In-wheel motor specialist Protean Electric is getting a new owner. The British EV supplier and manufacturer Bedeo is taking over Protean from National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), an Evergrande subsidiary that is currently feeling the turbulence at its parent company. Protean Electric was founded in 2008 and claims to hold several hundred patents relating to […] More…
Gridtractor debuts SaaS model to charge electric tractors
The new startup Gridtractor just launched in California to develop charging technology and energy management services for electric tractors and heavy farm equipment. In concrete terms, Gridtractor will help farmers integrate electric charging and V2G technology into their operations through a new SaaS model. Gridtractor’s smart energy platform has also found a first client in […] More…
CN purchases battery electric freight locomotive from Wabtec to support sustainability goals
Canadian National Railway Company (CN) announced the purchase of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive, the first to join its 19,500-mile rail network. The purchase was part of CN’s sustainability strategy to reduce freight transportation emissions and will be supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). More…
SAP says all company cars will be emission-free by 2030
German software company SAP has announced that employees entitled to a company car will order only electric vehicles from 1 January 2025. SAP also plans to electrify its entire fleet, which includes some 27,000 vehicles, by 2030. As SAP points out in the announcement (deliberately released in the context of the COP26 climate summit in […] More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Prices Emerge In Canada: MSRP From $44,999 CAD
Let’s see the offer and calculate the USD prices. More…
Is Tesla Planning China Factory 2? Denies Location But Not Plans
Tesla has come forward to dispel rumors about a site for another China factory, though it won’t comment on specific plans. More…
Lightning eMotors sells first 70-seat electric double decker bus with a 640 kWh battery
Electrified commercial fleet developer Lightning eMotors has announced the sale of an all-electric double-decker coach bus that seats 70 passengers. The converted diesel coach now contains a 640 kWh battery pack installed by Lightning eMotors, offering an estimated range of over 200 miles. According to the company, this is the largest known battery capacity for this vehicle type. More…
Tesla and Hertz reportedly have a disagreement over how fast Tesla can deliver 100,000 electric cars
Tesla and Hertz are reportedly in the middle of a disagreement over how fast the former can deliver the 100,000 electric cars that the rental company ordered. More…
Forgotten Tesla Mini Car Makes A Comeback In Fresh Renderings
Back in 2018, Elon Musk tweeted about Tesla developing a mini EV—what if it looked like this? More…
SK On to build fourth battery plant in China
SK On, the battery division of the South Korean company SK Innovation, which was spun off at the beginning of October, is apparently planning its fourth and so far largest production facility for electric car batteries in China. According to an agency report, the new plant will not be part of a joint venture, but […] More…
SWFT Fleet review: no-frills e-bike cruiser doesn’t even use vowels
The SWFT brand is relatively young in the electric mobility space, but it’s coming out swinging with a variety of options. Casting a wide net, SWFT sells direct and through Best Buy, both online and in 10 stores in the US. Today we’ll be reviewing an offering right in the middle with their electric cruiser, which is called the Fleet. More…
VW CEO Diess Tries To Ease Internal Conflict: Will He Get Ousted?
Change is hard, and it’s proving to be an issue among VW workers related to Tesla rivalry and the future. More…
EV tax credit update: House proposal extended to $80,000 EVs, union-made drama remains
The most controversial part of the expanded $12,500 EV tax credit so far hasn’t been the spending itself, but the requirement that vehicles getting the top amount—$4,500 of the $5,000 boost the program is being given—will need to be union-made. As part of an updated measure spanning climate issues and social spending introduced… More…
Byton standing on its last leg
According to a new report in the Chinese business magazine Caixin, the lights are finally going out at the Chinese electric car start-up Byton. A local court has already initiated insolvency hearings. After the Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn put its cooperation with Byton on hold, after it was only announced at the beginning of this year, […] More…
Massachusetts may soon host the first US solar on highway sound barriers
Massachusetts-based Ko-Solar wants to put solar panels in places no one really notices, like on industrial building roofs, in parking lots, and sound barriers on highways. It may finally get its chance, on Interstate 95 in the Boston area. And that would be a US first. More…
Vitesco expands R&D capacities in China
Vitesco Technologies has commissioned a new research and development centre in Tianjin, China. The focus of the new facility is on the development and testing of electrified drive systems – especially for the Asia-Pacific region. The research and development centre is located at Vitesco’s Tianjin production site, which has been there for 26 years. As […] More…
Tesla upgraded Model X with higher battery energy density and more powerful motors
New EPA documents reveal the main powertrain upgrades that Tesla applied to the new Model X – higher battery energy density and more powerful motors. More…
See How Non-Tesla EVs Block Tesla Superchargers Now
Only some non-Tesla EVs are compatible due to the specific layout and short cables. More…
Manz to set up battery production lines for BMW
The engineering company Manz has been awarded the contract to set up a battery production line at BMW’s Parsdorf site near Munich. The Bavarian carmaker is known to want to set up a pilot battery cell production line on-site. According to a company statement, the order placed with Manz includes equipment for coating the electrode […] More…
VW teases electric Microbus revival ahead of 2022 reveal, 2023 deliveries
Volkswagen on Wednesday teased a prototype version of its Microbus-inspired ID.Buzz electric van that could closely resemble a production version due for customer deliveries in 2023. A camouflaged ID.Buzz was shown briefly by Klaus Zellmer, head of marketing and sales for the VW brand globally, during the livestream of the ID.5 crossover reveal… More…
