How flying cars are becoming reality

Most innovators and investors tend to reject the term flying car. Instead, the acronym eVTOL, which stands for electric vertical take-off and landing, has taken off. Inventors have been fixated on the idea of “flying cars” for nearly as long as they have been on the road, with prototypes dating as far back as the … Read more

China-made vehicles will make up a quarter of Europe’s EV sales this year

A BYD Co. Atto 3 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) on day two of the Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China-made electric vehicles will make up more than a quarter of the EV sales in Europe this year, with the country’s share … Read more

How BYD grew from a battery maker to EV juggernaut, overtaking Tesla

In the U.S., Tesla may be at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution, but abroad, the carmaker has some serious competition. In China, the world’s largest EV market, Tesla has been losing ground to domestic automakers who are increasingly building better cars at unbeatable prices, and chief among them is Warren Buffet-backed BYD. In … Read more

Opinion | How the US, home of trailblazer Tesla, lost the EV race to China

While China epitomises strategic synergy, the United States is caught in a conundrum of infrastructural challenges and market inertia. The evolution of China’s EV ecosystem showcases how strategic resources, when aligned with market forces, can catalyse self-reinforcing cycles of growth and advancements. Central to China’s rise in the EV industry is its battery production supply … Read more

Startup Recurrent tells used EV buyers how much life is left in a car

Recurrent, a Seattle-based startup, aims to do for electric vehicle batteries what odometers do for fuel-powered cars: show the wear and tear on the battery and its future value. The used car market is more than twice the size of the new car market, and EVs are fast becoming a part of it. That presents … Read more

Here Comes the Flood of Plug-In Hybrids

Last week, the Biden administration made it official: American cars are really going electric. The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule, long in the works, that will require automakers selling in the United States to dramatically boost the number of battery-powered vehicles sold this decade, putting a serious dent in the country’s carbon emissions … Read more

China’s Xiaomi will price SU7, its Tesla EV rival under $69,400: CEO

Xiaomi’s first EV, the SU7, is on display at a Xiaomi Automotive delivery center on March 25, 2024 in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. Chinese tech company Xiaomi’s first electric vehicle, the SU7, will be formally launched on March 28.  Ruan Xuefeng | Visual China Group | Getty Images Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun on Monday … Read more

Plug-In Hybrid Sales Are Outpacing EVs

Good morning! It’s Friday, March 22, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Plug-In Hybrids Are Outpacing EV Sales Electric … Read more

electric vehicles: India aims for 30 percent of all vehicle sales to be electric by 2030: Care Edge Ratings

An analysis by Care Edge Ratings shows that the demand for vehicles powered by traditional fuels is progressively shifting towards those that utilise alternative fuels. The share of petrol vehicle sales, as a percentage of total vehicle sales, has recorded a significant decline, decreasing from 86 percent in 2020 to 76 percent in 2023 while … Read more

Ford, GM, Stellantis to benefit from Biden emissions rules

President Joe Biden speaks at the United Auto Workers political convention at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2024. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — The Biden administration’s decision to ease its timeline for all-electric vehicle adoption and give automakers more ways to meet new tailpipe emissions standards is expected … Read more