The reality is that no matter how clean the energy, there’s going to be an environmental impact. And no matter how inclusive or egalitarian a currency is, there’s margin for error and exploitation.
The Blue Oval joins BMW in making the investment in Solid Power, a company that works with sulfide-based solid-state battery cells. The deal makes the two auto giants equal equity owners in the company.
The joint venture, dubbed Cellcentric, is part of the companies’ commitment to bring hydrogen fuel cell-powered trucks to market in the second half of this decade. Operations are to commence in 2025.
The Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid can commute, climb rocks and ford streams as well as any other Wrangler – and do so more smoothly, quietly and fuel-efficiently, at least for the first 20-plus miles. And the motor’s strong instant torque is a...
Due to open in late 2022, Ford Ion Park will serve as a center for battery expertise for Ford operations worldwide and build on the automaker’s experience in building 1 million electrified vehicles since 2005, says Hau Thai-Tang, Ford chief...
The automaker says its goal is for battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles to comprise 40% of sales by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Volume production of new EV models based on what Honda calls an e:Architecture platform is to begin in the 2024 model year.
“What is at stake here is not how much financiers think a company is worth but the chance to revolutionize the auto industry, turn it electric and at the same time make a huge contribution to protecting the climate,” Thomas Ingenlath says.
At full capacity, the Braunschweig, Germany, plant will be able to assemble up to 500,000 EV batteries a year for models based on VW’s modular electric drive (MEB) architecture.