LG Chem, Siemens, BMW, Faraday Future.

More range in three years? LG Chem says it will commercialise batteries that will allow for more than 500 km of range by 2019. According to the Korean manufacturer, 1,100 researchers are currently working on lithium-air and lithium-sulphur technologies, while the company invests some 209m dollars per year in research and development.
koreaherald.com

New electric car ferry: In summer of 2017, Finland will get its first electrically powered car ferry that can carry up to 90 vehicles at a time. The vessel will be fitted with Siemens’ electric powertrain BlueDrive PlusC. Norway is already home to an all-electric ferry.
cruiseindustrynews.com

i3-powered robots: BMW is testing an autonomous robot at its facility in Wackersdorf, Germany, which is fuelled by old batteries from the BMW i3. They keep the robot going for its whole shift, giving the term ‘second life’ a whole new meaning.
greencarcongress.com

FF’s own inverter: Faraday Future has received a U.S. patent for its self-developed FF Echelon Inverter. The company says it applied for more than 100 patents in the U.S. over the past year.
autoblog.com, faradayfuture.com