Tesla appears to be ready to take Bitcoin payments again after briefly doing it a few years ago, but stopping after pressure about going against its mission. More…
ExxonMobil is afraid of cables
Another inglorious example of weird fossil-fuel industry campaigns against electric vehicles is provided by ExxonMobil. In an advert for gasoline, the US oil company draws a dystopian scenario in which people are burdened with vast amounts of cables in everyday life. EVs are only indirectly addressed, but the message is clear: combustion engines mean freedom. […] More…
Look And Cixi Join Forces On New Digital Drive E-Bike Tech
The Pedaling Energy Recovery System (PERS) uses an algorithm that sends power to the back wheel. More…
USA: ABC Companies and Proterra open largest motorcoach charging facility
Up to 40 electric motorcoaches can plug in at the 3.5-acre campus in Newark, California. According to operators ABC Companies and Proterra, it is North America’s largest charging facility for motorcoaches. The facility is equipped with 20 charging stations with two cables each. These are provided by Proterra. The total charging power across all stations […] More…
Westminster City to launch 45 electric refuse trucks
Westminster City Council and Veolia announce the full-scale rollout of the UK’s largest electric refuse collection fleet. Westminster Council has invested £20m in the 45 new electric trucks built by Dennis Eagle which will be introduced over the coming weeks. In terms of charging the new electric vehicle fleet, the fleet operator Veolia was also […] More…
Tesla Cybertruck’s 4680 Cells Boast 10% Higher Energy Density
Tesla also revealed that 4680 cell production at the Texas plant increased 80 percent in the second quarter over the first. More…
Report: Future Mazda EVs may be made in Mexico
Mazda is considering building EVs for the North American market in Mexico starting in 2028, according to a recent Automotive News report. The Japanese automaker is planning two EVs for North America, according to the report, which cited comments from Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro, who took over from Akira Marumoto last month. One of the planned EVs will… More…
Six Problems With The Tesla Model 3 Performance
You can love your car and still wish for some changes and improvements. More…
GOAT BOAT! Tom Brady adds even more star power to the E1 electric race boat series
Seven Super Bowl rings, five Super Bowl MVPs, and countless accolades in between – Tom Brady is considered by many football fans as the GOAT (greatest of all time), but has since retired… then came back to the NFL… then retired again. Brady may have hung up his football cleats, but he’s now taking that competitive edge into new ventures – the latest as a team owner of the UIM E1 World Championship electric boat racing league. More…
Hungary invests to expand government vehicle fleet
The Hungarian government has put out a tender for the procurement of 18,500 vehicles, including 3,500 electric vehicles. The acquisition is planned to cost around €508 million, and the tender will remain open until mid-August. As mentioned above, the 48-month framework contract put out to tender includes three lots for the purchase of a total […] More…
Skoda builds electric trolleybuses for Pardubice and Ostrava
The Skoda Group has received orders from two Czech cities for up to 16 trolleybuses. The manufacturer will build ten 12-metre Skoda 32 Tr trolleybuses for Pardubice and four 18-metre Skoda 27 Tr units for Ostrava. The city of Pardubice, with a population of 90,000, is located on the Elbe River. The public transport operator […] More…
This $2,000 kit from China will convert a classic VW Beetle to electric
Have an old VW Beetle from the 1960s or 70s laying around and want to convert it into an electric vehicle? It’s easier than you think, and cheaper, too. An electric conversion kit from Alibaba designed specifically for classic VW Beetles can nearly get you rolling for $2,000. More…
Spain: Plug-In Car Sales Reached A New Record In June 2023
Both all-electric and plug-in hybrid car sales increased. More…
CNRS present IBIS battery research results as prototype
After four years of development, a 25-member team consisting of scientists from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), as well as engineers from Stellantis and Saft, and other researchers presented a battery prototype with integrated inverter and charging functions. According to the researchers, this integration of the inverter and charging functions enables a […] More…
Oak Ridge Lab to improve battery dry coating processes
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the US Department of Energy is investigating how the dry coating of electrodes affects the structure of battery materials and their electrochemical properties with industrial partner Navitas Systems. ORNL is also a cooperation partner of Volkswagen. So far, a number of companies and research institutions around the world […] More…
US agencies triple electric car purchases
US government agencies plan to buy 9,500 electric vehicles in 2023 alone. That is nearly three times as many as in 2022. They will spend 770 million dollars on vehicles and charging infrastructure. Citing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Reuters reports that 26 agencies with approved plans to purchase electric vehicles estimated they would […] More…
Battery recycler Redwood likely on verge of multi-million funding deal
Battery recycling company Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, is well on its way to raising another 700 million dollars in capital to fund its expansion. This is apparently to finance another recycling plant in Nevada. Talks with investors are well advanced but not yet concluded, reports the Financial Times. The new […] More…
Tesla Cybertruck battery cells get 10% boost in energy density
Tesla still hasn’t revealed its Cybertruck or disclosed an exact timeline for when it will reveal specs and prices. The electric automaker announced that it built one July 15 on Twitter, of course, where Tesla CEO Elon Musk doubles as the social media platform’s executive chairman. On Wednesday, during its quarterly update for investors, the… More…
Elon Musk Says Tesla Would Cut Prices Again In “Turbulent Times”
Tesla’s CEO would do so at the risk of squeezing the company’s own margins. More…
Europe’s cutest electric tiny car grows its territory yet again
Fans of the Microlino, one of the cutest four-wheeled electric vehicles in Europe, will be happy to see that the pint-sized runabout is adding another country to its growing market: France. More…
