Rome’s public transport company ATAC (Azienda per la mobilità) has ordered 411 battery-electric city buses from Italian manufacturer Iveco. The €300-million deal, Iveco’s largest electric bus order to date, includes a 10-year, full-service maintenance plan for each bus. Rome’s new buses include both 12- and 18-meter models The first are scheduled to be delivered by… Read more…
Federal Highway Administration solicits feedback on how to certify Tesla’s NACS for EV charging grants
The Federal Highway Administration is seeking feedback on how government rules should be updated to support the new NACS/J3400 standard, which enables other companies to manufacture and use Tesla’s formerly proprietary charging connector. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes $7.5 billion in subsidies for public EV charging infrastructure. $5 billion of that will be funneled through… Read more…
VW, China’s Long-Time Top-Selling Car Brand, Was Dethroned By BYD In 2023
After edging past Tesla in the all-electric game in Q4 2023, BYD overtook VW as China’s best-selling car marque last year. Read more…
FreeWire Partners With GM Energy To Offer Its Battery-Powered Fast Chargers To Fleet Operators
The chargers can provide up to 200 kW of power but only need 240V or 400V sources to operate, lowering the installation cost. Read more…
2024 Porsche Macan EV unveiled
The wait is finally over and the Porsche Macan EV is no longer a figment of dreams and imagination – it is real and it wants your wallet. After numerous delays, courtesy of Volkswagen’s software issues, Porsche is now bringing the second generation of the Macan packed with new technology to the brim. There’s much to unpack here so let’s… Read more…
Air taxi startup Archer announces battery testing cooperation with NASA
The California-based flying taxi developer Archer Aviation will cooperate with NASA in the realm of battery testing. For their first joint project, the two will analyze the potential of high-voltage batteries for aviation and space flight. Read more…
World premiere of the Porsche Macan: The first PPE electric car is here
Porsche has unveiled its first electric SUV. The carmaker has high hopes for its second electric model after the Taycan. After all, the Macan is not only Porsche’s best-selling model, but with the Premium Platform Electric, it is also a trailblazer for the upcoming electric models. Read more…
VW ID.4 eligible for US tax credit in 2024
Volkswagen confirmed that buyers will receive the full $7,500 US Federal Tax Credit for the MY23 ID.4 and the MY24 ID.4. However, only if the latter is not a done deal yet. Read more…
China’s Automakers Would ‘Demolish’ Manufacturers If Not For Trade Barriers: Musk
Plus, Tesla shares tank after news of 2024 slowdown, and 4680 cells not to blame for Cybertruck’s slow growth. Read more…
Tesla’s Q4 2023 financial report falls short of expectations
Today Tesla announced its financials for the fourth quarter of the last year as well as combined results for the entire 2023 and – judging by the market’s response alone – all is not good in Elon’s house. While the company successfully met its goal of delivering 1.8 million electric vehicles to customers for the year, the Q4 numbers reveal… Read more…
VW still faces supply issues on drive components
Volkswagen is still struggling with a shortage of electric motors from the components plant in Kassel. The electric car factory in Zwickau has therefore only been producing at a reduced rate since last week. The consequences are also being felt at Skoda in Mlada Boleslav. Read more…
Audit report shows CO2 emissions from combustion cars have remained constant for twelve years
According to a report by the European Court of Auditors, most combustion cars on Europe’s roads still emit as much carbon dioxide as they did twelve years ago. According to the EU auditors, the decline in average CO2 emissions in practical driving conditions recorded in recent years is exclusively due to electric cars. Read more…
Biden vetoes Republican block on $7.5 billion EV infrastructure plan
Republicans, and a couple of Democrats, have been pushing back on President Biden’s $7.5 billion plan to extensively build out EV infrastructure in the US by focusing on a short-term waiver that allows federally subsidized EV chargers to include materials from China. No can do, say Republicans aiming to block the waiver – but Biden exercised his veto power, for now at least. Read more…
Fucare Scorpio review: A fun fat tire electric bike with moto-style suspension
As electric fat tire e-bikes become increasingly popular, more designers are getting creative with their suspension setups to differentiate themselves from the sea of other e-bikes out there. Now, the Fucare Scorpio takes a classic dual rear suspension design and applies it in a unique way to electric bicycles. Read more…
Elon Musk: automakers don’t believe Tesla Full Self-Driving is real
Elon Musk says that other automakers don’t believe Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) is “real” as Tesla tries to sell FSD licenses. Read more…
BMW’s First Neue Klasse EVs Will Be X3-Sized Crossover, 3 Series-Sized Sedan
Between 2025 and 2030, BMW wants to launch six new EVs based on its new 800-volt architecture. Read more…
Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says $20,000 Foundation Series Premium Isn’t Worth It
It’s sort of a good deal if you get the so-called Cyberbeast. For the more down-to-earth all-wheel drive version, not so much. Read more…
GM Energy announces collaboration with FreeWire
California-based charging infrastructure specialist FreeWire Technologies announced a collaboration with GM’s charging and energy business GM Energy to accelerate the deployment of ultrafast EV charging infrastructure for GM Envolve fleet and commercial customers. Read more…
Canoo wins contract with the US Postal Service
The US startup Canoo will deliver six units of its Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle 190 (LD 190) to the United States Postal Service (USPS). According to the company, it will hand over the vehicles in Q1/2024. Read more…
Tesla: The bestselling vehicle on the planet is an EV
Tesla on Wednesday affirmed that it delivered more than 1.2 million of its Model Y electric SUVs in 2023—making it the top-selling vehicle in the world, car or truck, electric or not. As Tesla put it, “the best-selling vehicle on the planet is an EV.” The Model Y is made in the U.S., in Fremont, California, and Austin, Texas; in… Read more…
