Fisker has confirmed 10-year/100,000-mile (whichever comes first) battery and powertrain warranties for its Ocean electric SUV, which is scheduled to start production in November. The battery warranty assures 75% of the battery’s original capacity, according to Fisker’s website. For reference, Tesla’s battery warranty is 8 years or 100,000 to… More…
Renault rumoured to spin-off electric car business
Renault is apparently exploring a possible spin-off and IPO of its electric car business, according to media sources. Renault management is said to be exploring the possibility of splitting the company into two entities for the internal combustion and electric car businesses. Details of the possible plan were revealed by top executives including Chief Executive […] More…
Nissan Delays All-Electric Ariya SUV Yet Again, Supply Chain Issues
Nissan originally planned to bring its second EV, the Ariya, to market in mid-2021. More…
Elon Musk joins Twitter’s board, but it caps his ownership of the social media to 15% to avoid hostile takeover
Twitter announced today that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be joining its board of directors after he bought over 9% of the company and became its largest shareholder. More…
JLR appoints Thomas Müller to head product engineering
In the UK, Thomas Müller is to take over responsibility for the technical development of all new Jaguar and Land Rover models, including hardware and software, with immediate effect. Müller wants to “usher in a new era of electric drive and digitalisation” at JLR. The new Executive Director of Product Engineering at JLR was born […] More…
US: Volkswagen ID.4 Sales Suffer Due To Limited Supply In Q1 2022
The volume is noticeably lower than in the previous three quarters. More…
It’s official: Leading EV battery swap company Gogoro goes public on the Nasdaq
Taiwan-based electric scooter company and battery swapping network Gogoro has officially gone public, listing this morning on the Nasdaq exchange. More…
GM And Honda Announce Plans To Expand EV Relationship
The two brands will work together on affordable EVs in the most popular segments across the globe. More…
Sono signs Valmet as contract manufacturer for the Sion
Sono Motors has changed the contract manufacturer for the series production of its Sion and increased the price of the solar electric car. In addition, a new production location has been found for the solar vehicle. After it become apparent that the production of the Sion by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) in Sweden, announced […] More…
GM and Honda announce plan to ‘codevelop series of affordable electric vehicles’
GM and Honda, which are already working together on two EVs coming to the US in 2024, announced a plan to “codevelop a series of affordable electric vehicles” to come to market by 2027. More…
BYD set to provide Hungary with 48 electric buses
BYD has received an order for 48 electric buses from Hungary’s largest public transport company Volánbusz. The 12-metre-long BYD electric buses are to be delivered to Volánbusz later this year and will be used in five Hungarian cities. According to BYD, this order represents the Hungarian PTO’s largest electric bus order from BYD to date. […] More…
US: BMW iX Sales Started In Q1 2022
Soon the lineup will be reinforced by the i4 and following all-electric models. More…
Tender for 83 electric buses in Barcelona
In Spain, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), the public transport operator in the Barcelona metropolitan region, has launched the tender process for the procurement of up to 83 additional electric buses including charging infrastructure. These are to replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their service life in 2023. The tender initially covers […] More…
HV SiC MOSFET switch ships for EVs
Power Integrations (PI) has launched its first high-voltage switch chips for automotive battery packs that use a SiC MOSFET (writes Nick Flaherty). The package for the InnoSwitch3-AQ integrates a 1700 V SiC MOSFET for 800 and 1000 V battery packs where a 1200 V device would not be able to handle the peak voltage that […] More…
BrightDrop Renames EV600, EV410 Electric Vans To Zevo 600, Zevo 400
GM’s division says the new names more closely align with its mission and purpose of decarbonizing last-mile deliveries. More…
Drivers May Not Care About Fuel Efficiency, But Investors Should
Tesla’s rivals may need to pay much more attention to efficiency since batteries are in such high demand. More…
Electric DeLorean teased for August reveal, the first of an all-EV brand reviving a familiar name
DeLorean Motor Company on Monday confirmed an August 18 reveal date for its all-electric successor to the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car. The reveal will take place at the Awards Ramp at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance, and the prototype vehicle will be displayed at the Pebble Beach Concept Lawn on August 21, DeLorean said in a press release… More…
Suzuki & SkyDrive partner on eVTOL development
Japanese automakers Suzuki and SkyDrive have announced a partnership for the commercialization of flying cars. SkyDrive is a Japanese manufacturer of flying cars and is currently developing a compact, two-seating electric-powered flying car with plans for full-scale production. SkyDrive and Suzuki explained that they will start collaborating in areas of business and technology including technology […] More…
Quebec orders 50 Lion Electric school buses
Lion Electric has received an order for 50 all-electric LionC school buses from Autobus Campeau in the province of Quebec. Deliveries are set to begin by the first quarter of 2023. The new buses will be used on school routes in the Brownsburg-Chatham, Gatineau and Rigaud regions, which are not far from Montreal. Students will […] More…
CATL to launch battery production in Germany this year
The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL wants to ramp up cell production at its new plant in Thuringia in the second half of this year. Instead of the planned capacity of 14 gigawatt-hours, however, it will only produce 8 GWh in 2022. “We are in the final spurt,” said CATL’s head of European operations Matthias Zentgraf […] More…
