Electric Mobility News

South Korean carmaker Kia today announced its new brand strategy, which will see the company go beyond vehicle manufacturing to create sustainable mobility solutions for customers. To that effect, the company has decided to launch seven new electric vehicles globally by 2027, in addition to a few other green initiatives.

It also is said to tout a 0-100 mph in 5.2 seconds. Leaked information suggests the car will support DC fast char hinging at 800 volts.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday asked Tesla Inc to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over media control unit (MCU) failures that could pose safety risks by leading to touchscreen displays not working.

Geely and Foxconn will each hold 50% of a venture that will also provide consulting services on electric vehicle (EV) technologies to automakers, the companies said in a statement.

Sony says that it has been doing public tests of the Vision-S concept to validate the safety systems.

Canoo is not the only startup Apple has acquired for its electric driverless car venture - it acquired Drive.AI in 2019.

These two are going to be last two electric cars from GM before the Detroit based car manufacturer shifts to its Ultium based battery technology.

Panasonic has also unveiled a wild sound system which leverages the object-oriented spatial audio technology, Dolby Atmos, to the in-car experience.