Hyundai Taps Canoo For New Purpose-Built Vehicle

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:07:43 +0000

Canoo concept vehiclesHyundai and Canoo announced today the establishment of a joint effort to develop a standardized, scalable electric vehicle platform to underpin future Hyundai and Kia vehicles, but buried in the release was a hint at a completely new market segment for the Korean automaker: purpose-built vehicles

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Rivian Primed For Liftoff In 2020

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:30:29 +0000

Rivian R1TThe news from Rivian has been a constant flow of jaw-dropping announcements that together, embody much of the current state of the electric vehicle market. But do you really know who Rivian is? Did you know Rivian was founded 11 years ago, with most of that time being spent operating in stealth? In a new video, Rivian dialed back the clock to shed light on why Rivian exists. Who started Rivian? What are they passionate about? Why trucks? Let’s jump in

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Amazon & Rivian Designed 3 Bespoke Last-Mile Delivery Vehicles

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 20:00:20 +0000

Amazon takes us behind the scenes in the design process for its next generation last-mile electric delivery vehicle. In the new video, Amazon Director of Last-Mile Fleets Ross Rachey highlights the massive opportunity and the obligation Amazon feels to improve the sustainability of its operations. “We’re trying to build the most sustainable transportation fleet in the world,” Rachey said

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Amazon, IKEA, AT&T, DHL & Others Join Electric Vehicle Alliance

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:00:59 +0000

Corporate Electric Vehicle AllianceSome of the largest corporations in America have joined the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance, an organization started by the non-profit Ceres to support greater commercial EV adoption. DHL, Amazon, AT&T, Clif Bar, Consumers Energy, Direct Energy, Genentech, IKEA North America, LeasePlan, Lime, and Siemens are Alliance members

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Amazon, AT&T, IKEA, Clif Bar, DHL, & Others Launch “Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance”

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 03:52:04 +0000

When we think about the need for the world to go electric, we generally think about the need for people — individual humans — to go electric. However, more than half of the vehicles on US roads are vehicles from corporate fleets, according to Ceres, a nonprofit investor coalition representing $11 trillion that is focused on sustainability matters

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Big Tech Has Entered The Oil Business

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 05:10:41 +0000

Big tech has entered the oil business. Well, not all of big tech, because we do have Tesla out there trying to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, however, are a bit different. They are talking the talk, but when it comes to the oil and gas industry, they are eager to work with companies to find easier ways to extract oil

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