China Revising NEV Production Rules to Help Automakers

China Revising NEV Production Rules to Help Automakers

After pushing the production of electric vehicles for the past few years, China’s government is taking a step back, easing mandates and providing flexibility for automakers to get back on their economic feet in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Government...
VW Pours $200 Million into Solid-State Battery Firm

VW Pours $200 Million into Solid-State Battery Firm

The Volkswagen Group is pouring more money into the development of solid-state batteries, which are expected to propel electric vehicles in the future. VW announced its increasing its stake in QuantumScape and making an additional investment of up to $200 million in...
BMW, Mercedes Suspend Joint AV Development Deal

BMW, Mercedes Suspend Joint AV Development Deal

BMW and Daimler are hitting the pause button on joint development efforts of automated vehicles. The pandemic has raised new questions about the future of self-driving vehicles at a time when technical development of vehicles that can drive themselves outside of a...
MIT Researchers Help Teach Toyota AVs to Drive

MIT Researchers Help Teach Toyota AVs to Drive

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working with the Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center have developed a simulation system with infinite steering possibilities to help autonomous vehicles to learn to navigate real-world scenarios before...
Lyft Making Leap to All-Electric Rides by 2030

Lyft Making Leap to All-Electric Rides by 2030

The impact of the pandemic has forced many companies to take a hard look at how they will do business in the future, and ride-hailing service Lyft Inc. is making a major change, committing to using battery-electric vehicles only by 2030. In a blog post on its website,...
A Week With: 2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Coupe

A Week With: 2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Coupe

Beauty, goes the old saw, is in the eye of the beholder. Performance, others have said, shows up in the seat of your pants. To our eye, it takes a bit of time to get comfortable with the, er, distinctive look of the 2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Coupe. But it only takes a...
Toyota Gives 2021 Supra a Power Boost and a 4 Cylinder

Toyota Gives 2021 Supra a Power Boost and a 4 Cylinder

The reborn Toyota Supra reached the market last year but automaker is dressing it up for 2021, adding more power to one version and bringing on a second iteration equipped with a four-cylinder engine for the first time. For starters, the 2021 GR Supra’s inline six...