The Round Rock, Texas-based EV company AYRO has begun exhibiting its AYRO Vanish utility vehicle ahead of its full-scale production commencement. More…
Volvo EX90 electric SUV already sold out for its first year
The 2024 Volvo EX90 is still a few months away from the start of deliveries, but the electric SUV is already sold out for its first year of production. Volvo confirmed this in a press release detailing its first-quarter 2023 financial results, although it didn’t disclose how many vehicles would be built in the first-year production run, only… More…
Rivian Software Executive Talks About Features And Upgrades In Q&A
Rivian is making some big changes going forward, and its SVP of Software Development Wassym Bensaid provides loads of details. More…
Report: Tesla’s US New EV Inventory Reached A New All-Time High
Currently, about 2,500 new Tesla cars are awaiting customers in new inventory, compared to a few hundred in October 2022. More…
Honda And Kia Up EV Production Goals As Segment Growth Booms
EV sales grew a whopping 60% in 2023, with one in every seven passenger cars bought being an EV. More…
ARK Predicts Tesla Stock To At Least $2,000 By 2027, But Why?
ARK CEO Cathie Wood calls a current Tesla investment “one of the most important investment opportunities of our lifetimes.” More…
Bye Bolt, Gravity Testing, Tesla Regen & Honda’s Future: Top EV News Apr 28
As we head into the weekend, share the good news to help encourage EV adoption. More…
Chevy Bolt EV/EUV Cancelled, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Gets Next-Gen Battery
Also, GM and Samsung SDI announce $3 billion battery factory. More…
Terberg secures eCollects order from Westminster City Council
It is the largest single order for electric refuse collection vehicles in the UK to date. Westminster City Council has ordered 40 eCollect from Dennis Eagle, part of the Terberg Environmental Group. According to the company’s press release, Veolia will operate the vehicles in partnership with Westminster Council. The order comes after the city tested […] More…
Zeeba to electrify California fleet with Ford
The Californian fleet leasing provider Zeeba is procuring almost 250 electric vehicles from Ford. These are a mix of the Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning and E-Transit models. Additionally, Ford will supply Zeeba with AC chargers at various locations in Southern California. The number of charging stations is not specified, but Ford Pro charging stations will […] More…
Top Electric Car OEMs By Sales In Q1 2023: Tesla Ahead Of BYD, But Where Is VW?
The Volkswagen Group is now far behind the two top OEMs. More…
BMW finalises suspension fine-tuning of the i5
The BMW i5 is entering the home straight of its series development process with the fine-tuning of its suspension control and driver assistance systems. According to BMW, the world premiere will take place in “a few weeks”. In its statement, BMW confirms that it will offer two variants of the i5 sedan: the BMW i5 […] More…
Canada to double FLO charging network by 2027
In Canada, the public fast-charging network for electric cars is to be doubled in the next four years. The charging network operator FLO has received a loan commitment from the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to build more than 2,000 new fast charging points at around 400 locations by 2027. The loan amounts to 220 million […] More…
Lunaz to electrify Biffa’s refuse truck fleet
The UK-based companies Biffa and Lunaz signed a fleet electrification and upcycling agreement. Lunaz will help electrify Biffa’s diesel refuse truck fleet over the next decade to electric powertrains through its proprietary upcycling and electrification process and technology. The multi-year-spanning programme will launch with an initial order of up to ten 26-tonne upcycled electric refuse […] More…
UK charging providers set up lobby group ChargeUK
In the UK, 18 of the country’s leading charging infrastructure providers have joined forces in a new organisation called ChargeUK. The companies want to invest more than six billion pounds in developing and operating charging infrastructure in the UK by 2030. According to a statement, ChargeUK sees itself as the “voice of EV charging” and […] More…
Skoda’s Response To Tesla Price Cuts Is A $44,000 Entry-Level Enyaq
The Skoda Enyaq iV 50 features a 55-kWh battery pack offering up to 227 miles of range on the WLTP cycle. More…
Rosenbauer to deliver electric fire engine to Colorado
The city of Boulder, Colorado, has bought an electric fire engine from Rosenbauer. It is not just a first for the city, but also for the US state. The Rosenbauer RTX fire engine is an all-electric vehicle with a diesel range extender. It will most likely be delivered in late 2024 or early 2025. The […] More…
Tesla drops price of Model Y 7-seat option to $3K, from $4K
Tesla has lowered the price of its seven-seat, third-row option for its popular Model Y SUV to $3,000, down from $4,000 previously. The change is the latest among several recent price changes for Tesla as inventory reaches a new high. More…
Vitesco adds separately excited synchronous drive option for the EMR4
Vitesco Technologies added an additional option to the fourth generation of its fully integrated EMR4 electric axle drive platform: a new rotor without permanent magnets forms the heart of an externally excited synchronous electric machine that does not require rare earth materials. The EMR4 (Electronics Motor Reducer) itself had already been presented by Vitesco in […] More…
Stellantis orders raw battery materials in Australia
Stellantis has secured nickel and cobalt from Australia. The car company entered into a binding agreement with Alliance Nickel (formerly GME Resources) to supply 170,000 tonnes of nickel sulphate and 12,000 tonnes of cobalt sulphate over an initial period of five years. This corresponds to about 40 per cent of the projected annual production of […] More…
