Meet Domus – the solar electric sailing yacht concept created as a collaboration between Rob Doyle Design and Van Geest Design. This 40-meter sailing vessel promises to deliver the interior volume of a 60-meter yacht and can propel itself using wind, solar, hydro regeneration, and hydrogen fuels cells to deliver “unlimited range.” All without any carbon emissions. Did we mention it has a movie theater. More…
Lithium leader reveals new Mega-Flex processing plant in SC to support over 2M EVs annually
One of the largest lithium producers globally, Albermarle Corp, announced plans Wednesday to make Chester County, South Carolina home to its new $1.3 billion Mega-Flex lithium processing facility. The plant, once open, is expected to support the production of roughly 2.4 million EVs each year. More…
Tesla Model 3 used prices are down more than $11,000
Tesla Model 3 used prices are now down 21.5% since last year’s peak. On average, the used price of Tesla’s cheapest vehicle is down by more than $11,000. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 6 Will Charge For Free At Electrify America
The fast charging package includes two years of unlimited 30-minute complimentary charging sessions. More…
Genesis Considering Urban Luxury EV Inspired By 2019 Mint Concept
Genesis execs admit that an entry-level battery electric model is being studied for the European market. More…
How BMW is using NVIDIA Omniverse to virtually produce its next-gen EVs
BMW is already manufacturing its next-generation all-electric Neue Klasse (new class) vehicles two years ahead of the launch of series production – virtually at least. Using NVIDIA’s advanced virtual computing platform, BMW revealed this week it has opened the world’s first entirely virtual factor in the NVIDIA Omniverse to produce its Neue Klasse EVs. More…
Report: CATL’s New Qilin Battery Enters Series Production
It will soon be used in the all-electric Zeekr 009 MPV. More…
Tesla Model Y Vs Honda CR-V Hybrid: True Cost Of Ownership Compared
The Tesla Model Y and Honda CR-V Hybrid may both have impressively low ownership costs, but one is a better deal than the other. More…
Italian Manufacturer Malaguti Presents The Carezza And Pescarola E-Bikes
A duo of urban commuters with a focus on performance. More…
Opel Grandland Successor Will Be A BEV Based On STLA Medium Platform
The new battery electric vehicle is scheduled to enter production at the Eisenach plant in Germany in the second half of 2024. More…
Lockheed Martin (LMT) invests in electric seaplane company to expedite use in defense
Leading defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin (LMT) revealed Wednesday a new investment in pioneering electric seaplane maker REGENT to expedite use in defense situations. More…
Tesla promises to double number of trees at Gigafactory Mexico after deforestation
Tesla has promised to plant double the number of trees that it will remove as part of the deforestation effort to build Gigafactory Mexico. More…
Cadillac poaches Tesla drivers while they charge
To promote its electric model Lyriq, Cadillac is using cold call methods at Tesla charging stations in China. A case has now come to light in which Cadillac employees offered Tesla owners test drives with the Lyriq during their waiting time at the Supercharger. Incidentally, this approach is not new: Audi pulled a similar stunt […] More…
Volkswagen To Become Global EV Battery Supplier, Invest In Mining
Europe’s largest automotive group aims to sell batteries to Ford as part of its partnership and supply other brands going forward. More…
Aptera announces major pre-order worth $3.35 million
The US-based Aptera Motors says it has received a pre-order for 101 of its solar electric cars. The deal is valued at $3.35 million. The company says this is just the beginning. The reservations come from the company SustainabilitySooner, which also stipulates that it could add more than 100,000 solar electric cars to its fleet […] More…
Cissoid teams up with Silicon Mobility on SiC inverter
Cissoid and Silicon Mobility have announced a partnership to deliver a complete and modular SiC inverter reference design supporting electric motor drives up to 350 kW/850 V. The Cissoid module integrates the gate driver board and control board with Silicon Mobility’s OLEA T222 FPCU, DC and phase current sensors, DC link capacitor and EMI filtering […] More…
Review: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T plug-in hybrid puts performance first
The 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T is a small, plug-in hybrid SUV with a mission that has little to do with running on grid electricity, lowering emissions, or saving fuel. Instead, this affordable model from Stellantis’ bad-boy brand also brewing up a noise-making electric muscle car has a clear priority: performance. Think PHEV, and you may imagine… More…
Tesla opens more Superchargers in Europe for 3rd party use
Tesla has opened many more of its Superchargers in Europe to other brands. The number of European countries with approved Superchargers has not changed, but the number of stations that can be used by electric cars from other brands has. When the first stations were made available for all brands in Italy last November, selected […] More…
I test-drove the only street-legal electric microcar in the US, and it’s wild
Electric microcars are a tricky to define subset of motor vehicles, especially in the US. Open-air neighborhood electric vehicles, fancy golf carts, and other small vehicles tend to blur the line, leaving microcars in that weird category of “I know it when I see it.” Now after recently test-driving one myself from the New York-based startup Wink Motors, now I definitely know it. More…
Xing Mobility brings immersion-cooling battery system to Europe
Xing Mobility, a developer of immersion cooling for batteries, has entered a strategic partnership with Nordic Booster. The Norwegian company specialises in batteries for construction equipment and mobile charging systems for heavy industrial vehicles. The cooperation brings Xing Mobility’s Immersio XM25 battery system, which the Taiwanese company introduced last year, to the Northern European vehicle […] More…
