US company Universal Hydrogen has completed the first flight of a 40-seat regional aeroplane powered by hydrogen fuel cell power. The ATR 72 regional aircraft was converted to run on hydrogen. One of the aircraft’s turbine engines was replaced with a megawatt-class fuel cell electric powertrain from Universal Hydrogen using technology from Plug Power and […] More…
Lynk & Co Targets US Expansion With New Electric Model After 2024
And it plans to use the same subscription sales business model it has pioneered in Europe. More…
Looking good: Polestar posts financial results for 2022
Sales and deliveries are up for Polestar. The EV maker posted a total revenue of 2.5 billion dollars in 2022 and delivered a total of 51,491 vehicles last year – an increase of 84 and 80 per cent, respectively. Polestar was undoubtedly happy to announce these figures. Revenue was up more than one billion dollars […] More…
Tevva partners with Ecobat for first-life battery management
Electric truck manufacturer Tevva has entered into a strategic partnership with battery recycling Ecobat for the repair, repurposing and recycling of its lithium-ion batteries. The partnership begins with a 12-month pilot phase for first-life battery management, with the option to expand into additional energy storage and recycling solutions. Tevva’s 7.5 t battery-electric truck has recently […] More…
EV registrations in Germany surpass one-million mark
It is official. The number of purely electrically powered passenger cars in Germany has exceeded the one million mark. This is according to the official figures now published by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). According to KBA, there were 1,013,009 electric cars registered in Germany on 1 January 2023. That is a 63.8 per […] More…
Lucid expands to Norway
US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors appoints a new European head and opens its fourth European retail studio – its first in Norway. Lucid’s new Managing Director for Europe is Michael van der Sande, who will report directly to CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson and be based in Amsterdam at Lucid’s European headquarters. This weekend, […] More…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 2, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. More…
Audi shows just how many car parts can be recycled through its ‘close the loop’ project
Through its joint project, MaterialLoop, Audi is proving you can turn old cars into new ones. The project aims to “close the loop” on materials, such as steel, aluminum, plastic, and glass, recycling them to build new cars and significantly reduce emissions and waste. More…
Mississippi, 50th place in everything, passes bill to stop EV dealers
The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that will stop electric car companies from opening their own dealerships in the state, ensuring that the state famous for being last place in many rankings of all 50 states remains there. More…
A new study about seabirds and offshore wind turbines may surprise you
Swedish power giant Vattenfall did a two-year, €3 million study of seabirds at an offshore wind farm off Scotland – here’s what it found. More…
US: Hyundai Ioniq 5 Sales Exceeded 2,000 In February 2023
That’s the best result since June, but a weaker one compared to a year ago. More…
Universal Hydrogen’s 40-passenger hydrogen electric plane completes maiden flight [Video]
Mere weeks after achieving experimental airworthiness certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Universal Hydrogen has successfully taken its 40-passenger regional hydrogen electric plane to the skies. The aircraft took off from Washington state this morning and ascended to an altitude of 3,500 mean sea level (MSL) before safely landing, as you can see in the video below.. More…
Tesla Models To Offer Bi-Directional Charging Capability By 2025
The announcement was made at the Investor Day event, but Elon Musk said he didn’t expect widespread use of the feature by owners. More…
Ford creates new Latitude AI business to develop hands-free, automated driving tech
Ford unveiled Thursday a new business unit called Latitude AI, designed to develop automated driving tech for future vehicles. The division will initially focus on a hands-free, eyes-off driver assist system to improve safety and the driver experience. More…
VinFast Delivers First 45 VF 8 Electric Crossovers To US Customers
Amid skepticism and delays, the Vietnamese automaker has started delivering the first batch of the 999 EVs it imported last year. More…
Ford will restart F-150 Lightning production on March 13
Ford has announced that Lightning production will restart on March 13, after being paused for about a month while a battery issue was investigated. Currently, F-150 Lightnings are under a stop-shipment order, though not a stop-sale, until production restarts. More…
Engwe Presents The Rugged Yet Versatile P26 Electric Bicycle
800 watts of peak power transform your daily commute into a walk in the park. More…
Tesla cofounder’s Redwood shows 95% efficiency in battery recycling pilot
Redwood Materials’ EV battery recycling pilot program has been going on for a year in California, and today the company shared an update on how things are going. More…
Ford F-150 Lightning production restarts March 13, no recall yet
Ford on Thursday confirmed that it will restart production of the F-150 Lightning electric truck on March 13 at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan. The restart, Ford explained in an update statement, allows time for battery cells from supplier SK On “to be built into battery arrays and packs and be delivered to the Lightning… More…
Tesla Installs New V4 Superchargers In Europe With Longer Cables
That should help to solve the main issue for many non-Tesla drivers. More…
