Electric vehicles

Hyundai hedges EV bets on range-extender powertrains

Powertrains pairing big batteries with small petrol generators could bridge gap to electric cars

28 August 2024
Hyundai hedges EV bets on range-extender powertrains
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Ingenlath designed cars for Volvo, Skoda and Volkswagen before becoming Polestar CEO
Corporate

Polestar CEO Ingenlath replaced by ex-Opel/Vauxhall boss

Michael Lohscheller to lead Polestar as Thomas Ingenlath resigns after seven years

28 August 2024
Polestar CEO Ingenlath replaced by ex-Opel/Vauxhall boss
Environment and energy

Doubts mount over Europe's 'bogus' e-fuels exemption

High energy demand and rules around its sourcing could lead to a de facto ban on combustion engines

22 August 2024
Doubts mount over Europe's 'bogus' e-fuels exemption
Business

Global premium brands starting to struggle in China

BMW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and JLR among those feeling the hit

19 August 2024
Global premium brands starting to struggle in China
Electric vehicles

Renault calls for flexibility as makers stress over new EU CO2 laws

Tougher legislation states that all makers must chop 15% from their 2020 carbon emissions averages

14 August 2024
Renault calls for flexibility as makers stress over new EU CO2 laws
Car sales

UK new car market set for pressures likened to 2008 economic crash

Cox Automotive forecast warns of volatile end to 2024 caused by rush to hit ZEV mandate targets

14 August 2024
UK new car market set for pressures likened to 2008 economic crash
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Autocar Business

Change Makers Podcast: Is ‘mobility’ dead? (ep.14)

Natalie Sauber talks start-ups, China and the murky future of mobility

13 August 2024
Change Makers Podcast: Is ‘mobility’ dead? (ep.14)
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Rimac recently launched a robotaxi company called Verne
Autonomous vehicles

Optimism about robotaxis returns to automotive industry

Despite some very public setbacks, key players including Tesla, GM and VW are set on self-driving tech

12 August 2024
Optimism about robotaxis returns to automotive industry
Business

More than 1200 Ford UK workers vote to take industrial action over pay

Vote passed by staff with office roles based in Dagenham, Halewood, Dunton, Stratford and Daventry

9 August 2024
More than 1200 Ford UK workers vote to take industrial action over pay
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Human Horizons owns the HiPhi electric vehicle brand
Electric vehicles

HiPhi files for bankruptcy in China

Cash squeezed EV start-up fails to attract necessary investment to keep operations and European aspirations afloat

8 August 2024
HiPhi files for bankruptcy in China

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