Xiaomi rocketed the NAVEE N65 electric scooter to a successful launch late last year on its Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding platform. Now the scooter is making its way westward toward European and North American customers. More…
Check Out Europe’s Largest EV Battery Gigafactory In Poland
This single plant supplies EV batteries for most of the plug-in car brands in Europe. More…
ZEBRA: UK Gov’ funds nearly 1,000 zero-emission buses
The British Government, through its Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme, has granted £198Mn to twelve towns and cities. The money will fund 943 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric buses and associated infrastructure and brings the total funded e-buses in England to 2,000 so far. The new funding round through ZEBRA is the […] More…
Tesla’s Elon Musk Is Getting The Attention Of German Automakers
Some automakers may not agree with Tesla’s handling of the chip shortage, but it’s certainly working. More…
ACM Adaptive City Mobility faces its end
The end for the electric car start-up ACM Adaptive City Mobility from Munich now seems to be confirmed. After the company filed for insolvency at the responsible district court last year, according to a media report, investor Karl-Thomas Neumann no longer has any hope of a sale and continued operation. The automotive manager confirmed on […] More…
Stellantis and LG partner for first large-scale battery plant in Canada
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution on Wednesday announced plans for a Canadian joint-venture battery plant—the automaker’s first large-scale battery venture for North America. To be located in Windsor, Ontario, $5 billion Canadian ($4.1 billion U.S.) plant is scheduled to start producing batteries in 2024, and will have an annual… More…
USPTO Makes Tesla Windshield Laser Cleaner Patent Public
This patent was granted in 2021, but it had not been publicly viewable in full until now. More…
Nio’s new business figures show growth over 2021
The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has presented its preliminary business figures for 2021. Annual sales amounted to approximately 36.1 billion yuan (5.2 billion euros), an increase of 122.3 per cent compared to the previous year. The company was also able to reduce its losses. The net loss in 2021 was around 4.0 billion yuan […] More…
Nikola kicks off production of the Tre
Nikola has started series production of its Tre battery-electric truck at its Coolidge plant in Arizona. The first deliveries are scheduled for the second quarter of 2022. Shortly before Christmas 2021, Nikola had delivered the first examples of the BEV version of the Tre to logistics company Total Transportation Services (TSSI). However, the vehicles were […] More…
Tesla (TSLA) announces another stock split; shareholders to vote later this year
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it is planning a new stock split, and it is going to put it to a shareholder vote later this year. More…
Tesla (TSLA) announces a new stock split; shareholders to vote later this year
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it is planning a new stock split, and it is going to put it to a shareholder vote later this year. More…
Tesla suspends production at Shanghai gigafactory
Tesla has to suspend production at its Shanghai plant again, this time for four days. The production pause will run from Monday morning until Friday morning this week. The city government had announced on Sunday that it was sending the metropolis into a harsh lockdown in two phases to conduct Covid 19 tests and get […] More…
VW restarts MEB production in Zwickau
Production of the MEB models at the VW plant in Zwickau has started again – a few days earlier than planned. Production of the MEB SUV Skoda Enyaq in the Czech Republic, on the other hand, will be paused for a little longer, which will also affect the orderability of some variants. Volkswagen had originally […] More…
Tesla halts production at Gigafactory Shanghai as the city shuts down due to surge in COVID-19 cases
Tesla is reportedly halting production for four days at Gigafactory Shanghai as the city is going into a lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. More…
USPS Doubles EV Share Of Future Delivery Fleet To 10,019 Vehicles
That’s 20% of a $2.98 billion order placed with Oshkosh Defense for 50,000 New Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV). More…
Time is running out for UK home charger subsidies
In the UK, the OLEV Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme ends on Thursday this week meaning homeowners considering installing an EV home charger have just until 31 March to apply for funding. The grant can save homeowners £350 on the purchase and installation of a home charging point. “With only one week to go until the […] More…
US NHTSA reinstates billions in fines on gas-guzzling automakers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ruled that heightened fines on automakers that fail to meet Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements on 2019 and later vehicles would be reinstated. The decision is a big hit to high-polluting automakers and the lobby group that supports them, and a win for EV makers. More…
‘Energica Inside’ will see Italian electric motorcycle company’s tech help other brands go electric
You may be more familiar with Energica’s 150 mph (240 km/h) electric motorcycles currently in use at the FIM MotoE electric motorcycle racing series. Energica’s run as the sole manufacturer for the series may be ending after this season, but the Italian motorcycle manufacturer already has even bigger plans for the future. And part of those plans include helping other manufacturers go electric by taking advantage of Energica’s EV technology. More…
BMW i4 M50: Better Than A Tesla Model 3 Performance?
The Straight Pipes’ Yuri and Jakub were left impressed by the 536 hp electric sedan. More…
Tesla Now Has Multiple Battery Options: Which One Should You Choose?
Tesla uses different battery chemistries for various reasons, and it’s important to understand why. More…
