Tag: Electric Vehicle

XPeng projected revenue to more than double in the first quarter after reporting robust fourth-quarter results.

Shares in China’s electric vehicle champion BYD touched a new record on Tuesday after founder Wang Chuanfu claimed the Tesla rival can now charge its EVs as quickly as it takes to fill a car with petrol.

China’s BYD on Monday launched an upgraded platform for electric vehicles with 1,000-volt architecture that it said could charge EVs as fast as pumping gas.

Tesla will make a lower-cost version of its best-selling Model Y in Shanghai, three people with knowledge of the matter said, aiming to regain ground lost during a price war in its second-largest market.

Stellantis and Iveco said on Friday they have agreed for the automaker to supply the Italian truckmaker two fully-electric (EV) van models, helping Iveco further expand its EV van range in Europe.

Tesla stock was rising early Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was buying one of its vehicles in a staunch defense of CEO Elon Musk following a brutal selloff in the previous session.

Shares of Chinese electric-vehicle maker XPeng traded wildly on Monday after company Chairman He Xiaopeng said humanoid robots and flying cars were just around the corner.

Electric vehicle maker Polestar has secured a 12-month loan facility of up to $450 million, it said on Friday, and would delay its fourth-quarter results to April along with its annual filing for fiscal 2024.

Electric vehicle maker Lucid Group on Tuesday said CEO Peter Rawlinson has stepped down as the company expects to more than double vehicle production this year to 20,000 units.

U.S. carmaker Tesla will acquire parts of the insolvent German high-tech parts maker Manz AG , including more than 300 employees at its site in Reutlingen city in the southwest, the German company said on Tuesday.

Rivian Automotive beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings expectations and achieved its first gross quarterly profit — a target closely watched by investors — but is forecasting lower sales in 2025.

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD is giving something away. Instead of delighting customers, it seems to have annoyed them, showing how hard it is to price cars and satisfy everyone as artificial intelligence makes them better.

The carmaker blamed the job losses on lacklustre demand for electric vehicles and “challenging geopolitical and economic conditions”.

Tesla Inc.’s sales plummeted 59% last month in Germany, where Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk asserted himself in national politics like never before.

Honda Motor is launching the next generation of its manufacturing in a historically unusual place for the 75-year-old Japanese automaker: Ohio.

Tesla posted a rare earnings miss for the last quarter of 2024, coupled with disappointing results amid weak sales and revenue leading to thinning profit margins.

Tesla has joined BMW and Chinese producers in filing a challenge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against EU tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, according to a filing on the court’s website on Monday.

Tesla China plans to fix 1.2 million China-made and imported vehicles with software issues as a dozen carmakers recalled vehicles over safety concerns in the world’s largest auto market.

Chinese banks have been pitching to work on the blockbuster Hong Kong secondary listing of the world’s leading EV battery maker CATL for as little as 0.01 per cent in fees, highlighting cut-throat competition in a once-lucrative listings market where business has significantly slowed.

Polestar’s CEO said on Thursday it would take longer for the Swedish EV maker to be profitable after the company reported it sold fewer cars in 2024 than it had projected, sending the company’s U.S.-listed shares down about 9% in premarket trading.