The share of EVs in total car sales globally jumped from 9% in 2021 to 14% in 2022, more than 10 times their share in 2017, according to the International Energy Agency’s new EV report, released today. More…
Costco has no plans to add EV charging as a traffic-driver
Costco was one of the first retail chains to offer EV charging, but it has no plans to bring it back. “It’s not happening in the next few years,” Costco CFO Richard Galanti said during a recent company earnings call, as cited by The Street, after being asked if he was concerned that EV mandates might make Costco’s lucrative gas stations obsolete… More…
Toronto Transit Commission confirms 340 new e-buses
Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is investing CAD 700 million into procuring 340 electric buses and infrastructure. There is some funding through the provincial government. The equivalent investment of €465 million is being shared more or less equally by the Canadian government and the City of Toronto. The 340 electric buses and 248 chargers are for […] More…
Most NIO Drivers Prefer Battery Swaping To Recharging
The Chinese EV maker says that its vehicles have covered over 6 billion miles. More…
Fisker Ocean Officially Certified In Europe, Deliveries To Begin May 5
Fisker took an uncommon approach and worked to have the Ocean EV approved in both Europe and the US simultaneously. More…
RWTH Aachen to cooperate with Indonesia’s battery industry
The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University is involved in establishing a battery industry and electromobility in Indonesia. This will also involve an electric vehicle and the electrification of public transport. Indonesia is known to have the world’s largest nickel reserves. The government has therefore been trying for some […] More…
Siro lays foundation for battery cell factory in Turkey
Farasis Energy and the Turkish electric car manufacturer Togg have begun construction of their joint battery cell factory. Their joint venture Siro officially laid the foundation stone for this at the site in Gemlik, Turkey. At the end of March, Siro officially started the series production of battery modules and packs. For the time being, […] More…
Volkswagen Group Increased Global BEV Sales In Q1 2023 By 42%
With roughly 141,000 units sold, one in nearly 15 new vehicles were all-electric. More…
New York City considering installing electric bicycle charging stations
Electric bike riders in the Big Apple who need a place to charge up their e-bikes might soon find more options thanks to a plan being considered by the New York City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. More…
Redwood Materials to recycle e-bike batteries for Rad
Redwood Materials will recycle e-bike batteries for Rad Power Bikes in North America, thus entering an often-overlooked market for LEV batteries. Founded by former Tesla man JB Straubel, Redwood also works with Panasonic, carmakers, and bike makers Specialized. The new deal with Rad Power Bikes is notable since the company claims it was among the […] More…
Rivian Provides Update On Dual-Motor Production Ramp-up
Since production started in February, Rivian built over 600 Enduro drive units. More…
Buick Electra E5 Sees Strong Start In China With 8,000 Orders
The orders were placed less than two weeks after the start of sales on April 13. More…
WTB’s New Devo Saddle Is Designed Specifically For E-Bikes
The design is ingeniously simple and effective. More…
Nikola recalls BEV trucks in the USA
Nikola recalls all of its battery-electric trucks manufactured since November 2021 in the US, 364 units in total. Due to a problem with a supplier’s electronic parking brake, there is a risk of the vehicles rolling away unintentionally. Dealers will replace the faulty part. According to the recall notes, if a driver notices the ‘Intellipark […] More…
Tesla data: Model S/X go 88% of original range at 200,000 miles
On average, the Tesla Model S and Model X lose less than 12% of range after 200,000 miles. That figure comes from a slide in the automaker’s just-released 2022 Impact Report, where Tesla also noted that it estimates most of its U.S.-market vehicles get scrapped when they reach that amount of mileage. In Europe, Tesla estimates most of its cars are… More…
USA: Blink Mobility acquires the shared EV service Envoy
Blink Charging’s subsidiary Blink Mobility, an all-electric carsharing service, announced the acquisition of Envoy Technologies, which offers shared electric vehicles as an amenity for real estate developers. Blink Mobility says the deal will create one of the largest all-electric carsharing companies in the United States. This is when combining Blink’s existing EV carsharing service with […] More…
Eberspächer to build EV heater factory in Bulgaria
The automotive supplier Eberspächer has begun construction of a new production plant for electric vehicle heaters in the Bulgarian city of Ruse. The new site is to supply car manufacturers with electric vehicle heaters from the beginning of 2024. According to the supplier’s announcement, these will be used, for example, in electric vehicles and plug-in […] More…
AIM EV Sport 01 Revealed As Light And Nimble Electric Sports Car
It was designed by the same man who signed off on the Isuzu Vehicross and Nissan GT-R. More…
SiC films could outstrip diamond
Researchers in Japan have shown that the thermal conductivity of thin films of cubic 3C-silicon carbide can be higher than diamond More…
Tesla opens select Superchargers in China to (some) other EV brands
Tesla is opening its fast-charging network to electric cars from other manufacturers in China after similar moves in Europe and the US. A pilot project in Beijing and Shanghai sees Tesla initially release five Superchargers in each city for third-party brands. Tesla runs over 1,600 Supercharger hubs with 10,000 charge columns on the Chinese mainland. […] More…
