The South Korean materials group Posco Chemical has received its largest and longest-term order to date. Battery manufacturer Samsung SDI has contracted Posco Chemical to supply NCA cathode material over a ten-year period. The high nickel content NCA cathodes are explicitly for electric vehicle batteries. The order is worth 40 trillion won (equivalent to around […] More…
ChargePoint moves into AI-driven buffer batteries by Stem
The ChargePoint network and Stem, an AI-driven clean energy solutions provider, have agreed to join forces and put artificial intelligence behind EV charging. They aim for lower operating costs and added energy resiliency at charging hubs and locating new sites. ChargePoint will analyse the EV charging demand at sites looking to install DC chargers and […] More…
CA: Sonoma County buys more Proterra electric buses
Sonoma County in California announced the purchase of ten battery-electric buses by Proterra to replace ten compressed natural gas buses. The new buses shall arrive in the summer of 2024 and join six other all-electric buses expected to arrive in June. This will bring up the total number of electric buses in Sonoma County services […] More…
2024 Cadillac Lyriq Gets Cheaper Base Trim, Fewer Features And Options
Some say Tesla started a price war in the EV segment, and now GM is following Ford by following suit. More…
BMW teams up with Evergo for new Mexican charging network
BMW is joining forces with Evergo in Mexico to build more than 4,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the country over the next five years. The companies have slated a $ 200 million investment and are looking into both AC and DC charging. BMW Mexico has been offering electrified vehicles in the country […] More…
Report: Tesla Considering Plant In Mexico, Official Says
…will “export directly by air”… What? More…
The SpaceCamperBike Wants To Be The Ultimate Camper E-Bike
A tent, work station, and a cargo e-bike all in one. More…
Stagecoach opts for first ADL electric bus designed in-house
Stagecoach has ordered 55 electric buses from British bus builder Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL). It is the first order of ADL’s latest double-decker, which they developed entirely in-house. ADL unveiled the Enviro400EV in November 2022 – before the presentation, all Enviro400EV buses of the same name came from a cooperation BYD. The vehicles marketed as […] More…
Lotus to go public via IPO with L Catterton Asia
The Geely subsidiary Lotus has announced its intention to list its electric car division Lotus Technology on the stock exchange. Accordingly, the plan is to list on the US stock exchange Nasdaq through a merger with L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corporation, which is already listed there. The plans, which were leaked about a year ago, […] More…
Does Toyota CEO change signal it’s going all-in on EVs?
A leadership change at Toyota doesn’t seem to have changed the automaker’s EV strategy. Akio Toyoda recently announced a step over to chairman after 14 years as CEO of the automaker founded by his grandfather, with Koji Sato anointed as the next Toyota CEO. But the automaker’s stance on EVs—that they’re not the only solution to addressing… More…
Ford Not Planning Tesla-Style Mustang Mach-E Price Cuts In Europe
That’s despite the fact the Tesla Model Y is now significantly more affordable than the Mach-E in Europe after major price cuts. More…
Tesla plans to ramp up Giga Shanghai production after surge in orders, report says
A new report states that Tesla plans to ramp up electric vehicle production at Gigafactory Shanghai to 20,000 units per week after a surge in orders. More…
Tesla to increase investment plans until 2025
Tesla is planning to increase its capital expenditure range by one billion dollars. The money could flow into the expansion of Giga Nevada, or possibly into a new plant in Mexico, for which there is new information about a possible location. First, to the company’s investment plan: as a document submitted to the US Securities […] More…
ABB E-Mobility takes in €326 million in financing
Swiss technology group ABB has raised a further 325 million Swiss francs from four investors, including Porsche SE, for its e-mobility division with its charging station business in the second and final round of its pre-IPO private placement. ABB had raised around 200 million Swiss francs in the first pre-IPO private placement. This raised a […] More…
Polestar Gets Closer To Its Goal Of Making A True Climate-Neutral EV
The Polestar 0 project has eight new partners, but the company’s search for carbon-neutral collaborators is far from over. More…
Honda shows off electric outboard motor for boats using its motorbike batteries
Honda’s combustion engine outboard motors are a common sight on the back of boats in marinas around the world. But those motors could be going green one day thanks to a new Honda electric outboard shown off recently at the Dusseldorf Boat Show. More…
Individual wheel control
It’s worth taking 9 minutes and 36 seconds out of your day to watch professional rally driver Ken Block’s Electrikhana on YouTube (writes Peter Donaldson). I don’t know whether he is a mathematician, but Block is clearly running some very advanced software somewhere in his central nervous system. His latest instrument is the Audi S1 […] More…
BMW Recalls Some I4 And IX Models Because Their Noise Generators Might Malfunction
Modern problems require modern solutions, but they’re not failsafe. More…
Volkswagen Rules Out Hydrogen Passenger Cars, Will Focus On EVs Instead
The German brand’s CEO says hydrogen isn’t competitive. More…
Toyota Calls On Science To Tell EV-Only Extremists That They’re Wrong
The Japanese carmaker got its share of criticism lately and now it’s fighting back. More…
