Euro NCAP announces safety rating of 7 SUVs On April 9, Euro NCAP announced safety ratings covering 7 SUVs based on four categories i.e. Adult Occupant, Child Occupant, Vulnerable Road Users, and Safety Assist. The lineup includes Polestar 3, BYD SEALION 7, Cupra Terramar, GEELY EX5, Hongqi E-HS9, JAECOO 7 (PHEV) and Audi A6. Polestar 3 earned a 5-star Euro NCAP rating, excelling in Child Occupant protection (93%). It performed well in crash test...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/09

Linamar’s gigacasting plant in Welland, Ontario facing delays On November 12 in its Q3 earnings call, Linamar Corp. announced it does not expect to start shipping parts from its gigacasting plant under construction in Welland, Ontario, in 2025 as planned. The company said the reason for the stalled progress at the site is because of the uncertainty surrounding a key EV program. In May 2023, Linamar announced plans for the plant that would produ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/15

Tesla reaches global production of 7 million vehicles at Fremont Plant On October 23, Tesla announced on social media and its Q3 earnings call that it had produced its 7 millionth vehicle. The milestone vehicle was built at its original plant in Fremont, California. Despite recent troubles, Musk highlighted that Q3 2024 was actually a record third quarter for the company. “All the vehicles that we’ve really made, almost 7 million vehicles, th...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/30

UAW workers strike at Arlington plant as GM's Q3 earnings beat Wall Street expectations On October 24, the United Auto Workers expanded its strike against General Motors, with workers walking out at the company’s profit-rich full-size SUV plant in Arlington, Texas, on the day the company reported third-quarter earnings, which beat Wall Street expectations, with a net income of USD 3 billion on revenue of USD 44.1 billion. 5,000 workers at GM's ...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/25

GM CEO Mary Barra clarifies Ultium Cells plant negotiations On October 24, during the Q3 earnings call, General Motors CEO Mary Barra publicly acknowledged for the first time that GM had made an offer to the UAW that would put the Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture battery plants "under the scope of the master agreement", but said that Ultium leadership is negotiating with the UAW to have its own agreement. Barra explained that the separate agreement...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/25

Musk comments on Cybertruck, Gigafactory Mexico, next-gen platform on Q3 earnings call On October 18, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made comments on the earnings call after release of the company’s Q3 financial report. While the Cybertruck will officially begin deliveries on November 30, it will take at least 18 months to reach the planned volume production of 250,000 units per year at Gigafactory Texas due to the complexity of new technologies used in t...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/20

FPT Industrial to present ePowertrain products and solutions at ACT Expo 2023, US On April 28, FPT Industrial announced that it will present its range of ePowertrain products and solutions at ACT Expo 2023. Its portfolio includes various eDriveline solutions for light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles. It will display eAX 840-R, a dual-motor e-axle for vehicles up to 44 tons GVW, which is Installed for the first time on the Nikola Tre BEV. T...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/01

Stellantis to bring compact electric vehicle in India On November 23, as per multiple sources, Stellantis' global CEO announced that it plans to manufacture compact electric cars in India to make them cost-effective. Following the same, it was also announced that it plans to launch an all-electric Citroen C3 early next year. As per the company, the pricing of the EV is challenging, and making it affordable for the middle class is a challenge. The...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/25

Fisker lays out plans for Ocean, PEAR production On its Q3 earnings call on November 2, Fisker confirmed the start of production for its electric Fisker Ocean SUV on November 17, at the Magna facility in Graz, Austria. The company says it now has over 62,000 reservations and orders for the Fisker Ocean.Fisker noted it has developed a detailed, four-stage ramp-up plan to ensure part suppliers follow its anticipated production ramp volumes.The com...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/12

Tata motors announces plans on flex-fuel engines and CNG On February 7, Tata Motors announced its plan on flex-fuel engines and CNG for the next two to three years. The company has kept 2025 as the first milestone where it is mandated that they need to be ready with E20 fuel (a blend of 20% of ethanol with gasoline) for all models and they believe to be pretty much on track as far as that is concerned. There is an ongoing discussion with the ...

News  Updated at: 2022/02/14

Tata Motors expects the semi-conductor supply situation to improve in Q4 FY 2021-22 In an investor update, Tata Motors announced that the overall semiconductor supply situation is relatively better as compared to the second quarter ending September 2021 and the third quarter ending December 2021. Overall, the semiconductor availability is still below requirement, but they have been able to manage it through daily monitoring and also through varyi...

News  Updated at: 2022/02/10

Tata Motors plans to expand their portfolio to 20% or more to EV’s On February 7, Tata Motors announced that in the period of the next three to five years, their portfolio would be comprised of 50% gasoline, CNG to go to 20%. Diesel to be down to about 10% and for electric vehicles, they are targeting 20%.In contrast, Tata motors portfolio at end of the FY 2021-22 (Ending March 2022) will be comprised of 65% to 66% of gasoline, 15% diesel, CNG ...

News  Updated at: 2022/02/09

Tesla produces 96,155, delivers 97,000 cars in third quarter 2019 On October 2, Tesla reported in its third quarter 2019 results that it produced 96,155 vehicles at its Fremont plant in California and sold 97,000 vehicles.Among the vehicles produced, 16,318 were Model S and Model X units, and 79,837 were Model 3 vehicles.Among the vehicles delivered, 17,400 were Model S and Model X units, and 79,600 were Model 3 vehicles.Tesla achieved record ne...

News  Updated at: 2019/10/04

Tesla earns its first-ever safety award from IIHS for Model 3 On September 19, IIHS announced its first safety award for Tesla, as the 2019 Model 3 qualified for TOP SAFETY PICK+. The Model 3 joins one other battery electric vehicle, the Audi e-tron SUV, which also qualified for the award with standard equipment, and a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Hyundai Nexo. For a 2019 TOP SAFETY PICK award, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver-si...

News  Updated at: 2019/09/20

Tesla Model 3 receives top safety rating after NHTSA testing in U.S. Tesla Model 3 sedan has been awarded five stars in all crash tests conducted by the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).After conducting tests to simulate head-on collisions, rollovers, and crashes into side barriers and poles, NHTSA reported that the Model 3 earned the top rating in every category.Tesla’s Model X and Model S also earned five sta...

News  Updated at: 2018/09/21

IIHS rates 19 new models highly in front crash prevention The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released on August 26 the results for 2015, its third year of rating vehicles in the U.S. for front crash prevention. The IIHS rates vehicles as basic, advanced or superior for front crash prevention depending on whether they offer automatic braking, and how effective it is at 12 and 25 mph. Models that provide major speed reduction in ...

News  Updated at: 2015/09/02