Kia is recalling just over 1,200 EV6 and Niro EVs over a faulty drive shaft that can result in a loss of power.. Read more…
Lotus confirms 2024 Emeya has Car Key support you can control from an iPhone or Apple Watch
Almost a year after compatibility was listed as pending; Lotus has confirmed Apple Car Key capabilities are on the way to new all-electric Emeya owners. Lotus now joins a select group of vehicles that allow drivers to perform several access functions from the Wallet of their iPhone or Apple Watch. Read more…
Polestar Owners Hack Adaptive Headlights Into Cars As NHTSA Drags Feet
Aftermarket Polestar hackers are saving opposing traffic from being high-beamed by just flipping a bit. Read more…
Law firm Akerman launches EV infrastructure-oriented legal team
Akerman, a top-100 US law firm with over 700 employees, has launched three new teams under the umbrella of its Energy and Infrastructure Sector Team, focusing on renewable energy and other high-tech infrastructure. The multidisciplinary teams “build upon the existing capabilities of Akerman’s Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Practice and Renewable Energy and Electric Power… Read more…
California’s diesel ban is on hold. Should fleets still try to comply?
Under pressure from trucking trade groups, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) decided to delay enforcing some of the registration and reporting provisions of its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, which had been scheduled to take effect at the end of 2023. Under the rule, drayage fleets and other “high-priority” fleets must register any legacy combustion-powered… Read more…
Ford Owners Won’t Need The Tesla App To Supercharge
Ford confirmed to InsideEVs that its customers will be able to Supercharge using the FordPass app or the vehicle’s infotainment screen. Read more…
The 2024 Kia EV9 Is The Family EV We’ve Been Waiting For
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…
