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BMW r&d boss bets on technology push to stay No. 1

March 8, 2013 06:01 CET
BMW faces challenges to hold off rivals Audi and Mercedes to remain the world's largest premium automaker. Leading BMW's technology push is r&d boss Herbert Diess, who is overseeing the launch of the i3 electric vehicle as well as the introduction of a new front-wheel-drive architecture and modular engine family.... Read More »

 

2013 GENEVA AUTO SHOW

Ferrari unveils its fastest model to date

March 5, 2013 12:00 CET
Ferrari unveiled the LaFerrari supercar at the Geneva auto show today. The 963-hp hybrid is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive Ferrari model to date. It succeeds the Enzo.... Read More »

 

2013 GENEVA AUTO SHOW

Nissan extends range for Europe-built Leaf

Feb. 27, 2013 15:34 CET
Nissan has extended the range and lowered the price of the Leaf electric car that the automaker will begin making in the UK in April. The new European version of the Leaf, which will debut at the Geneva auto show next week, will have a range of 200km, up from the 175km range offered in the version of the car made in Japan, the company said today.... Read More »

 

Bosch's auto unit boss expects sales rebound in 2013

Feb. 13, 2013 06:01 CET
Bosch's auto division boosted global sales by 1.7 percent last year but missed its 2012 sales target, Bernd Bohr, the unit's boss, said. For 2013, he expects sales to increase by 3 percent to 5 percent, but to reach that goal cuts will need to be made.... Read More »

 

Hunt for lithium to build EV batteries spurs output from brine

9:06 am U.S. ET | Sept. 23, 2012
Lithium demand, seen doubling in the next eight years on sales of batteries used in electric vehicles, is spurring a U.S. company to build a factory to extract the metal from brine in California.... Read More »

 

Renault may develop EV batteries with LG in France

July 27, 2012 11:16 CET
Electronics group LG Corp may produce electric vehicle batteries for Renault in France. Renault is conducting joint research with the South Korean company and France's CEA energy research institute aimed at manufacturing next-generation batteries in the country, COO Carlos Tavares said.... Read More »

 

Continental, SK Innovation complete EV battery deal

July 23, 2012 07:46 CET
Continental and South Korea's SK Innovation completed a deal today to cooperate on lithium ion battery technology for electric vehicles. The venture is set to start operations in the fourth quarter of this year. The business will be managed from Berlin.... Read More »

 

Germany's Manz seeks to buy battery companies as EV market grows

June 18, 2012 06:01 CET
Manz, a German manufacturer of equipment for flat-panel displays and solar power, is seeking to buy battery-technology companies to diversify as the electric-car market grows.... Read More »

 

GREEN CARS

Daimler starts output of electric Smart, beating BMW into EV niche

June 12, 2012 08:49 CET
Daimler started sales and production of its first mass-market electric car today, beating rival BMW with the introduction of an emission-free model. Deliveries of the battery-powered ForTwo will start later this year. Munich-based BMW plans to introduce the full-electric i3 next year.... Read More »

 

Axion wins grant to commercialize lead-carbon batteries

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 12, 2012
Axion Power International Inc., a battery producer in New Castle, Pa., was awarded a $150,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy to commercialize its lead-carbon batteries for use with stop-start systems in cars and trucks.... Read More »