United Rentals is now the first major rental company to offer mobile micro grid battery power to its North American fleet of rental equipment. The HiPower EHR Solar Battery Generator boasts a 5.0kW peak solar array with extendable panels, converting and storing energy within built-in batteries. Read more…
Tesla Can Now Apply The $7,500 Tax Discount Directly To The Purchase Price Of EVs
The point-of-sale rebate can be applied when purchasing a Model Y or Model X Dual-Motor. Read more…
Kia and Uber may develop dedicated ride-hailing EVs
Uber and Kia are tightening their cooperation over Kia’s new ‘Platform-Beyond-Vehicle’ models. During CES, they agreed to work together on specialised PBVs and expand the range of EVs currently available on Uber. Read more…
ChargePoint withdraws from Australia
The US infrastructure firm announced it will cease Australian operations next month. In an email, ChargePoint told its customers it will “no longer maintain a presence in Australia” from 1 February 2024. Read more…
Qbuzz orders another 112 electric buses from Van Hool
The Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool has received a new order for 112 electric buses from Qbuzz. Specifically, the Dutch public transport operator is ordering 56 electric buses of 13 and 15 meters in length from Van Hool to be deployed in the province of South Holland from December 2024. Read more…
EU investigators launch anti-dumping investigation against Chinese manufacturers
Investigators from the EU Commission will apparently be visiting BYD, Geely and SAIC in the coming weeks as part of the ongoing anti-dumping investigation into EV imports from China. Non-Chinese brands producing in China, such as Tesla, Renault and BMW, are not expected to be affected. Read more…
Nissan, Behind On EVs, Delays Two U.S.-Made EVs To 2026 And 2027: Report
The two EVs, a Nissan and an Infiniti, will be made in Canton, Mississippi—just later than expected. Read more…
BYD’s 1st car carrier sets sail fully loaded, 7 more to join fleet in next 2 years
BYD Explorer No.1 will be open to partners while serving BYD in the future, the NEV maker said. Read more…
Live images of the upcoming Lancia Ypsilon EV appear
Lancia’s return is fast approaching and the first car from the reborn brand is going to be the third-generation Ypsilon. Spotted for the very first time without any camouflage during a recent photo shoot in Italy, this all-new EV model is a far cry from its outdated predecessor. The Lancia Ypsilon has around since 2011, but it’s safe to say… Read more…
LG Electronics manufactures charging stations in Texas
LG Electronics has opened its first production facility for EV chargers in the US. The factory in Fort Worth, Texas, is now producing chargers for the North American market and will have an annual output of more than 10,000 units. Read more…
Hexagon Purus raises new capital
Hexagon Purus has raised the equivalent of around 88.5 million euros in fresh capital. The Norwegian company intends to use the funds primarily to expand its production capacities for hydrogen tanks. Read more…
Honda CEO: Solid-state batteries may enable affordable small EV by 2030
Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic. Yet decades on, segueing into an era of EVs, it has no battery-electric equivalent to the Civic. As Honda’s global CEO alluded this past week in a Q&A with Green Car Reports and various automotive and tech media at CES, it doesn’t see how the parallel… Read more…
Segway-Ninebot Just Unveiled Two Powerful E-Bikes Called Xafari And Xyber
Expect to see these bikes in Segway-Ninebot retailers later in 2024. Read more…
Regulatory filing: Core specs of BYD Yangwang U7 revealed
The Yangwang U7 is powered by four motors, each with a peak power of 240 kW. Read more…
Lucid Motors achieved annual production of over 8,400 EVs in 2023
Lucid Motors produced 8,428 electric cars last year and delivered 6,001 units. This puts the US electric car manufacturer in the volume range that it had stated in November following multiple corrections to its target figures. Read more…
CES 2024: Supernal shows second eVTOL concept
Hyundai’s air taxi division has brought another flying cab to this year’s CES and says its four-passenger eVTOL will be ready to fly by 2028. That’s later than expected. Read more…
Blackstone Technology will be dismantled
Blackstone Technology, the insolvent German battery division of Swiss commodities company Blackstone Resources, will likely be sold in pieces. So far, no one has shown any interest in taking over the entire production site. Read more…
No, e-bike fires are not a ‘leading cause of death’ in NYC
It’s a new year, and yet we’re facing the same old problem as last year: electric bike fear-mongering from irresponsible journalists painting an overblown risk of e-bike fires. Read more…
Panasonic plans to improve Tesla cells
Panasonic is working to increase the capacity of its 2170 round cells. Panasonic CTO Shoichiro Watanabe expects the new cells to enter production this year or in 2025 at the factory the company jointly operates with Tesla in Nevada. Read more…
Porsche driver Wehrlein wins Formula E season opener in Mexico
Pascal Wehrlein has won the Mexico City E-Prix, the opening race of this year’s Formula E season, in the Porsche 99X Electric. This year, it appears to be a duel between the Porsche and Jaguar drive systems once again. Read more…
