Electric-vehicle owners are finding a surprising downside to their new wheels: They tend to be expensive to repair after a crash. Electric-vehicle owners are finding a surprising downside to their new wheels: They tend to be expensive to repair after a crash. When Scott MacFiggen’s neighbor backed into his Rivian R1T pickup truck last summer, … Read more
WJCL is investigating the impacts of business and industry in and around Savannah, from jobs to traffic and everything in-between. What stories would you like to see covered as part of our ‘Boomtown’ series? Email us at Boomtown@WJCL.com.Download the WJCL App for breaking news alerts: Apple | Google PlayThe Hyundai Meta Plant in Bryan County … Read more
Competition is intensifying in China’s automated-driving scene with the arrival of Jiyue 01, the first electric vehicle from a joint venture between Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. and Chinese search and tech giant Baidu Inc. Launching Friday, the sport-utility vehicle is equipped with Baidu’s Apollo platform, which has been in development for 10 years and … Read more
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and CEO of Paytm, has initiated the launch of a Category II Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) known as the ‘VSS Investments Fund’ on on Monday. The fund has a total size of Rs 20 crore, with an additional green shoe option of Rs 10 crore. This newly established fund is … Read more
After nearly twenty years of designing Porsche 911s and Cayennes, Michael Mauer says new competitors led by EV brands from China are making managers and designers in Germany more receptive to risky vehicle concepts. “These startups, with no heritage, they can do things completely different,” Porsche AG and Volkswagen AG’s head of design said in … Read more
The Indian Electric Vehicle (EV) market has been spinning recently, and two-wheelers are the clear winners in this race on Indian roads. Electric cars might be attracting the global EV consumer, but the Indian EV consumer is clearly showing a preference for two-wheelers. The Indian automotive industry saw a sharp increase in two-wheeler sales in … Read more