Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, received final approval on Monday for a $2.5 billion loan from the Department of Energy to help fund three new battery plants in the U.S. The locations for the plants include Warren, Ohio; Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Lansing, […]
Month: January 2023
Electric vehicle supply equipment, abbreviated as EVSE, is the apparatus that supplies an electric car with electricity (EV). They are sometimes referred to as charging stations or charging docks, and their primary function is to supply electric power to the car, which is then used to recharge the vehicle’s batteries. […]
Questions to Ask Before Insuring Your EV Money-Saving Tips for New Electric Vehicle Owners This article may contain affiliate links. If you’ve been driving a vehicle for a long time, you’re likely familiar with maintenance, repairs and insurance obligations. However, purchasing your first electric vehicle (EV) can sometimes change everything […]
How closely were you paying attention to Top Gun: Maverick? Hopefully, you were all eagle-eyed enough to recognise the Darkstar in these images, Tom Cruise’s conceptual hypersonic aircraft. And the Artura? That’s there because the makers of the Darkstar – Lockheed Martin Skunk Works – is entering into a technical […]
Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsports, with some of the world’s brightest minds engineering the fastest single-seater open-wheel car possible. As of publication, Formula One has a cost cap permitting teams to spend over 140 Million Euros to design, develop, and race to become the World Champion. Unfortunately, unlike […]
In 2020, Ford Performance announced the Megazilla V8 crate engine around the time the Performance Racing Industry trade show should have been happening in Indianapolis. The show was canceled that year, so the tuning division announced it in a video. This year’s PRI trade show happened as scheduled, and Motor […]
Daddy! Where is my yacht! Photo: Mark Thompson (Getty Images) After Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, global leaders around the world wanted to find a way to pressure president Putin and halt his attacks. Politicians unveiled sanctions including bans on Russian oil, freezing overseas assets for high-profile individuals, and […]
The OBD is short for On-Board Diagnosis, a diagnostic protocol that keeps track of vehicle operation. When the car is running, its control modules monitor how each system performs. They do this using a range of sensors, and when their values are out of predetermined range, the vehicle warns a […]
An even higher-performance BMW M3 is reportedly in the works with more grunt from its twin-turbo inline six. What appears to be an internal document detailing the BMW M3 CS has been published on Bimmerpost, outlining both left- and right-hand drive variants. Production of both will reportedly start in March […]
When we sit down to write the story of the auto industry in the 2020s, we’ll probably be unable to finish because of a word shortage. The last two years have seen a microchip shortage that hobbled the global car industry and sent prices soaring. But automakers have also run […]