Manufacturing

Panasonic may begin production of battery cells at the Tesla "gigafactory" earlier than expected.

Faraday Future wants to build a factory in Vallejo, California.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers believe spikes in lithium prices won't affect battery costs.

Tesla will hold a grand opening event for its "gigafactory" July 29.

Following the departure of two top manufacturing executives, electric-car maker Tesla Motors has hired a manufacturing executive from German luxury maker Audi. The company announced the news late Friday in a release sent to news media. The executive, Peter Hocholdinger, will join the Silicon Valley...

Tesla is leasing multiple warehouses near its Fremont, California, factory.

Ford uses a "closed-loop" recycling system that takes scrap material from its Dearborn Stamping Plant.

The French government wants Tesla to use the site of a nuclear power plant for a European factory.

Local media looks inside the Tesla "Gigafactory."

Faraday Future put up a bond after Nevada lawmakers became concerned about its financial state.

See what Tesla's assembly line looks like.

Emissions from manufacturing are higher for battery-electric cars than they are for gasoline cars, a UCS study finds.

The biggest challenge in introducing new technologies is getting to the volume production that permits economies of scale for expensive components. Toyota is now nearing 9 million hybrids produced, over almost 20 years--but it builds 10 million cars a year. General Motors, on the other hand, has...

LG Chem works to ramp up production at a China battery plant.

In last fall's runup to the launch of the production 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV 200-mile electric car, GM discussed working together with Korean corporate giant LG on the Bolt's development. Mark Reuss, GM’s head of global product development said in October that the company's partnership with LG...

See the Tesla Model X assembly line in a new video.

Faraday Future says it will build an electric-car plant near Las Vegas.

Tesla reportedly has 1,656 jobs open.

Startup Faraday Future says it is looking to build electric cars in the U.S.

Toyota hopes to virtually eliminate carbon emissions from the cars it produces by 2050.