What car companies sell electric cars

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It’s a little premature to get nostalgic for V-8 engines, but like it or not, the sun is setting on V-8s, and gasoline engines in general. Automakers are already shifting their development dollars into switching to electric vehicles , within a surprisingly short time frame — even venerable, wood-and-leather brands like Jaguar and Land Rover . Jaguar has already announced its intention to go all-electric by 2025. Land Rover says it expects to launch its first all-electric vehicle in 2024, with more to come. With the agenda so fixed on electric vehicles , the question becomes, “Are customers still interested in V-8s?” said Simon Turner, Land Rover product manager for Jaguar Land Rover North America, in a recent presentation at company headquarters in Mahwah, N.J. “You bet,” he said. “They are.” V-8s remain a key part of the business for both brands. Jaguar offers V-8s on the Jaguar F-Type sports car and … [Read more...] about In The Electric Vehicle Age, Do People Still Want V-8s? ‘You Bet,’ Says Jaguar Land Rover

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Just over 13 months after the inaugural LongTail Rally of 2021, rally organizers kicked off the second LongTail Rally amidst the stunning skyline of San Francisco. Gathering at the Fairmont Hotel on Mason Street for the opening dinner, and culminating at the Hyatt Regency, Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona one week later, this year’s rally involved more participants, covered more miles and included even more adventures. Rally organizers Michael Knapp and Julie Milne didn’t need to up their game after the celebrated reaction to the first LongTail Rally, but they kicked things up a notch nonetheless. Where last year’s rally included a trip to BMW’s driving school in Thermal, California, and a visit to Speed Vegas outside Sin City, this year’s drive crossed far more state lines and included off-road safaris, high-altitude tests of man and machine, plus a massive 110-degree pool party and a marriage proposal. Day 1: … [Read more...] about LongTail Rally 2.0: More Cars, More Adventures, More Chills And Thrills

Employees assemble a Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. XUV 500 sport-utility vehicle (SUV) on the production line at the company's facility in Chakan, Maharashtra, India, on Monday, April 2, 2018. Mahindra & Mahindra is India’s largest SUV maker. Trade Watchlist Portfolio Message Set Alert live bse live nse live Volume Todays L/H More × Robust consumer demand teamed with an ongoing shortage of chips has seen wait times for Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s XUV700 sports utility vehicle balloon to as long as 22 months just as the carmaker unveils the latest model in its big-automobile lineup. Outstanding customer pre-orders for the seven-seater XUV700, which the Indian automaker launched in August, are running to around 70,000, Executive Director Rajesh Jejurikar said in an interview last week. While the chip shortage has eased from a peak late last year, Mahindra is still … [Read more...] about Love of big cars, chip crunch extends wait time for M&M

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It was a momentous announcement over the last few months – Toyota’s first all-electric car, the bZ4X, was launched in the UK , having arrived in the USA in April and Japan in May. After the Japanese company’s feet-dragging and negativity towards EVs, in favor of hydrogen, it felt like an “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” moment. It might be the first ding the death knell for fuel-cell vehicles, but there is another factor that could kill hydrogen stone dead except where you absolutely must use it. Although the bZ4X’s launch has already been significantly marred by a recall , the car has potential. Its headline act is the battery warranty, which is for ten years or a million kilometers (620,000 miles). This will reassure the naysayers who go on about “having to change the battery after three years” (because they think an EV is the same as a smartphone). Otherwise, the bZ4X merely matches the crowd, with a … [Read more...] about Hydrogen Cars Might Be Dead Already Despite This Fuel Cell Hypercar

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The head of Hyundai Motor North America declared his company's electric vehicle progress is making strides towards “trying to get closer to Tesla,” the EV market leader. José Muñoz, Global COO, Hyundai Motor Group, President and CEO, Hyundai Motor North America, made his remarks as the company broke ground on a new vehicle testing complex adjacent to its technical center near Ann Arbor, Mich. The facility that will be known as the New Safety Test Investigation and Laboratory (STIL) represents Hyundai meeting a major condition of a consent agreement with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stemming from issues with how the company dealt with a series of vehicle fires. According to the November 27, 2020 agreement “The consent orders reflect the agency’s assessment that both Hyundai and Kia conducted untimely recalls of over 1.6 million vehicles equipped with Theta II engines, and inaccurately … [Read more...] about Hyundai Chief Targets Tesla As Company Breaks Ground On Government-Ordered Test Site

