The decision to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) is driven by cost and convenience, according to Hankook Tire. Amid high vehicle and fuel costs, the tiremaker’s latest Gauge Index: EV Edition examines what drivers need to know before hitting the gas on an EV purchase. Hankook found…

Hexagon Purus, a supplier of zero-emission infrastructure and mobility solutions, was awarded a purchase order by Ford Trucks to deliver a complete hydrogen fuel storage system for the development of a Fuel Cell Electric-Powered Vehicle (FCEV) F-Max as part of the Horizon Europe project ZEFES (Zero Emission Freight EcoSystem). …

The conventional wisdom associated with battery electric vehicles is that battery range plays a big role in vehicle brand equity. A BEV with a 400-mile range is more valuable than one with a 250-mile range. In this blog, I would like to suggest that battery swapping and the supply of “Batteries as a Service” (BaaS)…

Continued development of battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales remains an assumption in the longer-term of S&P Global’s Mobility light vehicle sales forecast, S&P Global Mobility said. In the immediate term, some month-to-month volatility is anticipated. Data from October 2023 shows that BEV share was expected to reach 7.8%, similar to the month prior reading and pushing…

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation unveiled a universal wheel drive system — called Uni Wheel — at “Uni Wheel Tech Day” in Seoul, Korea. The companies said Uni Wheel is a functionally integrated wheel drive system that improves available space inside an electric vehicle (EV) by moving the main drive system components to the…

Toyota said its new 2025 Toyota Camry will be an exclusively Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV). Powering the Camry is Toyota’s first-ever sedan pairing of its 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine and fifth-generation Toyota Hybrid System (THS 5). Combining the engine’s power with two electric motors, Toyota said this new HEV has a standard 225 net combined horsepower…

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage technology company, said its Gemini dual-chemistry battery achieved 608.1 miles of range in a BMW iX on a single charge. This was achieved using a WLTP test cycle, the European standard for determining the range of fully electric vehicles. …

Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles in the United States to implement enhanced safety measures within its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system. This action follows safety concerns raised by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This extensive Tesla recall encompasses nearly every vehicle currently operating…

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) said it is advancing the transformation of the transportation sector toward carbon-neutral propulsion systems by integrating battery electric trucks into its own logistics operations. The deployment of the Freightliner eCascadia trucks in DTNA’s inbound logistics network demonstrates that potential within the company’s fleet, DTNA said. …

The U.S. House of Representatives announced that it will vote on the “Choice in Automobile Sales (CARS) Act” (H.R. 4468) this week, SEMA said. The SEMA-supported bill would prohibit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing the agency’s proposed federal emissions standards for light- and medium-duty motor vehicles model years ’27 to ’32, which…