Super-Cheap, But The Dark Secret Is Tires

A Tesla gets a tire inflated (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) AFP via Getty Images Today I completed the annual maintenance on my 3.5 year old electric car. I refilled the wiper fluid and added a bi...

Ford F-150 Lightning Has Been Cleared For Landing

Ford CEO Jim Farley celebrates the production launch of the 2022 F-150 Lightning, full size electric … [+] pickup Sam Abuelsamid Until the public unveiling of the Mustang Mach-E in November 2019...

Could This Be The EV Charging Station Of The Future?

Tomorrow’s dedicated EV charging stations will have solar canopies and awnings, posh customer … [+] lounges, and dedicated shopping and dining opportunities. Electrify America As it now st...

Korea’s Chaebols Race For EV Battery Supremacy

SK’s Chey Tae-won (left) and LG’s Koo Kwang-mo (right). Chey: Jae-Hyun Kim for Forbes Asia, Koo: LG This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Korea’s Richest 2022. See the full list here. ...

New “No Compromise” 2023 BMW 7 Series Includes 300-Mile i7 EV

2023 BMW i7 BMW BMW’s flagship 7 series is getting a complete rework for 2023 and for the first time it will be offered as a completely electric model. The G70 generation of the 7 stays away from the ...

BZ4X, Toyota’s First Purpose Built EV Is A Base Hit

2023 Toyota bZ4X first drive Sam Abuelsamid Of all of the largest automakers in the world, only one has been particularly outspoken in downplaying the prospects for battery electric vehicles (BEV) in ...

Rivian Founder RJ Scaringe No Longer A Billionaire After Stock Dip

The Rivian automotive company’s battery lab (their “Irvine Technology Development Center”), Irvine, … [+] CA. Pictured: founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe in front of cabinets full of battery-t...

‘Charging As A Service’ For Electric Vehicles Growing As A Market Offering

Refueling has traditionally been an individual transaction based upon the fuel requested, but now a … [+] newer business model is available to subscribing customers. getty Amongst several impedi...

The ‘Electric Vehicle – Cold Weather Thing’ Is Real But Not A Showstopper

I will start with this disclaimer. I absolutely love, love, love my electric vehicle (EV) and don’t foresee ever driving anything else going forward. After buying the car last summer, I documented fiv...

Ford Blows Past $100 Billion Market Valuation As Shares Surge Thanks To Hot Electric Vehicle Plans

Topline Shares of Ford continued to move higher on Thursday—with the legacy automaker’s market value surpassing $100 billion for the first time ever—as more Wall Street analysts bet on the company suc...

Why Auto Giants And Startups Are Marketing Electric Vehicles To More Mainstream Audiences

Last year, Disney partnered with General Motors on a campaign as part of GM’s broader strategy for marketing electric vehicles. (In this ad, the 2022 Chevy Bolt is shown with a Star Wars X-Wing ...