One of the major concerns around hybrid ownership centers on the thing that sets it apart from a regular, gas-only powered car: its battery. A car battery can provide extra range, increased power, ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

Electric vehicle batteries are heavy, expensive, crammed full of various exotic compounds, and they are seriously bulky. To ...

Scania has begun EV battery assembly at its Swedish headquarters in Södertälje, allowing commercial production of heavy-duty electric vehicles, a key step toward the company’s goal of 50% sales of ...

Some carmakers have panned the “made in Europe” proposal as “very dangerous” and said it could slow the shift to electric vehicles. But the chief executive of Seat-Cupra said such rules for car parts ...

You can't produce electric cars without battery packs, and getting the cells and packs isn't necessarily easy across the industry. There's not enough mining or refining, and most cells and packs are ...

A state-of-the-art battery assembly plant recently opened here to support electric vehicles made by Volkswagen Group.

BMW showed its EV ambition for the North American market. The premium automaker announced a EUR800 million (US$863.3 million) investment in Mexico, mainly to build an assembly center for high-voltage ...

Ford has started the mass assembly of vehicle drive battery packs in three different sizes for exclusive use in Ford’s new generation of electric vehicles, the Ford Explorer and Ford Capri, with both ...

BANGKOK, May 30 (Reuters) - China's Great Wall Motor Co Ltd (601633.SS), opens new tab is finalising plans to invest up to $30 million to set up a new battery pack assembly plant in Thailand, where it ...