• Audi To Launch An Entry-Level EV In 2027

    A new, entry-level Audi EV is in the works. It is expected to debut in 2027 and is tipped to be a mix between the current A3 and Q3, allowing the brand to cash in on ever-growing demand for small electric crossovers and SUVs. Audi plans to have 20 fully electric vehicles in its range by 2025 and from 2026, will only introduce battery-electric vehicles to the market. Chief executive Gernot Döllner said the new entry-level model will benefit from an accelerated development time of just three years...

  • Facelifted Kia EV6 Caught Alongside Current EV

    Hyundai recently unveiled the facelifted Ioniq 5 and now Kia is putting the finishing touches on the 2025 EV6. It’s expected to debut later this year with revised styling and an upgraded powertrain. While Kia is staying tight-lipped, spy photographers caught the current model being tested alongside its facelifted counterpart. This makes the changes much easier to see and the prototype features an all-new front fascia with triangular headlights. They’re partially obscured by camouflage, but...

  • The Super Mario Maker community faces its final boss

    "Team 0%" is struggling to clear "Trimming the Herbs" before an April 8 server shutdown.

  • China's latest EV is a 'connected' car from smart appliance maker Xiaomi

    Xiaomi, a well-known maker of smart consumer electronics in China, is joining the country's booming but crowded market for electric cars. The tech company will start taking orders for the SU7, a sporty four-door sedan, following a launch event with founder Lei Jun in Beijing on Thursday evening. Analysts think

  • SC lawmakers discuss successes and challenges faced during current legislative session

    Many bills have already been signed into law, but there are many more topics to be debating in the next few weeks.

  • Chinese EV maker BYD targets 20% jump in annual sales

    Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has set a 3.6- million-unit sales target for 2024, a jump of 20% from its record-breaking sales last year, according to three people who were familiar with the matter. The world's largest EV manufacturer aims to sell 500,000 vehicles overseas this year, more than double last year's total, and one million units in 2025, Chairman Wang Chuanfu told a BYD investor meeting on Wednesday, the sources said. They declined to be named as the meeting was not open to the...

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    Fisker Says Deal Talks End, Adding Pressure to EV Maker

    The negotiations were critical to giving the California company a lifeline to stave off bankruptcy. Shares traded below a dime.

  • EV Maker Lucid Surges on $1 Billion Lifeline From Saudi Investor

    (Bloomberg) -- Lucid Group Inc. is getting a $1 billion cash injection from its biggest investor, an affiliate of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, providing the troubled electric carmaker with a needed lifeline. Shares surged in premarket trading. Most Read from BloombergTrump Facing Moment of Truth for Finances in Manhattan CourtUS Homebuyers Expecting $10,000 Savings Face Tough RealityMoscow Attack Suspects Paraded in Court as Two Plead GuiltyBoeing CEO to Step Down in Overhaul Sparked...

  • Vietnam faces $3bn annual crop losses from rising saltwater levels

    The damage would likely center on the Mekong Delta region

  • EV maker Lucid rallies on heavy volume after $1 billion stockholder investment

    Affiliate of Saudi sovereign wealth fund will buy $1 billion of a new

  • Chinese EV battery maker in talks to invest £1bn in new UK gigafactory

    Plant on outskirts of Coventry could create up to 6,000 jobs and will be part of planned Centre for ElectrificationA Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries is in talks to invest more than £1bn to build a giant new factory on the outskirts of Coventry.EVE Energy, which says it employs 28,000 staff worldwide, is understood to be in talks to construct a 5.7m sq ft gigafactory, which will form one of the main parts of the planned UK Centre for Electrification, an investment zone in the...

  • TechCrunch Minute: EV makers are struggling, and Fisker’s in a particularly precarious position

    Fisker’s finances are back in the news after the company warned in February that it didn’t have enough cash to make it through its next year. The company said this week that it intends to halt production for six weeks to get its business back in order. Fisker is hardly the first electric vehicle company […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.