October 2022

A major blaze in South Korea that knocked out a wide range of key digital services for days — snarling banking, ride-sharing and online deliveries — is reigniting safety concerns in a nation that’s a key global supplier of lithium-ion cells used in electric vehicles. The days-long outage followed a fire Oct. 15 at a

Mullen Automotive has tapped former General Motors executive John Schwegman to be the electric vehicle maker’s chief commercial officer. Schwegman spent 35 years at GM in a variety of marketing-related roles, most recently senior director of global Chevrolet product marketing, according to his LinkedIn profile. Mullen, of Brea, Calif., said Schwegman will primarily focus on

The second generation of Kia’s Niro EV, which tops off the automaker’s trio of electrified compact crossovers that also includes plug-in hybrid and gasoline-electric hybrid powertrains, goes on sale this month in all 50 states. The Korean automaker slashed $200 off the price for buyers that opt into the higher of two trims, called the