LG Chem, the world’s top electric vehicle EV battery maker, is in talks with a “couple” of automakers to create joint ventures to produce automotive batteries, Chief Executive Officer Hak Cheol Shin told Reuters on Friday uk.reuters.com/article/us-lg-…
“Our joint ventures with Geely and GM have been already announced, and we have ongoing discussions with a couple of other automakers,” he said
The South Korean company currently supplies batteries from its Nanjing China factory for Model 3 vehicles built at Tesla Shanghai plant
“We have started supplying to Tesla in earnest, and this is the beginning of a good partnership and we hope to expand the partnership,” he said
“We are in talks to expand cooperation with almost all automakers, and Tesla is one of them,” he said
“Software and autonomous driving - only those who master these disciplines have a future in the automotive industry !” linkedin.com/posts/herbertd…
“This is why they were the main topics of our 1st digital top management conference, which was attended by over 400 Volkswagen AG executives from all over the world”
“In April 2020 we held a strategy workshop where we asked ourselves :
"What must we achieve in the next six months to catch up with Tesla in digital competence by 2024 at the latest?”
Hyundai will recall 37,366 Kona BEVs in Europe and 11,137 Kona BEVs in North America according to Yonhap
The recalls would come after the South Korean automaker announced last week a voluntary recall plan for 25,564 Kona BEVs at home starting 16 October reuters.com/article/hyunda…
Hyundai Motor Co is set to triple the number of recalled Kona electric cars over battery cell fire risks with plans to recall around 51,000 vehicles in North America, Europe, China and other markets, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday
Hyundai said in a statement on Monday it “is in the final stages of filing a voluntary recall notice with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA for U.S. Kona EVs and will start the process of informing owners of these vehicles”
Nissan President and CEO Makoto Uchida says the automaker will "take advantage of the scale of the alliance" with Renault and Mitsubishi Motors in electrification technology, which he sees as a source of future revenue
He also says electrification may drive a restructuring in the auto industry and didn't deny the possibility of expanding the alliance