The Hyundai all-electric crossover also took home the award for Best Family Car. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Wins UK Car Of The Year Award
France: Plug-In Car Sales Increased By 33% In February 2022
The Tesla Model 3 returns to the #1 spot among BEVs in February and also entered the top 10 cars overall. More…
Saietta Group developing diesel-EV conversion kit
The UK-based e-mobility propulsion specialist Saietta Group is intensifying its efforts for an overhaul operation to convert “existing high-polluting diesel-engine-powered buses and coaches into zero-emission vehicles”. Saietta is looking to achieve this technological feat by working with its RetroMotion division, bus and coach service providers. The plan is to revitalise the operators’ ageing, polluting diesel-based […] More…
GM wants future EVs to be home power banks—and it starts with a California pilot program
Electric vehicles have the potential to be more than just transportation—by using their battery packs for supplemental home energy and grid stabilization. That’s what a collaboration between GM and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), announced Tuesday morning, aims to explore—with the eventual hope of making every GM vehicle… More…
LG ES acquires license for new cathode materials
LG Energy Solution has acquired a license from the US company CAMX Power for the intellectual property of its ‘GMEX platform’. The South Korean battery cell manufacturer is primarily interested in nickel-based cathode materials for use in lithium-ion batteries. The financial details of the deal are not disclosed in the release, so it’s unclear what […] More…
Kia EV6 RWD Beats EV6 AWD In Bjørn Nyland’s Range Test
As expected, the single motor version is slightly more efficient, which results in a higher range. More…
China: MIC Tesla Wholesale Shipments Tripled In February 2022
The total volume (sales and export) exceeded 350,000 during the past six months. More…
Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai output holds incredible pace amid rumors of second factory
Tesla’s February numbers in China are out and it confirms that Gigafactory Shanghai is maintaining an incredible output of more than 600,000 electric vehicles per year.. More…
Forsee Power presents heavy-duty truck batteries
French battery manufacturer Forsee Power has unveiled a new range of battery packs for heavy-duty electric vehicles such as buses, off-road vehicles and special trucks. The new range, called ZEN PLUS, is offered in five variants. The ZEN PLUS range is positioned above the ZEN battery modules, which offer between eight and 42 kWh depending […] More…
Gogoro unveils the world’s first-ever solid state swappable electric vehicle battery
Gogoro, the company behind what has become the de facto standard for swappable batteries in light electric vehicles, has just unveiled the world’s first swappable solid state EV battery prototype. More…
Rock Tech Lithium to build plant in Romania
Rock Tech Lithium plans to build a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Romania. A memorandum of understanding now signed by the company with the Romanian Ministry of Energy provides for investments of 400 million euros for this purpose. According to the company, the plant in Romania would create about 700 direct and indirect […] More…
2023 Cadillac Lyriq Said To Enter Production On March 21
Cadillac does not confirm the date but says plans for production are on track for later this month. More…
SAIC & Alibaba EV joint venture launches production
The joint venture between SAIC and Alibaba has started serial production of its first electric model in China. IM Motors’ first product is a luxury sedan called IM7, scheduled for delivery from April. IM Motors (Zhiji Motor in Chinese) had unveiled prototypes of its first two electric models in early 2021. Now, series production of […] More…
London extends the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ)
London’s ultra-low emission zone will be extended to the whole of Greater London by the end of next year under plans set out by the mayor, Sadiq Khan. Khan has ruled out a proposed £3.50 boundary charge for motorists to enter Greater London, as well as a daily clean air charge, which would apply to […] More…
Brandenburg to make water extraction allowances for Gigafactory
Following the environmental approval of the Gigafactory on Friday, a court ruling on the same day had jeopardised the water supply to the Tesla plant in Grünheide. The state of Brandenburg is now trying to defuse the conflict. After the permit for water extraction, which was found to be illegal and also affects the Tesla […] More…
NIO ET7 Test Drives Begin In China, Deliveries To Start March 28
The company will start building ET7 customer cars on March 10 at its plant in Hefei, Anhui province. More…
Evergrande on rocky ground
Last year, Hong Kong-based Evengrande New Energy Vehicle hired the experienced German car manager Daniel Kirchert. The EV vehicle startup’s mother-company, real estate giant Evergrande is struggling with enormous debt. Less than a year later, Kirchert has already left the company according to the German publication Manager Magazin. Even though the start of series production […] More…
Here’s a closer look at Arcimoto’s radical new leaning three-wheeled electric bike
Arcimoto recently unveiled a fascinating new electric bicycle-like vehicle known as the Mean Lean Machine, or MLM for short. The unveiling left us with plenty of questions about the radical new electric three-wheeler, and Arcimoto has delivered again in the form of a video overview with designer Leo Cruces. More…
Electric scooter company NIU’s Q4 earnings report shows continued growth, but stock drops on missed earnings goal
Leading smart electric scooter company NIU has seen a rollercoaster ride of stock prices over the last year, not unlike many other electric vehicle companies. However, NIU’s overall downward trend in stock price over the last year wasn’t abated by its recent 2021 Q4 earnings report. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 7, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. More…
