An old coal mine in Illinois is now generating community solar power for hundreds of households and businesses. Read more…

The new i3 was set to go on sale this fall, but BMW will open them months ahead of schedule because demand is so strong. Read more…

Electrify America just opened a new “large-format” EV charging station in downtown Santa Barbara, California, adding 20 DC fast chargers and the company’s largest public battery energy storage system to date. Read more…

Elon Musk has exercised the entirety of his 2018 Tesla (TSLA) CEO pay package, acquiring 303,960,630 shares for a paper gain of about $116 billion, according to a new SEC filing. Read more…

We will finally get to see the Range Rover Electric and smaller Sport model later this year. Defender is set to launch its first EV, which could be an even bigger hit. Read more…

The Interior Department has made another illegal agreement with a gas company to drop development of cheap and clean offshore wind and instead focus on dirty, expensive gas, giving that company the better part of a billion dollars worth of taxpayer money while starving Americans of much-needed electricity. Read more…

We’ve got another exciting midweek collection of major Green Deal savings, starting with the newly launched Velotric Prime Day Sale with up to $862 savings on a massive list of the brand’s e-bikes – new and legacy – all starting from $999, which includes a return of the T1 ST Plus Lightweight Urban e-bike with a range extender (and other bundled gear) at $1,349. Right behind that, we have Segway’s Early Prime e-scooter sale with up to 50% discounts and up to $405 extra savings after winning the on-page game, giving you options like the Max G2 Electric Scooter down at $595, among others. We also have two power station collections, with EcoFlow launching another 48-hour flash sale that has offers like the expanded 2,048Wh DELTA 2 Portable Power Station bundle at a new $679 low, while Bluetti has four 768Wh to 2,304Wh power station clearance sale deals + our exclusive bonus savings – all starting from $313. Don’t forget about all the hangover deals either, which have been collected together at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s exclusive Bluetti FridgePower station and bundle launch deals, the Early Prime deals on Segway’s Xyber e-bike with an extra battery + Xafari e-bike, and more.. Read more…

Ford is set to become the first to use LFP batteries in a mainstream EV in the US, starting with its $30,000 midsize pickup. Read more…

After a very long wait, Aptera’s solar car is finally rolling and ready for journalist drives. So we headed down to San Diego to check out how development is going on this unique solar electric vehicle. Read more…

There’s a new law in Washington state regarding the classification of electric bicycles. But if you want to know what the new law says, you should probably avoid reading the news in Washington. Read more…

Lucid has registered the design of its upcoming Cosmos with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, giving us the clearest look yet at the sub-$50,000 crossover the automaker is betting its future on. Read more…

The full-size luxury SUV can drive nearly 600 miles (950 km) without stopping and can recharge in as little as five minutes. BYD launched the flagship Great Tang SUV on Tuesday after preorders exceeded 150,000, its highest so far for a single vehicle. Read more…

Uber, Nuro, and Lucid have picked Houston as the second city for their planned robotaxi service, with the launch in the Texas city expected in mid-2027. Read more…

Waymo has tapped fleet management company Element to help keep its robotaxis charged, maintained, and on the road as the company expands into more cities. Read more…

The GV90 is set to arrive as the biggest, most prestige Genesis electric SUV to date. With its official debut coming up, the flagship EV was spotted charging alongside a Kia EV9, revealing its true size. Read more…

There’s no shortage of advice on how to size a home solar and battery system, but most of it assumes a suburban home with city services and outages measured in hours, not days. Rural homes play by different rules, especially during summer storms. When heavy winds take down power lines and your utility prioritizes restoring urban neighborhoods first, having a home battery isn’t about convenience — it’s about damage control. Read more…

Rivian laid off hundreds of workers on Tuesday, or less than 2% of its workforce, just one week after it began deliveries of its all-important R2 SUV. Read more…

BYD is about to introduce a new detachable magnetic smart device that lets you control your vehicle remotely at the push of a button. Read more…

Baidu’s Apollo Go has received a Level 4 autonomous driving permit in Switzerland for AmiGo, a robotaxi service it is running with Swiss Post’s PostBus, putting the Chinese tech giant ahead of Waymo and Tesla in deploying driverless vehicles into European public transport. Read more…

Drew Baglino spent nearly two decades building Tesla’s batteries, motors, and power electronics. Now the former Tesla SVP is quietly building the one home energy product Tesla talked up for years and never shipped: a residential heat pump. Read more…