Volvo Cars has placed electrification at the core of its future business by announcing that every Volvo launched from 2019 will have an electric motor. The announcement represents one of the most significant moves by any car maker to embrace electrification. ‘This is about the customer,’ said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo [...]

Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation are jointly invest €646.5m in battery electric vehicle production in China by 2020. The investment is also aimed at providing the infrastructure needed for the adoption of EV mobility. Daimler said that part of the investment will see a new battery factory built in China [...]

Beijing police are reported to have detained 32 people, including the chief executive, in relation to China’s futuristic road-straddling bus project. The move follows reports from investors of illegal fundraising with authorities claiming the whol thing may have been little more than a scam. The vehicle gained global attention last year when video emerged of [...]