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…
A new EV brand is prepping to enter the US from the owners of Polestar and Volvo
Lynk & Co, a high-end market brand from Geely (the parent company of Polestar and Volvo), is preparing to enter the US with its first EV due out next year. More…
Tesla has built its 4 millionth electric car
Tesla announced that it has built its 4 millionth electric car, and the rate of production is increasing at an impressive pace. More…
Nissan Expects To Qualify For Full US EV Tax Credits From 2026
The automaker plans to offer six EV nameplates in the US market from 2026, including four that will be made locally. More…
Tesla opens some US Superchargers to other EVs, offers CCS retrofit
Tesla is now letting EVs from other brands charge at some U.S. Supercharger sites, while offering a Combined Charging Standard (CCS) retrofit for its own vehicles. “Select” Superchargers are now open to other EVs, according to a video posted to Twitter. Drivers can find these sites using the Tesla app, which is also needed to start a charging… More…
Ride1Up REVV1 FS review: How I hit 37 mph on an e-bike built like a motorbike
The Ride1Up REVV1 FS is a rare breed of e-bike. It’s not that the design is that unique. In fact, it’s obviously another SUPER73 imitation. But what makes it so unique is that it’s a really good SUPER73 imitation. And by that I mean it’s built more like a moped or motorcycle than like an electric bicycle, which translates into an amazingly good ride. More…
Electric snowmobile charging is now getting much faster for Taiga Motors
Electric marine and off-road vehicle manufacturer Taiga Motors announced that owners of its electric snowmobiles will soon have access to a new over-the-air (OTA) update, enabling DC fast charging capabilities to existing battery hardware.. More…
Tesla To Offer Unlimited Overnight Charging For About $1 Per Day
Tesla is becoming its own utility company with the ability to buy power from Tesla Powerwall owners and then sell it. More…
Polestar (PSNY) boosts Q4 financial position ahead of ‘exciting’ 2023 EV launches
Polestar (PSNY) strengthened its financial position in Q4 as the Swedish EV maker enters an exciting year with two new electric vehicle launches.. More…
Rivian launches major recall for the R1S & R1T
US start-up Rivian is recalling 12,716 of its electric cars. A defective sensor in the seatbelt assembly could cause the front passenger airbag not to deploy in the event. The recalled vehicles were produced between 10 September 2021 and 15 September 2022. The fact that officially vehicles with a production date of September 10, 2021 […] More…
German project team tests fuel cell range extender as retrofit solution
A German consortium led by Orten Fahrzeugbau is developing a fuel cell-based conversion kit in the ‘H2Kit’ project, which is intended to turn commercial vehicles with energy-intensive auxiliary consumers, such as refrigerated trucks, into more efficient electric vehicles. In the two-year project, the partners want to achieve a lower battery weight and more flexible regulation […] More…
USPS buys 9,250 Ford E-Transit vans, with custom EVs years away
The United States Postal Service (USPS) this week announced plans to buy 9,250 Ford E-Transit electric vans, which will get the ball rolling on electrification while the Postal Service waits for its custom-designed electric delivery vans. The first of the Ford vans are scheduled to arrive in December of this year, with deliveries continuing… More…
