Cleantech & EV’s

GM announced today that it plans to overtake Tesla as EV market leader in the US. In order to achieve that, the American automaker plans several new electric vehicles, including a new $30,000 electric crossover. Today, GM held its shareholder’s meeting and made several announcements, especially regarding its electrification plans. The headline-making statement is that GM plans to take the…

Tesla has started pushing a new software update to improve its new yoke steering wheel experience in the Model S alongside a few other new features. After several delays, Tesla started delivering the new version of the Model S in June, but as we noted at the time, the automaker still had work to do with the software. It was planning to refine the software and add features through over-the-air…

EV manufacturer BYD has announced a strategic collaboration with Levo – a joint venture between Fleet as a Service (FaaS) provider Nuvve, and capital investors Stonepeak, and Evolve. As part of the collaboration, BYD will implement Levo’s technology and capital to offer fully financed medium and heavy-duty BYD commercial EVs. BYD (Build Your Dreams) Auto is a wholly owned subsidiary of BYD…

GM announced today that it is building a new battery facility in Michigan to develop lithium-metal and solid-state battery cells. The new facility will be called Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center after Bill Wallace, who led the team that designed and released GM’s advanced automotive battery systems in the Chevrolet Volt 1, Volt 2, Malibu Hybrid, and Bolt EV before he died of cancer in…