Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley made a bold bid for electric supremacy May 26 by boosting his company’s bet on plug-in models by more than a third, to $30 billion, and promising to electrify virtually the entire lineup.
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EV Charger Maker Tritium Going Public in SPAC Merger Deal
Tritium, which makes fast chargers for electric vehicles, has reached an agreement to go public through a merger with blank-check company Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp. II.
May 26, 2021Green Hydrogen Seen Fueling Heavy Trucks, Buses by 2030
Long heralded as the clean energy fuel of the future that will play a key role in decarbonization, attractive hydrogen prices could finally be in sight.
May 25, 2021Ford Pressured to Provide Path to All-Electric Future
Riding a rising stock price, a splashy new model intro and a friendly presidential visit, new Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley faces his biggest test yet: explaining his strategy for making the 118-year-old automaker relevant in the electric age.
May 25, 2021For Tesla Owners, Colonial Pipeline Hack Was No Big Deal
Automotive historians may look back on May 2021 as a tipping point in the evolution of electric vehicles.
May 24, 2021Tesla Tests Lidar, Which Musk Once Scorned
Tesla Inc., whose boss Elon Musk says he can develop a fully self-driving car without using laser-sensor technology, has a contract to use such lidar sensors from Luminar Technologies Inc. for testing and development, according to people familiar with the matter.
May 24, 2021Cummins to Build Hydrogen Equipment Factory in Spain
American industrial giant Cummins Inc. plans to build in Spain one of the world’s largest manufacturing facilities for machines that produce hydrogen from electricity.
May 24, 2021Daimler Truck Eyes Pending Independent Status in Electric World
Daimler Truck reported it is on schedule to be listed as a public company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by the end of this year, and remains committed to replacing internal combustion engines globally with battery-electric and fuel cell electric powertrains and related software.
May 20, 2021Ford’s High-Stakes Electric F-150 Will Start Under $40,000
Linda Zhang, chief engineer of Ford Motor Co.’s new electric F-150 pickup, steers a 3-ton rig onto a test track at the automaker’s suburban Detroit proving grounds and mashes the accelerator.
May 20, 2021Biden Considering Point-of-Sale Rebates for Electric Car Buyers
The Biden administration wants to give consumers rebates for purchasing electric vehicles to help the U.S. compete against China in manufacturing the next generation of automobiles, White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy said.
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