The car was built with battery swapping in mind, but dropping the pack on the road probably wasn’t part of the brief. More…
Video Shows Chinese EV Droppped Its Battery Pack While Driving
New Urtopia Fusion Is First E-Bike Ever To Have Built-In ChatGPT
You can, quite literally, ask your bike for directions while talking about quantum physics on the way to your destination. More…
Canada: Ottawa promises 133 new EV chargers by 2025
Canada’s capital Ottawa wants to set up a coast-to-coast EV charging station network. All 133 planned stations should be up and running by 31 March 2025. The project is expected to cost a total of CAD 1.6 million – 500,000 of which will be covered by Natural Resources Canada’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program. The concerned […] More…
Chinese GAC Group Unveils Jetsons-like Gove eVTOL That Splits In Two
The single passenger rides in the upper part and the autonomous base vehicle returns home on its own, at least in theory. More…
Chinese EV drops entire battery pack while driving
A Chinese electric car designed for battery swapping has dropped its entire battery pack while driving down the road. More…
UK: Tesla lends drivers a hand
Tesla recently stopped making right-hand-drive models, offering only left-hand-drive models in the UK and other countries. And for some drivers, that is quite a stretch. For them to still be able to i.e. pull a receipt at the car park or grab food at a drive-thru through the passenger window, Tesla now offers “The Reacher.” […] More…
NIO Electric Car Sales Exceeded 10,000 In June 2023
But that’s not enough to achieve year-over-year growth. More…
Go-Ahead adds 20 FC buses to Gatwick fleet
In the London Gatwick Airport greater area, 20 fuel cell buses procured by the transport company Go-Ahead are now in use. To supply the buses, Air Products operates a liquid hydrogen filling station in Crawley in the immediate vicinity of Gatwick Airport. The GB Kite Hydroliners ordered by Go-Ahead from the Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus […] More…
Supplier claims a third more winter EV range with thermal tech
Automotive supplier ZF recently unveiled a Porsche Taycan prototype with a number of new components that the company claims can boost cold-weather range by up to a third. The key to this is what ZF calls a central thermal management system that handles temperature control for both the powertrain and cabin. This is based around a central… More…
US: Kia EV6 Sales Weakened Again In June 2023
After one slight positive sign in May, results are deep in the red again. More…
London: Addison Lee buys Green Tomato Cars
London’s largest taxi and rental car company, Addison Lee, is buying Green Tomato Cars, a London-based ride service provider specialising in electrified cars. Addison Lee will thus take over the fleet consisting of more than 1,000 electric vehicles. Addison Lee’s fleet will grow to more than 7,500 vehicles following the takeover of Green Tomato. The […] More…
Track Pack Changes Nurburgring Ace’s Opinion Of Tesla Model S Plaid
Misha Charoudin says he owes Tesla an apology for bashing the stock Model S Plaid in a previous video. More…
E-bike maker Cowboy goes Dutch with new comfort electric bike model
Which e-bike company has an American name, is based in Belgium, and just unveiled a Dutch-inspired e-bike? If you guessed Cowboy, then, well that’s not really all that impressive because it was in the headline. But don’t worry, you still get to checkout the brand’s newest e-bike in all of its comfort-riding glory. Meet the new Cowboy Cruiser electric bike. More…
Schaeffler opens R&D centre in Slovakia
The German automotive supplier Schaeffler has opened a new development centre in Kysuce, Slovakia. Here, the company is developing products and components for e-mobility as well as chassis applications that are used for automated driving, among other things. The supplier is also expanding its test centre at the location with new test benches, test and […] More…
Clipper Automotive Clipper Cab
This e-taxi, converted from the iconic London black cab, is set for real-world trials. Peter Donaldson explains how it’s being developed
The urban jungle is a natural environment for battery EVs, as they can take advantage of its stop-start traffic to recover energy through regenerative braking… More…
Austria: Hofer equips 450 locations with charging stations
Hofer, the Austrian subsidiary of the supermarket chain Aldi, is expanding the charging infrastructure at its shops. Hofer wants to install more than 1,500 new charging points at over 450 locations by the end of 2026. The expansion will be carried out together with regional energy suppliers. According to the portal Ökonews, the roll-out has […] More…
Jim Cramer Would Buy Ford Stock Over Tesla “Any Day”
The host of CNBC’s Mad Money show predicts Ford’s stock may yield more returns for investors than Tesla at the current prices. More…
Northvolt is closing in finalizing Canadian battery plant
Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt is apparently close to finalising a deal for its planned factory in Canada. According to an agency report, an announcement will follow in the coming weeks. And plans are also progressing at the German factory in Heide. But first to Canada, where there was already speculation in early May about […] More…
Tesla sets new record for production and deliveries in Q2
Tesla has set new records for production and deliveries of its electric cars in the second quarter of 2023. 479,700 vehicles were produced from April to June – an increase of 38,892 compared to the previous record quarter. In Q1/2023, 440,808 electric cars were produced, and 422,875 were delivered. With 466,140 vehicles, deliveries in the […] More…
EV Charging Companies Protest Texas’ Move To Mandate NACS Connector
ChargePoint, FLO, ABB, FreeWire, and EVBox said the move is “premature” in a letter to Texas Transportation Commission’s chairman. More…
