Mullen Technologies Inc. is a start-up company that's developing several types of electric vehicles, including a crossover, a sports car and a delivery van. The Brea, CA-based firm is led by an entrepreneur who formerly worked in the entertainment industry as a record producer.
The internal combustion engine may not be dead, but it has lost its spot in the limelight. The global demand for energy without emissions is driving markets and policy. In response, the world has turned its attention to electrification as the future of transportation.
Fire and ice don't mix. The same applies to water and batteries. In an electric vehicle, a tiny bit of water vapor can damage lithium-ion battery cells.
DETROIT—General Motors announced Tuesday its plans to invest $7 billion in Michigan to increase the production of electric vehicles and battery manufacturing. It's the single biggest investment in the company's history.
TURIN, Italy—Comau has developed and deployed an automated edrive assembly line for Geely Automobile Holdings at its Geely Veremt plant in Ningbo, China.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co. says it is planning to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center here to 150,000 trucks per year, to meet high customer demand.