Kicking off this week’s Green Deals is a new Spring Savings sale from Blix Bikes that is taking up to $700 off its e-bike models and also giving you up to $465 in free add-on accessories, with the Ultra Fat-Tire All-Terrain e-bike hitting a new $1,399 low. It is joined by the return of the Anker PowerCore Reserve 60,000mAh Power Station to $110, as well as the Bosch Tronic 4000 6.5kW Electric Tankless Water Heater at $158. Plus all of the other green deals that have dropped today or are still hanging on from last week. Read more…
Rivian Reveals New Charger Design That Works With Other EVs
The new Rivian charger works with both 400- and 800-volt EVs and features CCS connectors with no native NACS support. Read more…
Wildcat receives 100th patent for battery cathode materials technology
Battery materials developer Wildcat Discovery Technologies has received its 100th patent, advancing its strategy for US-based cathode materials manufacturing. Wildcat has been developing nickel- and cobalt-free battery materials since 2006. The company plans to build a plant in the US to manufacture lithium iron phosphate (LFP) in late 2026, lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) in… Read more…
Report: electric bikes deliver the vast majority of EV emissions reductions
Contrary to the barrage of unsourced speculation on social media, EV adoption is indeed causing carbon emissions and oil demand to fall, albeit by a small amount so far. However, despite what many EV fans might assume, electric cars are not the main drivers of the reduction. According to BloombergNEF, EVs as a whole displaced… Read more…
Tesla Wants To Turn Cars Into ‘Amazon Web Services’ On Wheels. Here’s How
Tesla envisions turning its future cars into mobile distributed data centers where it can monetize a car’s onboard computing power like Amazon AWS. Read more…
Polestar reports drivable EV with 10-minute 10-80% charging
Polestar has announced that prototype cells fitted to a version of its upcoming Polestar 5 flagship EV have been able to do a 10-80% charge in just 10 minutes. Polestar said last year that it would place the tech in a prototype Polestar 5 gaining 100 miles in 5 minutes—this project—by 2024, and it appears to have exceeded the original… Read more…
2024 BYD Seal Review: If You Could Buy One, You’d Probably Want To
BYD has made a car that’s good to drive, doesn’t cost the earth, looks great, and is a truly viable alternative to what’s out there. Read more…
Polestar and StoreDot charge a Polestar 5 in 10 minutes
Electric vehicles may be gaining traction, but range anxieties persist. Not for long, if Polestar and StoreDot have their way. The carmaker and battery tech company successfully demonstrated a breakthrough that could reframe our concept of EV charging. A specially adapted Polestar 5 prototype zipped from a 10% to an 80% charge in a mere 10 minutes. This stunning achievement… Read more…
Test battery cells, modules, and packs with a single instrument
Sponsored by Elektro-Automatik. Battery test engineers face a variety of challenges, including: EA’s new EA-BT 20000 Triple Battery Tester was created to address these test roadblocks with a unique design—all in a more powerful test instrument. Read this application note to learn how one piece of equipment can test battery cells, modules, and packs with… Read more…
ETCO introduces high-current ring terminals for EV battery wiring
US-based ETCO, which manufactures electrical terminals and connectors, has launched a new line of heavy-duty locking ring terminals. ETCO’s BT-Series Heavy-Duty Battery Terminals are designed for high-voltage wiring in EV batteries, alternators and starters in automotive, agriculture and construction equipment, process control and trucking applications. The terminals are made from 0.06-inch thick brass or copper… Read more…
I went to China to test drive Yadea’s electric scooters, e-bikes, and A LOT more!
I recently took a trip to China to visit Yadea’s sprawling Anhui factory, which is just one of the company’s eight worldwide manufacturing centers. Together, they produced over 16 million electric vehicles last year, more than all of the big electric car manufacturers combined. Read more…
Breaking: US, other G7 countries to phase out coal by early 2030s
In a historic agreement, the G7 just agreed to phase out coal in the first half of the 2030s, according to statements made today. Read more…
NIO begins public trials of its 150 kWh semi-solid-state battery packs ahead of a full rollout
Less than a month after beginning mass production of its new semi-solid-state battery packs, NIO has opened the technology to the public in China to trial this month, ahead of a full rollout of official operations. Read more…
Tesla unveils new Cybertruck off-roading features, Cybertent mode, and more
Tesla has unveiled a new Cybertruck software update coming to bring new off-roading features to the electric pickup truck, as well as Cybertent mode, and more. Read more…
Watch Volvo EX30 Twin Motor Drag Race A Tesla Model Y Performance
Except for a quirk in the EX30’s throttle response, these two high performance vehicles are very evenly matched at the drag strip. Read more…
Audi opens charging hub in Tokyo
Audi has opened its first own fast-charging location outside Europe. In Japan’s capital Tokyo, electric cars of all brands can now be charged at four fast-charging points with up to 150 kilowatts each. Read more…
The Best Electric Car Chargers Of 2024
We test more EV charging equipment than any other outlet. Here are our top recommendations for 2024. Read more…
Nissan to distribute Silence’s compact electric vehicles in Europe
Nissan is entering into a partnership with the Spanish Acciona Group and will take over the distribution of vehicles from the Silence micromobility brand in Europe. It will launch in France and Italy in June, and follow on the German market in September. Read more…
Polestar 5 Prototype Charges 10-80% In 10 Minutes At Over 370 KW
The Polestar prototype had a special 77-kWh battery pack with experimental silicon-dominant cells provided by StoreDot. Read more…
Elon Musk Goes To China, Brings Home A Win For Tesla’s Full Self-Driving
Musk’s meeting with officials in China goes a long way toward his autonomy dreams. Meanwhile, Ford faces an investigation too. Read more…
