As Congress moves to extend and expand the federal EV tax credit for passenger cars, it’s also considering a bill that would add a first-ever tax credit for electric commercial vehicles. As described in a blog post from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the current version of the bill includes a tax credit of up to $7,500 for vehicles with… More…
Volvo Group announces large-scale battery factory in Sweden to support electric truck production
The Volvo Group announces that it has started working on having a large-scale battery factory in Sweden to support its expansion of electric trucks, electric buses, and electric construction equipment production. More…
Toyota threatens to pull out of the UK over combustion limits
Toyota is apparently threatening to stop its British car production if the ban on new hybrid cars in the UK is brought forward to 2030. The British government had brought forward the ban on the sale of cars with internal combustion engines by five years to 2030 and announced the end of hybrid cars by […] More…
Ascend Elements to manufacture battery materials in Kentucky
The US company Ascend Elements has announced plans to invest up to one billion US dollars in a factory for the production of sustainable battery materials for electric vehicles in southwestern Kentucky. Production is scheduled to start at the end of 2023. The Hopkinsville facility, which is expected to begin construction this year and be […] More…
Dodge to drop the V8 combustion engine
The Stellantis subsidiary Dodge will drop the V8 combustion engine in favour of pure electric drives in the next generation of its Charger and Challenger models. Accordingly, the next generation of the Charger and Challenger, which are expected to be launched in 2024, will be powered exclusively by battery-electric drives. The news was broken by […] More…
Tesla finally starts taking Model S and Model X orders in Europe again
Tesla has finally started taking Model S and Model X orders in Europe again after closing them last year due to a slower than anticipated production ramp following the design refresh. More…
British Columbia increases EV subsidy rebates
The government of British Columbia has increased the maximum provincial rebate under the ‘CleanBC Go Electric Passenger Vehicle Rebate Program’ from $3,000 to $4,000. At the same time, the province decreased the funding for households with higher incomes. British Columbia’s rebate scheme includes purchasing or leasing a BEV, FCEV and long-range PHEV. The maximum rebate […] More…
Stellantis Overtakes Tesla In Europe EV Sales, Targets Top Spot
Stellantis sold 105,413 BEVs in H1 2022 in Europe, compared to Tesla’s 78,277; still, the Model Y was the best-selling EV with 39,969.More…
Volvo Group plans large scale battery cell factory in Sweden
Volvo Group plans to build a battery cell plant in Sweden to mass produce battery packs for its heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Volvo says it has already identified “an ideal location” for the factory. Mariestad in the Swedish province of Skaraborgs has resulted from “an extensive site localization study”, says Volvo Group. That Mariestad would come […] More…
Supercapacitor applications
Although batteries and supercapacitors both store electrical energy, they do so in very different ways that bestow them with complementary characteristics. In a nutshell, batteries store energy chemically and offer high energy density (measured in Wh/litre) while supercapacitors store energy in electric fields and offer high power density, measured in kW/litre. More…
Mini rumoured to be considering cooperation with Canoo
According to a media report, the series version of the electric Mini Urbanaut concept could be produced by Canoo in the USA from 2025. Mini is looking for a technical basis and a production site for the series version of the Urbanaut study, which could complement the Mini range as an electric van. But there […] More…
Ingka to install 1,000 EV chargers at Ikea stores in Scandinavia
Ingka Group, which owns most Ikea stores, says it will install over a thousand EV charge points at Ikea stores in Sweden and Norway by late 2024. Ikea Sweden will add 700 new charging points and Ikea Norway more than 300 new charging stations. More than 300 of the incoming charge columns will deliver fast […] More…
Ford has already delivered F-150 Lightning trucks to customers in all 50 states
Lightning strikes quickly and often it would seem. According to news from Ford Motor Company this morning, customers in all fifty states have received F-150 Lightning pickups just two months after deliveries began. Here are a few of those customers’ stories. More…
Tesla introduces swim & charge service in Germany
A special attraction will be inaugurated tomorrow at the Roland Schüren Seed&Greet charging park in Hilden, Germany. A Tesla swimming pool will open at the pit stop for personal cooling during the charging break. Instructions were posted by Tesla that indicate that up to 4 people can use the pool at the same time for […] More…
Chevrolet Bolt Owners Must Waive Right To Sue GM To Get Cash Rebates
An eligible Chevy Bolt EV owner discovered some unsettling fine print they had to agree with in order to proceed claiming the rebate.More…
Porsche drives deeper into electric bike market, creates two new e-bike companies
Porsche hasn’t been coy about its electric bicycle ambitions over the last few years. But now the company is jumping in with both feet as it starts two new electric bicycle companies to expand its reach in the e-bike market. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 2, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. More…
Check out this massive Swiss ‘water battery’ that can power up to 900k homes
The 900 megawatt (MW) Nant de France pumped storage power plant in Valais, Switzerland, came online in July after 14 years of challenging construction and testing. The gigantic “water battery” is capable of storing enough hydroelectric energy to power as many as 900,000 homes. More…
Faraday Future news suggests financing may be coming soon
Faraday Future is no stranger to financial struggles. After a series of unfortunate events, the EV start-up is pushing back the release of its production model, the FF 91. But, recent Faraday Future news suggests it may have found a short-term solution. More…
Tesla partners with national technical school to train next-gen of EV technicians
Tesla and Lincoln Tech, a company with technical schools across the US, announced a new partnership to train next-generation of electric vehicle technicians. More…
