E-commerce giant Amazon is funding the world’s first commercial-scale offshore wind seaweed farm that will sit between turbines – and this project has the potential to achieve a lot of great things. More…
Tesla tries to get owners of older Model S/X vehicles to upgrade with enticing offer
Tesla is attempting to get owners of older Model S and Model X vehicles with unlimited Supercharging to upgrade to a new car with an enticing new offer. More…
New Jersey will now require all-electric car sales by 2035
All new cars sold in New Jersey will have to be zero emissions from 2035, Governor Phil Murphy (D-NJ) announced yesterday. More…
Tesla Tops BMW For 2022 US Luxury Car Sales, And It’s Not Even Close
Tesla had nearly 485,000 new car registrations in the US in 2022 compared to BMW’s ~330,000 and Mercedes’ ~270,000. More…
Volkswagen says its best-selling SUV will go electric as the ID.Tiguan
Volkswagen’s best-selling SUV, the Tiguan, will live on in the electric age. The electric SUV will be built at its main plant in Wolfsburg and is tipped to be called the ID.Tiguan. More…
Tesla recall: Full Self-Driving Beta poses “an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety”
Under the request of federal regulators, Tesla is due to push an update that will restrict the behavior of its most controversial driver-assistance system, labeled Full Self-Driving Beta, because it poses “an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety.” The recall, detailed by the NHTSA Thursday, affects 362,758 vehicles, including the… More…
AddMotor M-340 review: A fat-tire electric trike that can do burnouts?!
Electric trikes are a quickly growing segment of the e-bike market in the US, largely thanks to recent high-profile launches of popular new models. But the AddMotor M-340 electric trike has been around for years as a staple of the fat tire e-trike segment. It recently received some nice upgrades, so we decided to put the newest version of the e-trike to the test. More…
Massive 58-Mile Indoor Cycling Path Envisioned In Dubai
The mega-project hopes to usher in alternative means of mobility while protecting commuters from Dubai’s harsh weather conditions. More…
Tesla is forced to ‘recall’ all Full Self-Driving Beta with update, NHTSA says may cause crash
Tesla has been forced to “recall” all vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta as NHTSA believes it may cause crashes. More…
Tesla’s Price Cuts Damage Confidence In EVs: Renault CEO
Luca de Meo says Renault “will continue to protect the value” of its electric vehicles. More…
Tesla Reportedly Fired Workers Involved In Attempts To Unionize
According to a complaint filed with the US National Labor Relations Board, Tesla just fired dozens at its factory in Buffalo, New York. More…
California EV mandate: New Jersey adopts it, Virginia keeps it
Recent actions in two states have solidified a bloc of EV support throughout most of the East Coast. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced plans to adopt California’s 2035 end date for new internal-combustion cars aside from plug-in hybrids. This was codified in one of three executive orders signed by Murphy Wednesday, which… More…
New Jersey looks at banning ICE sales by 2035
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy outlined broad climate goals, including the creation of a rule adopted by a handful of other states to require all new cars and light-duty trucks sold to be zero-emission by 2035. The proposed rule would go toward the governor’s accelerated plan to achieve using 100% clean energy in the state […] More…
Tesla opening up Supercharger network is upsetting some owners, but in line with the mission
Tesla’s move to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric car owners is splitting the Tesla owner community in two, with some owners being upset and feeling that it will negatively affect their ownership experience. More…
Toyota drops bZ4X prices in competitive China market, now starts at under $25K
Toyota China is slashing prices on its first electric SUV, the bZ4X, in an effort to boost sales in an increasingly competitive market. In China, prices for the bZ4X now start at less than $25,000 (169,800 RMB). More…
Schaeffler commercialises serial hybrid e-bike system Free Drive
The chainless drive developed for electric bikes by Schaeffler and Heinzmann has made it to market. The companies presented the Free Drive system in the summer of 2021 with a focus on inner-city logistics. Production is now underway and the first customers have lined up. Automotive supplier Schaeffler and bike specialists continued working on the […] More…
Magna to build battery casing plant in Canada
The automotive supplier Magna International is investing more than 470 million US dollars in six locations in the Canadian province of Ontario. The most capital-intensive of these six projects is the construction of a new battery casing plant at the Brampton site. Battery case production will specifically benefit the Ford F-150 Lightning “and future OEM […] More…
Musk Okay With Tesla Going Bankrupt If A Rival Built A Better EV
That’s what Tesla board member Hiromichi Mizuno claims Musk said more than once. More…
Electrify America Breaks Ground On 75-MW Solar Power Plant In California
“Solar Glow 1” will produce up to 225,000 megawatt-hours of clean energy per year. More…
Tritium to expand US workforce
Australian charging station manufacturer Tritium announced that the company will be adding more than 250 jobs to the total anticipated workforce at its Lebanon, Tennessee factory. The factory first opened its doors in August 2022. The over 250 jobs now announced will be included on top of the more than 500 jobs over the next […] More…