Last week, I wrote about how to avoid ending up with inventory you cannot sell . But let's say that's exactly what you have: A garage stacked with boxes of product you thought consumers needed, but have had trouble getting off your hands. In my experience, this is not uncommon. For more than 15 years now, I've been hearing a version of the story below. You have this great idea for a new product you believe everyone wants. So you file a patent application, which, after it issues and all is said and done, ends up costing you about $15,000. You work with a manufacturer overseas to produce the minimum amount required for an order, which runs you between $20,000 and $50,000. You pay a professional to help you set up your website and begin selling on Amazon, which you perceive to be a low-cost course of action. All in all, by the time you're in business, you've made a major financial investment. But without the marketing to back it up, the reality is, finding your … [Read more...] about What to Do With All That Inventory You Can’t Sell

JOHOR BARU: When he was three, he knew the different national flowers of many countries. And now at six, L. Raguram can identify the logo of almost any car around the world. The boy just won himself a spot in the Malaysia Book of Records by identifying 190 car logos within five minutes. His mother, dentist Dr P. Ranganayaki Devi, 34, said her son has liked cars since he was four. “He can identify more than 200 car logos, but in this competition, he managed to do 190 within the period,” she said, adding that her son loved electric car maker Tesla and one day hoped to meet with its CEO, Elon Musk. She said her son hopes to be a car scientist when he grows up and develop environmentally-friendly cars, adding that Raguram’s interest in cars is partly due to his engineer father, L. Letchumanan, 37, who is also obsessed with cars. She said that when they celebrated Raguram’s first birthday, a friend brought him a small toy car and he has kept it ever since. “When he was four, … [Read more...] about Child prodigy sets record in recognising car logos

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Fifty-four staff of Canadian digital agency Northern Commerce will be presented with $3,700 e-bikes at a presentation on Sunday, June 26. Only one of the employees at the London, Ontario, firm has opted instead for a merchant gift card of the same value. The gifting is the idea of Andrew McClenaghan, a senior vice president at Northern Commerce and a former chair of Downtown London, the municipal business body. Northern Commerce is a web development and digital marketing firm founded in 2015. It has 190 staff. The firm acquired McClenaghan's agency Digital Echidna in 2020, with 50 staffers moving across to the larger outfit. Those staff that stayed with the business will be those gifted with the $3,500 electric bikes. The e-bikes — either a HSD P9 electric cargobike or a Vektron Q9 folding e-bike, both Tern pedal-assisted models — are supplied through London Bicycle Cafe . McClenaghan is a new investor in … [Read more...] about Ontario Tech Firm Plans Car Use Reduction By Gifting $3,700 E-Bikes To 54 Staffers

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin This week’s Current Climate , which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. O n Thursday , the Biden Administration announced a partnership with 11 state governments to accelerate construction of offshore wind energy projects along the east coast. This move is a component of the Administrations long-term goal to have 30 gigawatts from offshore wind by the end of the decade. That’s enough to cut 78 million metric tons of carbon emissions and to power 10 million homes (or about 24 trips on Doc Brown’s time machine). As part of the move, the Department of Energy along with the governments of Maryland and New York will provide funding to secure supply chains for the project. “Ten million homes with offshore wind. Ports turned back into economic engines, being in a position where foundries and factories are up and running — … [Read more...] about More Offshore Wind, Tesla’s ‘Money Furnaces’ And Green Hydrogen In Coal Country

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Whatever you sell, be it a product or service, your customers expect that it will do what it’s supposed to do. If you sell a car, the car should work. If you sell a service, the outcome should meet expectations. That’s table stakes. So, let’s assume that whatever your customers are buying from you will meet their expectations. However, that’s not always why the customer buys from you in the first place, let alone comes back to buy more. It’s the customer experience that drives that. In our 2022 Achieving Customer Amazement research , more than 1,000 American consumers were asked, “How likely would you be to switch companies or leave a brand after experiencing any of the following bad customer service experiences?” They were asked to rate several reasons using a scale that ranged from “not likely” to “very likely.” Here are the top five reasons customers would leave: 1. Rudeness or apathy from a company or brand … [Read more...] about The Top Five Reasons Customers Don’t Come Back