The brand’s new showroom approach allows potential clients to test ride bikes more easily. More…
Gocycle Enhances Business Model To Lower Prices And Improve Availability
Panasonic Ships 4680-Type Battery Cell Samples To Tesla
Pilot production in Japan started in May, while mass production is expected to start next year. More…
Ford F-150 Lightning “Junk In My Frunk” Song Debut: Jimmy Fallon
As celebrities start promoting electric vehicles, interest in the segment and adoption stand to increase. More…
Limited Series Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 Debuts Targeting Keen Drivers
It doesn’t get any more power, but it gets several performance enhancing upgrades, as well as tasteful sporty touches. More…
Toyota unveils home battery pack to compete with Tesla Powerwall
Toyota has unveiled a new home battery pack to provide residential backup – a product that is going to compete with Tesla Powerwall. More…
Ford CEO Forecasts $25,000 EV Price War, Brand’s Future EVs Sold Online
Ford’s Jim Farley also noted that its online EV sales model will have non-negotiable pricing. More…
Lucid Air Option Prices Increase Too
The company previously announced a noticeable price increase for cars ordered from June 1, 2022 on. More…
Lexus RX 450 gets PHEV option for the first time
Lexus has unveiled the fifth generation RX SUV series, which comes as a plug-in hybrid for the first time next to another two hybrids. However, Lexus expects the PHEV to become the best-selling RX model in Western and Central Europe. The new Lexus PHEV is labelled RX 450h+ and has 225 kW of system power […] More…
Ford invests $1.5 billion in building an “all-new commercial electric vehicle” in Ohio
Ford announced today a new $1.5 billion investment in building an “all-new commercial electric vehicle” in Ohio. More…
BASF and Nano One co-develop cathode materials
Canadian battery developer Nano One and German chemical company BASF say they have signed a joint development agreement (JDA). The companies plan to co-develop a process with reduced by-products for commercial production of next-generation cathode active materials. The new process will be based on BASF’s HED family and will use Nano One’s patented One-Pot process […] More…
Watch Tesla Model Y Police Car In 30-Minute High-Speed Mustang Pursuit
The chase was eventually called off for safety reasons, but it’s wild to watch the Tesla’s acceleration. More…
Survey finds EV shoppers want wireless charging as an option
Wireless charging firm WiTricity claims most EV shoppers want wireless charging as an option, and it has survey data to prove it. The company on Thursday released results of a company-commissioned survey of 1,053 Americans, nearly half of which already own an EV, and the others intending to purchase an EV within the next two years. Of those… More…
Freewire signs LoI for EV charging scheme in the US
Boosted charging specialist Freewire announced signing a letter of intent with Phillips 66. The rest stop operator says it wants to explore opportunities to deploy FreeWire’s technology within its US fueling station network and other strategic locations. Phillips 66 operates around 7,000 pit stops in the USA under various brands and intends to expand its […] More…
Albert Heijn will electrify Dutch city fleets entirely
The Dutch retailer Albert Heijn will decarbonise all deliveries in the centre of the Hague by the end of this year, including home delivery and the supply of its stores. Throughout 2023, deliveries in central Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Amsterdam are also to be made only electrically. To this end, Albert Heijn and its transport partners […] More…
UK: BYD ADL Celebrates Delivery Of 1,000th Electric Bus
In Europe, the Chinese manufacturer already delivered or has on order 2,600 electric buses. More…
Is ENVO’s Flex Electric Bike Platform The Most Versatile E-Bike Yet?
This ingenious electric cycle can take the form of four different vehicles. More…
Fortnite creator bringing sharper interfaces to upcoming Volvo EVs, starting with flagship model
The next generation of Volvo electric cars will get sharper infotainment interfaces from an unorthodox source. Volvo announced Wednesday that it will partner with Epic Games—the studio behind “Fortnite”—to use Epic’s Unreal Engine in upcoming cars. This will enable “unparalleled high-quality graphics,” Volvo promised in a press… More…
Renault orders cobalt from Managem Group
Renault Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Moroccan mining company Managem Group for the supply of cobalt for electric car batteries. Under the terms of the agreement, Managem will supply Renault with 5,000 tonnes of cobalt sulphate per year over a seven-year period, with the first delivery scheduled for 2025. Renault did not […] More…
How China’s Lithium Leverage Impacts Tesla And Other EV Makers
Estimates hold that China refines more than half the world’s lithium, and it’s aggressively trying to maintain its dominance. More…
Panasonic delivers first batch of 4680 cells to Tesla
Panasonic has delivered the first sample cells of the new 4680 format to Tesla. The large round cells were built on a Panasonic pilot line in Japan. The company is still looking for a location for the planned US production. According to Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO of Panasonic Energy, prototype production for the 4680 cells began […] More…
