The 2024 Kia EV9 is a three-row electric crossover that manages to be incredibly useful for families. Read more…
BYD Yangwang U7 comes with a monstrous battery to feed 1,287 hp powertrain
BYD’s luxury brand Yangwang is inching closer to officially launching its second electric vehicle – the U7 sedan (or should we say supercar?). Luckily plenty of details became available before the unveiling of the beast, either due to regulatory procedures or the ever-active army of car spotters and internet sleuths. Yangwang already applied for a sales license last month for… Read more…
Rivian Will Finally Reveal The R2 Electric SUV On March 7
Rivian’s R2-platform EV will be made in Georgia and is expected to rival the Tesla Model Y. Read more…
Tesla Cybertruck Range-Extending Battery Pack Take Rate Is Nearly 25 Percent
It seems buyers are willing to sacrifice bed space and payload capacity for additional range. Read more…
Idiots are already driving on Tesla Autopilot with Apple Vision Pro on their faces
Idiots have always had a great capacity to find new ways to abuse Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta. Their latest innovation is using the new Apple Vision Pro headset. Read more…
Volvo marks 17 straight months of growth as EV sales lead the way in January
Volvo Cars is starting 2024 with its 17th straight month of growth. Volvo’s all-electric model lead the growth, with global EV sales up 17% in January. Read more…
Researchers achieve super-safe, ultrafast Li-ion battery charging
In a significant advancement for EV technology, researchers at Chung-Ang University in South Korea have made a breakthrough in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery charging times and safety.. Read more…
A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid
Orange, Connecticut-based clean energy giant Avangrid just made its first leap into Oklahoma with a new wind farm project.. Read more…
Nerds In Teslas Keep Getting Caught Driving With Apple Vision Pro
Multiple Tesla owners have been seen driving their cars with Apple’s new $3,500 Vision Pro AR headset. Read more…
The Lucid Air EV Gets A Police Cruiser Makeover In Saudi Arabia
The American luxury EV-turned-police cruiser has a drone launch pad on its roof. Read more…
Redwood Materials breaks ground on South Carolina EV battery recycling plant
Redwood Materials, the battery recycling firm run by Tesla alum JB Straubel, recently broke ground on a new facility near Charleston, South Carolina. The plant will complement the company’s Nevada materials location, and will be used to recycle, refine and remanufacture anode and cathode components. Also like Redwood’s Nevada site, the new Battery Materials Campus… Read more…
Firstgreen’s new electric skid steer loader
In the beginning stages of a technological transformation, the new tech tends to conquer the best use cases first. Regular Charged readers will be familiar with EV-friendly applications such as drayage trucks, delivery vans, school buses and suburban yuppies, but here’s one you may not have heard of: skid steer loaders. A skid steer is… Read more…
Aptera claims enough crowdfunding to make solar EV
Aptera claims to have raised enough money in a recent crowdfunding campaign to start production of its solar-assisted three-wheeled EV, but the company is still far from assured of success. The company on Friday announced the completion of its Accelerator Program, which allowed those investors contributing $10,000 or more to secure one of the… Read more…
A Tesla Cybertruck’s Wheel Broke While Doing Donuts. Here’s What Happened
A fun day came to a stop when a bolt broke. So should have Tesla done more testing before releasing the Cybertruck? Read more…
BYD Europe relies on Arval for leasing
The Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with leasing solutions provider Arval in Europe. Arval will include BYD’s electric vehicles in its range for private and business customers in Germany, Italy and Spain. Read more…
One million battery-electric vehicles are registered in the UK
The UK’s one-millionth BEV car was registered in January. This major milestone was also accompanied by the 60,000th electric van hitting the road in the United Kingdom. Read more…
U.S. Car Dealers Vow To ‘Take On’ EPA Rules Leading To More EVs
“The team is working tirelessly to curb the implementation of the flawed and unachievable standards,” the National Automobile Dealers Association’s new chairman said. Read more…
Rivian Is The Most Loved Car Brand In The U.S., According To Consumer Reports
Owners would happily buy another Rivian if they had the chance. Infinity owners? Not so much. Read more…
Tesla sales decline in California for the first time since pandemic
Tesla has hit a speed bump in its California stronghold. Registrations of Tesla vehicles in the state saw a surprising 10% decline in the fourth quarter of 2023, marking the first dip in over three years and this time there’s no pandemic to explain it. This decline is even more of a surprise in a market where EV adoption grows… Read more…
UK announces new funding programme for EV chargers
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a new EV charging infrastructure grant. It will subsidise EV charging points at education institutes with up to 2,500 pounds. Read more…
