“[BYD’s] disclosures show a serious lack of transparency on human rights diligence in its battery supply chains,” said Amnesty’s Callamard. “Other low-scoring firms, such as Hyundai and Mitsubishi, lack the necessary depth and information about implementation across key human rights due diligence areas.” “The commitments these companies report on are often vague and provide little…

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has resigned. An Interim Executive Committee led by chairman John Elkman has been established. The company's Board of Directors will appoint a new CEO "within the first half of 2025." Carlos Tavares has suddenly resigned from his position as Chief Operating Officer at Stellantis, one of the largest car manufacturers in…

The potential high cost of EV battery replacements is a major worry for new-car shoppers, but that likely won't be the case for long, according to battery-analysis firm Recurrent. Recurrent, which produces battery health reports for used EVs, predicts that plummeting new-battery prices will make replacing a battery pack cheaper than repairing a gasoline engine…

When asked why they chose Tado, he said that customers’ main reason was, “I want to save money. The second reason is, I want to make the planet a better place. If we cannot fulfill the first one,” he stressed, “the second one becomes less relevant.” China seems to offer many solutions. Although coal consumption…

The 2025 Chevy Equinox EV blew past its EPA range estimate in Edmunds testing by a margin of 37 miles. It also outperformed the Tesla Model Y and the Model 3, both of which were previously tested under the same parameters. A year ago, General Motors' electric vehicles built on the Ultium platform were stumbling.…

Kia hasn’t yet confirmed EV3 or EV4 for the U.S.—but we might get both Unclear if EV3 arrives, whether Niro EV would continue Kia PV5 WKNDR electric camper van is a test for U.S. interest The future of compact EVs for Kia in the U.S. could be as simple as this: It doesn’t have to…

And on this metric, the Cybertruck might be wanting. “Cars with ongoing recalls well after launch suggest a much higher lifetime recall total,” says Brauer. He calculates that the Cybertruck’s six recalls to date are “worse than 91 percent” of other 2024 vehicles. All this was possibly foreshadowed in 2023 when a leaked Tesla report…

The updated Audi E-Tron GT is now available for order in the U.S. where it's almost $20,000 more expensive than before. The RS E-Tron GT has a combined output of 912 horsepower and its 2.6-second sprint time to sixty makes it the quickest Audi ever. The base S E-Tron GT makes more power than the…

Mercedes-Benz has its eyes on solid-state batteries with its partnership with Factorial for battery cells, but the automaker's already thinking one step beyond that. In the future, Mercedes envisions mixed battery packs with different types of cells all wired in parallel rather than today's series arrangement. The enabling factor to this is a new micro-converter…

Mercedes is experimenting with multiple-chemistry battery packs that have more than one type of cell. A new type of micro-converter and hooking up the battery cells in parallel not in series makes this possible. This innovation will improve battery pack performance, modularity and space efficiency. While the details surrounding the impressively efficient new electric CLA…