Category: Automotive News

Magna to build three plants to supply Ford Blue Oval City

By on July 20, 2023

Magna’s project is the latest example of a major supplier investing to alter its manufacturing footprint with an eye toward winning EV-related businesses as the industry’s electrification push continues. This is the third significant investment Magna has made in its battery enclosure manufacturing footprint in the past year. In that time, the company also committed about $700 million to build or expand battery enclosure plants in Michigan and Ontario, the latter of which supplies Ford for F-150 Lightning production. Battery enclosures are a significant “target area” for Magna as it positions itself for EV production in the coming years, said…

Stellantis releases details of the STLA Medium EV platform

By on July 18, 2023

Stellantis’ STLA Medium platform will underpin at least 2 million EVs a year and offer a range of up to 700 km (435 miles) on vehicles starting with the Peugeot 3008 SUV by the end of this year. The platform — which Stellantis says is “BEV by design” — is one of four electric architectures that Stellantis announced in 2021 when the group was formed after the merger of PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The others are STLA Small, STLA Large and STLA Frame. Stellantis released the first details of STLA Medium on Wednesday, with executives emphasizing that it is…

EV, battery plants flock to the South without consumer incentives

By on July 17, 2023

South Carolina, which has received $10 billion in EV investment from Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and others, and Kentucky, which has received $10 billion in EV investments from Ford, SK On and AESC, fell below the level required to be included in the ranking. South Carolina earned 14 of the 100 points available. Kentucky earned 5.5. California, at the top of the list, earned 88. “I definitely think that the southern states, or the states that are receiving a lot of this new investment, are missing out,” Huether said. “It would be great if the drivers in those states could actually…

Tesla Shattered Delivery Targets But Margins Remain The Question

By on July 16, 2023

A red Tesla Model 3 was seen on a lot outside a Tesla store.good morning! It’s Monday, July 3, 2023 and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Volume, Volume, Volume Tesla moved 466,140 vehicles globally in the second quarter of 2023, when analysts expected about 448,000. Wall Street loves it when this happens, as evidenced by Tesla’s stock trending more than 6% up in premarket trading Monday. Courtesy Bloomberg: Read more“It’s a big…

Stellantis EV battery plant construction resumes

By on July 16, 2023

Dong-Myung Kim, president and head of the Advanced Automotive Battery Division of LG Energy Solution, called it “a good day not only for our joint venture but also for Canada.” “We are happy to finally move forward with building the country’s first major battery plant and become a central part of the local battery ecosystem,” Kim said in the same statement. “We are grateful to the federal and provincial governments for working together, and to everyone who worked tirelessly to get this deal done.” Danies Lee, CEO of NextStar Energy, said the company “can now focus on what we do…

Having Problems with Your Car’s Windows Sliding Down?

By on July 15, 2023

Are you frustrated because your car windows won’t stay up? Many vehicle owners in Tampa have problems with sliding car windows. Keep reading to learn more about why this happens and how expert repair services can keep your door windows in place. 3 Reasons for Windows that Won’t Stay Up Sometimes, your vehicle’s windows won’t stay up because the child safety switch is engaged or the ignition switch position needs to be in the accessory mode. When these simple fixes are the cause of your sliding window problem, you likely have one of the following issues that service technicians need…

Amazon deploys 5,000 Rivian vans

By on July 15, 2023

“To date, Amazon’s Rivian vans have delivered more than 150 million packages across the country,” Amazon said in a blog post Thursday. More than 800 cities now have the electric vans delivering packages, the retailer added. Amazon first deployed the EDV van about a year ago. For the US, the van comes in three cargo sizes: 500 cubic feet, 700 cubic feet and 900 cubic feet, according to Rivian. “This expansion marks a major milestone for Amazon as we continue to drive the fastest rollout of an electric delivery fleet at this scale in the US,” Amazon said. Since Rivian…

How carbon-neutral e-fuels could extend the life of the ICE vehicle

By on July 14, 2023

To be sure, e-fuel won’t be traveling through nozzles at public stations anytime soon. Refiners have a lot of work to do in perfecting high-volume methods to produce e-fuel in enough quantity and at a comparable cost to gasoline. And there are other issues, too. For example, producing e-fuel requires a lot of water, which is a scarce commodity in many parts of the world. It also requires electricity from renewable sources. Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark told Britain’s Autocar magazine that the progress of developing e-fuels is exciting, but that won’t change the brand’s plans to replace internal combustion engines.…