It looks like Google-owned navigation app Waze is finally going to make it possible to add your EV and plug type into its app to find EV chargers along your route – but when, exactly. More…
Meet Project Cosmos: 1,000 mile range, emissions-free megayacht from Apple Watch designer
German luxury boatbuilder Lürssen Yachts has shared video footage of it successfully launching a zero-emissions megayacht longer than two olympic swimming pools, suspected to be commissioned by a Japanese billionaire. The exterior of hydrogen powered megayacht, codenamed Project Cosmos, is being designed by Apple designer Marc Newson.. More…
VW ID. 2all: Volkswagen shows its electric small car for under €25,000
Volkswagen has just presented the ID.2all concept. The small EV doubles as a preview of the long-expected low-cost ID.2 and VW’s new design language. The series ID.2. scheduled for 2025, shall be “as spacious as a Golf, as inexpensive as a Polo”. Here’s all we know about the latest iteration. First, the fact that Volkswagen […] More…
Volkswagen ID. 2all Concept Previews The People’s Electric Car
This front-wheel-drive electric hatchback certainly looks like a Golf, but it remains to be seen if it will get the ID. Golf badge. More…
German Bike Manufacturer Rose Presents The Reveal Plus Road E-Bike
The Reveal Plus is outfitted with the Mahle X20 motor and tips the scales at no more than 11 kilograms. More…
Tesla Leads US Luxury Car Sales Yet Again, Per January 2023 Figures
Based on the numbers, Tesla’s sales were up 34% as compared to January 2022. More…
Europe: Tesla Model Y Outsold All Other Electric Cars In January 2023
Tesla expanded its volume by more than 1,000 percent year-over-year. More…
Tesla Owner Sues For High-Priced Parts And Service, Lack Of Options
A Tesla owner filed a class action lawsuit claiming the EV maker has created a monopoly that may leave owners in a tight spot. More…
BMW previews first electric 5 series sedan, EV performance M variant confirmed
At the BMW Annual conference 2023, the automaker announced further details while giving us a preview of its first fully electric 5 series, the i5 sedan launching in October. CEO Oliver Zipse added that “a fully electric performance model” from BMW M gmbH will be included in the lineup. More…
VW raises e-mobility targets for 2030
The VW brand has increased its electric car sales targets in Europe and North America. In Europe, up to 80 per cent of the cars sold by VW are to be BEVs by 2030 instead of the previously planned 70 per cent; in North America, a BEV share of 55 per cent is planned by […] More…
Can Lightning’s electric motorcycle really charge as fast as a gas tank fill-up?
Touring, a type of riding that involves long distance trips, has long been the achilles heel of electric motorcycles. While e-motos have developed to the point where they can beat combustion engine motorcycles in nearly every other metric, quick recharging required for long distance riding has yet to reach parity with a gas station fill-up. At least, that was until Lightning Motorcycle debuted what it says is the fastest charging electric motorcycle yet. More…
Biden administration opens $2.5B community EV charging program
The Biden administration on Tuesday opened applications for the first round of $2.5 billion in funding for EV charging infrastructure under a community grant program. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law enacted in November 2021 includes $7.5 billion to help fund a national EV charging network, with the goal of building 500,000 EV charging stations… More…
Arrival (ARVL) nabs $300M in capital, yet US Van production remains underfunded
UK-based EV startup Arrival has garnered a fresh $300 million in equity financing in hopes it can slow the financial bleeding that has plagued it in recent months. As previously announced layoffs and cost cuts take effect, Arrival expects the funding to help slow its cash-burn rate, but says it will need to raise even more in order to begin Van production in the US next year. More…
Volvo Trucks first to sell electric trucks in Korea
Volvo Trucks has started sales of heavy battery-electric trucks in South Korea and says it is the first global manufacturer to do so. Three electric models are now available for South Korean transport companies to order. The first electric trucks to arrive are The FH Electric, the FM Electric and the FMX Electric. They are […] More…
Volvo CE is bringing electric loaders to Singapore
Volvo Construction Equipment is preparing to launch sales in Singapore. The company’s new online portal is open for Singapore companies to register their interest in using electric machines from Volvo CE with the first to arrive in the next quarter. The first Volvo CE machines to arrive in Singapore will be the ECR25 Electric compact […] More…
Volkswagen Group Will Spend $200 Billion To Boost Its EV Business
The German company wants to build a factory in North Carolina and make its software more reliable. More…
Bobcat goes electric with world’s first skid-steer loader EV and autonomous concept machine
Bobcat is digging deeper into fully electric technology with its latest concept machines revealed at Conexpo-con/agg 2023. The leading construction and agriculture machinery company unveiled what it calls the “world’s first” all-electric skid-steer loader alongside a new autonomous concept model that’s in a category all its own. More…
Koura signs supply deal with Ascend Elements
Ascend Elements will supply Koura with up to 5,000 tonnes of recycled lithium carbonate per year. Koura will use the recycled lithium carbonate in lithium-ion battery materials for the US and European markets, including lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), a key electrolyte salt. The supply agreement with Ascend Elements will allow Koura to produce enough material to […] More…
US opens infrastructure program for communities
The US Department of Transportation released the first funding charge through a new infrastructure-building program. The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program is in addition to NEVI and pushes US infrastructure funding to the expected $7.5 billion. The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program alone provides $2.5 billion in funding over […] More…
Rivian’s New R1 Shop Promises Accelerated Delivery Times
Rivian is inviting R1T reservation holders to its new R1 Shop in an effort to ramp up production and deliveries going forward. More…
