Renault has introduced the Master E-Tech electric van, which is scheduled to be available in Europe in spring of this year. The vehicle is offered with a choice of two motor/battery pack combinations. One variant sports a 96 kW motor, a 40 kWh battery pack and a WLTP range of approximately 180 km. The other… Read more…
Chaevi unveils new 400 kW Tesla NACS-compatible DC fast charger for North America
EV charging equipment manufacturer Chaevi has announced the availability of its new all-in-one DC EV charger, which delivers a blazing 400 kW of power, for the North American market. This speed demon is expected to be fully NEVI-compliant by Q2 2024, and is available for pre-order now. This DC fast charger provides simultaneous charging from… Read more…
Swap out heavy equipment battery packs with Moog’s ZQuip Modular Battery System
Moog subsidiary ZQuip says it can convert diesel-powered heavy equipment to EVs at a lower cost than buying all-new machines. The company sells a conversion kit that includes a battery harness, electric motor and thermal management, along with 70 and 140 kWh Energy Modules (battery packs), which are interchangeable across machines. As a proof of… Read more…
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Tesla improves Cybertruck handling, charging, and more in new update
Tesla has released the first major software update for the Cybertruck, and it improves the electric pickup’s handling, charging, and more. Read more…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 7, 2024
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Read more…
All-new electric Lancia Ypsilon shown weeks ahead of schedule
Storied Italian car brand Lancia revealed its first new car — electric or otherwise — in over a decade, and it did so without warning, without fanfare, and weeks ahead of schedule. Read more…
New survey finds myths and misinformation about EVs are deeply embedded
It won’t be news to regular Charged readers that myths and misconceptions about EVs have taken deep root among the populace. When I tell a new acquaintance that I write about EVs, as often as not their reply is some sound bite that could be a direct quote from an oil industry social media feed…. Read more…
Apple CarPlay+ debuts in the new 2025 Porsche Taycan
Porsche took the wraps off the updated 2025 Taycan earlier today. The best-selling EV from the performance brand has brought a host of improvements – more power, more range, faster charging being key among those. Meanwhile, the infotainment got its own refresh – Taycan is now the first vehicle to sport the newest version of the in-car infotainment, dubbed Apple… Read more…
Why Ford Needed A Skunkworks Team To Create Its Low-Cost EV Platform
Creating a startup within Ford may help the automaker out-innovate Tesla and other EV newcomers. Read more…
Existing telecom infrastructure can put L2 charging everywhere, FAST
Britain’s largest telecom service provider has put forward a plan to ensure that EVs are always within range of a charger. To do that, they’re planning to retrofit their existing street cabinets into publicly accessible L2 chargers. Read more…
Tesla to restart Gigafactory Berlin production next week
Tesla confirmed that it plans to restart production at Gigafactory Berlin next week after shutting it down due to supply issues. Read more…
Electrify America set to open its first indoor EV charging station to the public this week
EV charging network Electrify America will soon offer the public an EV charging experience safe from the elements, where drivers can pull in, plug in, and chill out while their vehicle replenishes. This flagship indoor charging station kicks off a potential future in which you don’t have to wait in your car or outside while you charge… It also has complimentary Wi-Fi.. Read more…
Ford will unveil its all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year
The UK’s best-selling car is going electric. Ford said it will reveal the all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year as it expands its European EV lineup.. Read more…
Swiss cement supplier Holcim to order 1,000 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric trucks
Swiss building materials producer Holcim has signed a joint letter of intent with Mercedes-Benz Trucks to purchase 1,000 eActros 600 electric trucks, the majority of which will be used with silo trailers for transporting building materials, including cement. It is the largest planned single order to date for the eActros 600. Around 50 prototype models… Read more…
CSL and Adbri to build battery-capable self-unloading ship
Canadian dry bulk carrier operator CSL has entered into a long-term partnership with Australian cement manufacturer Adbri (formerly Adelaide Brighton Cement) to build and operate a “battery-capable” self-unloading vessel. Construction will commence in 2024, and delivery is expected in early 2026. The 11,000 DWT ship was designed to support the company’s limestone operations in South… Read more…
Ford has a startup-like team developing a low-cost EV
Ford is currently working on developing a low-cost EV, using a startup-like skunkworks project that’s led by Alan Clarke, an ex-Tesla exec whose team also includes Anil Paryani, who also used to work at Tesla before founding AMP, an EV power company that Ford acquired in November last year. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call yesterday, Ford CEO Jim Farley… Read more…
I Polled 600 Voters About Electric Cars. Here’s How To Get Republicans Behind Them
EVs have a partisanship problem in America. Here’s how we can fix that. Read more…
The Mobility House to lead project to provide electric school bus bidirectional charging infrastructure
The Clean Transportation Program of the California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded a $2.9-million grant to a project team led by California V2G technology company The Mobility House for the installation of 12 bidirectional chargers at four California schools in the Pittsburg, Fremont and Napa unified school districts. The Replicable V2X Deployment for Schools (RVXDS)… Read more…
Range Energy’s electrified semi-trailer now eligible for up to $120,000 incentive through California’s CORE Project
Range Energy makes electrified semi-trailers for the heavy-duty freight market. Range’s trailer, which is equipped with a battery pack (up to 300 kWh), an electric motor and (as a bonus) off-road mobile power, can be used with any semi-tractor, and the company says it can double the fuel mileage of a diesel rig while cutting… Read more…
