If you have protected bike lanes in your city, then you have a great reason to get out on a bicycle or e-bike and replace many car miles with fun, fresh air-filled joy rides. If your streets are mostly devoid of bike lanes though, then you may find the idea of riding alongside cars to be a daunting scenario.. More…
EV driver calls cops on Energy Secretary after her staff blocks charger with ICE car
An EV driver in Georgia called the police on the US Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, after her staff blocked a public charger with a gasoline car to “reserve” it for her upcoming convoy of EVs that she was using to highlight the White House investment in electric vehicles. More…
Tesla Cybertruck Spotted On The Las Vegas Strip With Trailer Hitch
It seems to be the same release candidate (RC) unit that was previously spotted Supercharging in Las Vegas. More…
BMW iX1 xDrive30 test proves: The electric iX1 is the best X1
First the iX3, then the iX, now the iX1: BMW adds the iX1 to its portfolio of battery-electric SUVs. Despite the multi-drive strategy, an excellent electric car has been created here. And it sets high expectations for the ‘New Class’ as a pure EV platform. *** The first thing we noted was that the vehicle […] More…
BYD vows new electric sedan will be the most aerodynamic EV, surpassing Tesla Plaid
Tesla’s Model S Plaid and the Lucid Air are gaining a new rival. China’s EV leader, BYD, recently unveiled the name of its latest electric model under the YangWang brand. The new electric sedan is set to have the lowest drag coefficient among all production cars. More…
American adventurer to round the globe in an electric car
The adventurer Lexie Alford started her round-the-world trip in the all-electric Ford Explorer in Nice, France. The US-American is the youngest person to have travelled to every country on Earth. Her new challenge will take Alford to more than 30 countries on six continents. With the ‘Charge Around The Globe’, she wants to show what […] More…
BMW to invest $750 million in UK plant to build its new, fully electric MINI models
BMW Group announced plans to invest about $750 million in a UK facility of its Mini sub-brand. The money will be used to revamp the Oxford plant to support electric MINI production as the brand looks to go 100% EV in the coming years. More…
Tesla Model Y Shows Impressive Roof Strength After Brick Wall Collapses Over It
Several vehicles were caught under the rubble, but only the Tesla can be easily identified. More…
HyMon to improve monitoring processes for H2 tanks
In Germany, a joint research project called HyMon aims to develop an intelligent system for permanent condition monitoring of hydrogen tanks. The process developed should replace the currently prescribed visual inspections and significantly increase the safety of H2 pressure tanks. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF are developing a […] More…
Mini factory in Oxford to go fully electric
BMW will invest £600 million in the production of Mini brand vehicles in the UK, as leaked a few months ago. The Oxford plant is preparing to build two new all-electric Mini models from 2026 and exclusively electric models from 2030. BMW says the two electric models destined for Oxford are the Mini Cooper 3-door […] More…
Electric car drives 2,537 km on one charge
In Germany, an electric car developed by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has broken a world record by driving around 2,573 kilometres on just one battery charge. The new world record is almost 1,000 kilometres more than the previous record holders. The electric car dubbed ‘Muc022’ circled in an empty hangar at Munich Airport […] More…
2025 Lotus Emeya EV will face off with Taycan, Model S Plaid
Lotus will take on the Porsche Taycan, Tesla Model S Plaid, and Lucid Air Sapphire with its own high-performance electric sedan. Due sometime next year as a 2025 model, the Lotus Emeya is the automaker’s second EV, following the Eletre SUV. It’s also latest in a set of premium, flagship sedans or fastbacks that emphasize performance, perhaps at… More…
Tesla will build next-gen/cheaper electric cars in Texas rather than Mexico first
A new excerpt from Elon Musk’s biography confirms that Tesla will build its first next-generation electric cars in Texas rather than at the upcoming Gigafactory Mexico. More…
Two Nikola Tre BEV Trucks Caught Fire In A Week As Battery Recall Is Underway
In total, four separate fires have affected the company’s battery-powered Class 8 truck this year. More…
Allego ceases installing new CHAdeMO chargers
The declining number of electric vehicles with the CHAdeMO standard on the market has prompted the European charging network operator Allego to cease installing the plug on its charging stations. While existing charging stations will remain, they will not be replaced. The operator assures customers its change away from the CHAdeMO plug will not happen […] More…
Europe: Plug-In Car Sales Accelerated In July 2023
The Tesla Model Y remains the most popular all-electric model. More…
Lectric Issues Recall On XP 3.0 E-Bikes Due To Brake Issue
Around 45,000 e-bikes are part of the recall concerning potential failure of mechanical disc brakes found in the Lectric XP 3.0. More…
Octopus & Co Charger enable neighbours to share chargers
In the UK, Octopus Electric Vehicles, the EV business from Octopus Energy Group, has partnered with Co Charger to focus on community charging. Co Charger allows those with private chargers in their driveways to share them with neighbours. The collaborative scheme and app from Co Charger enables someone with a charger to rent it out […] More…
Deutsche Telekom installs 200th fast charging site
In Germany, Deutsche Telekom has put its 200th public fast-charging site into operation. The site in Lemgo in the mid-northwest of the country has six charging points at two DC charging posts that offer up to 200 kW of charging power. Deutsche Telekom is using the existing infrastructure of its properties to expand the number […] More…
X Shore set to release new electric boat, but did the teaser images already blow it?
X Shore, one of Sweden’s (and frankly, the world’s) leading electric boat makers, has been teasing a new product launch for the past week.. More…
