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Rolls-Royce’s first electric car will be a coupe

LONDON -- Rolls-Royce will launch its first full-electric vehicle in 2023 on the way to shifting to selling only battery-powered cars after 2030. The ultraluxury brand's first EV will be the Spectre coupe, the BMW-owned company said in a…

Lucid begins Air EV production at Ariz. plant

PHOENIX — Lucid Motors became the latest startup automaker to begin production of electric vehicles as the company's first sedans rolled off the assembly line Tuesday. Lucid said the first customer-ready Air luxury electric sedans were…

Ford to spend $7B on EV campuses in Ky., Tenn.

Blue Oval City in Tennessee, a $5.6 billion project, will spread out over six square miles. Ford said the site would be vertically integrated similar to the Rouge Complex. The assembly plant, which is Ford's first new greenfield plant…

DuPont markets a paste that protects batteries

But DuPont had to do more than simply create the substance. It also had to design the process for dispensing it onto battery packs as they move along an assembly line. DuPont worked with equipment suppliers to engineer the application…

Volvo wants to drop coking coal to lower CO2

The Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology, or Hybrit — developed by steelmaker SSAB, iron ore producer LKAB and energy company Vattenfall — replaces coking coal with hydrogen.Traditionally, oxygen is extracted from iron ore using…