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BMW sold more than 100,000 cars with plugs last year, adding together its battery-electric and plug-in hybrid models. That's roughly on a par with Tesla, and ahead of both General Motors and Nissan, two other pioneers in modern electric cars. The company has put far more plug-in cars on the road to date than its German counterparts, both Daimler and the massive Volkswagen Group, and it has aggressive plans for 25 electric models by 2025—split between 12 all-electric and 13 plug-in hybrid models. DON'T MISS: All-electric BMW i4 to be production version of i Vision Dynamics concept BMW...
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VW Group has nailed down $25 billion of batteries for electric cars, it said today
For a company that has only two battery-electric models in production, both several years old, VW Group spends a great deal of time talking about electric cars. The company has plans to launch 30 new electric vehicles by 2025, and has released four Volkswagen ID concepts, the first of which will...
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Renault Samsung SM3 ZE electric sedan: battery upgrade gives 130-mile range in Korean tests
Frequently, cars withdrawn from one market live on in another, sometimes for years. Those vehicles may even be upgraded with newer technology in the older body. Consider that the first-generation Volkswagen Golf launched in 1974, for example, lived on in South Africa until 2009 as the VW CitiGolf...
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Samsung lithium-ion cell to recharge to 80 percent in 20 minutes
The limitations of current lithium-ion battery-cell technology pose a hindrance to more widespread adoption of plug-in electric cars. Relatively short ranges and long charging times accorded by current lithium-ion cells still limit the appeal of electric cars in the minds of many new-car buyers...
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Lucid electric 'executive sedan': 100-kwh battery, 1,000-hp motor
The base version of Lucid Motors' electric car will have 1,000 hp and a 100-kWh battery pack.
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Samsung wants to be major battery player, just like LG Chem
Samsung SDI appears to be moving to increase its share of the electric-car battery market.
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Samsung SDI plans to open a battery plant in Hungary.
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Samsung takes stake in Chinese electric-car maker BYD, joining Warren Buffett
Samsung takes a 1.92-percent stake in BYD.
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Samsung says sayonara to fuel cells, focuses on batteries for electric cars
Samsung SDI is shutting down its fuel-cell division, and will reallocate resources to batteries for electric cars.
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Tesla talks to LG, Samsung about Model 3 battery cell supplies
Since the start of Tesla Model S electric-car production in 2012, the company's lithium-ion cells have been supplied by its Japanese partner Panasonic. That applies to the more recent Tesla Model X crossover SUV as well—and Panasonic was also an early investor in Tesla Motors shares, owning a...
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Have battery makers become more important for electric cars than carmakers?
Battery makers are becoming increasingly important in the development of electric cars.
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Audi Electric SUV To Target Tesla With LG Chem, Samsung Cells
This much we know: a concept for the future Audi Q6 "coupe" SUV will be shown at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. We also know an all-electric Q6 e-tron version will target the Tesla Model X, though more conventional Q6 versions with gasoline, diesel, and possibly plug-in hybrid...
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Samsung is making bigger moves into the electric vehicle (EV) realm with news that its “materials and energy” subsidiary Samsung SDI has acquired the battery pack division of Magna International, an automotive supplier based in Ontario, Canada. The Korean electronics giant is procuring the battery business from Magna Steyr, the Austria-based unit of Magna International, with more than 250 employees, all production sites, and contracts transferring over to Samsung SDI. DON'T MISS: Advances In Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Offer Promise For Electric Cars This isn’t Samsung’s...
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Samsung Leads Funding Round For Seeo Solid-State Battery Startup
A new startup looks to break into the electric-car battery business.
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BMW, Samsung To Share Electric-Car Battery Tech With Other Makers
BMW has announced that it's open to sharing the battery technology it uses in its i3 and i8 plug-in vehicles with other automakers. The company hopes that by sharing the technology, which it co-developed with Samsung SDI, it will benefit from improved economies of scale. According to Automotive...
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Ford, Samsung's Twin Battery For Braking Regeneration, Stop-Start
Electrification is becoming an increasingly important factor in improving the fuel efficiency of vehicles. Cars like the Toyota Prius hybrid made it mainstream, but there are varying degrees to which batteries can be used for saving fuel. MUST SEE: Elio 84-MPG Three-Wheel Prototype: Driven In...
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Samsung To Make Electric Cars As Well As Smartphones, Etc.?
Recent patent filings from Samsung include important electric-car technologies.
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Tesla's Talks With Samsung For Electric-Car Batteries Get More Serious
Tesla Motors could be close to a battery supply deal with Samsung.
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