Even though it is less powerful than the i4 eDrive40, it’s almost exactly as quick.More…
2023 BMW i4 eDrive35 Announced In The US As $52,395 Base Model
Jaguar I-Pace catches on fire again – is this another Bolt EV battery fire situation?
Another Jaguar I-Pace battery caught on fire without any crash after simply sitting charging in a garage. This is the fourth known I-Pace battery fire that seemingly started on its own, which is starting to be significant considering the relatively small number of units on the roads. More…
Nikola acquires Romeo Power to develop and produce its own EV batteries in-house
Commercial EV manufacturer Nikola Corporation announced it has signed an agreement to acquire EV battery developer Romeo Power Inc. Nikola will absorb Romeo’s battery manufacturing facility in Southern California and begin engineering its own EV packs in-house. More…
Arcimoto’s Cybertrike Is The Newest Tilting Three-Wheeler Prototype
Each of the three wheels will get an electric motor and torque vectoring technology.More…
Quantumscape Q2 2022 report: 24-layer solid-state cells, scaled manufacturing, and two new OEM customers
Solid-state battery manufacturer Quantumscape has released its second quarterly report for 2022, updating the public to its progress in scaling affordable, energy dense cells for future EVs. The company continues to expand the amount of layers possible in its solid-state cell technology, while simultaneously preparing for scaled assembly for a growing list of OEMs. Here’s the latest. More…
China: Plug-In Car Sales Reached New Monthly Record In June 2022
The volume more than doubled year-over-year, exceeding 565,000.More…
Tesla Rapidly Expanding Superchargers, 100 Now Open In Beijing Alone
Tesla continues to expand the network quickly across the globe, with 34% growth year-over-year.More…
UPDATE: How About A Smaller Tesla Cybertruck Built On Model Y Platform?
Tesla could potentially bring it to market quickly while people wait for the much larger Cybertruck to go into production.More…
Volkswagen Group Unveils Its First Electric Flying Taxi Prototype
The V.MO validation prototype is an all-electric drone with eight rotors for vertical lift and two propellers for horizontal flight.More…
After Bolt bolted from 5 US cities, who gets to take its abandoned electric bikes?
In another example of reality sometimes being stranger than fiction, electric scooter and e-bike sharing company Bolt Mobility appears to have shut down operations in several US cities largely overnight. In doing so, it abandoned hundreds of thousands of dollars of light electric vehicles on the streets. More…
Is X Shore launching a new electric boat? These teaser images sure seem like it
X Shore is one of several electric boat manufacturers helping to turn the tide on fossil fuel-based boating. The Swedish company’s X Shore Eelex 8000 is already a striking example of what can be done with an electric powertrain in a sleekly designed watercraft. But new teaser images released by the company show that “something new” is coming, and it might mean the Eelex 8000 is getting a sister. More…
Review: 2023 BMW iX is charmingly offbeat, delivers on range ratings
Think EVs are becoming normal? Turning heads inside and outside, and flaunting equal parts tech leading edge and design oddity, the 2023 BMW iX is anything but conventional. And, as I found in a recent week with the iX, this kind of weirdness grew on me. The BMW iX pairs some of the advanced material smarts and the battery and electric propulsion… More…
China to extend sales tax exemption for NEVs to 2023
The Chinese government wants to continue the purchase tax exemption for New Energy Vehicles (BEVs, FCEVs and PHEVs) in 2023. The purchase tax exemption for NEVs in China has been in place since 2014, and with its continuation the government wants to further support the growth of the industry. The purchase tax exemption has been […] More…
Tesla’s Elon Musk Countersues Twitter Over $44 Billion Deal
Musk still believes Twitter is holding out on him and not quickly providing the user data he’s been requesting.More…
BP to invest up to £50 million in battery lab in the UK
BP will invest up to £50m in an EV battery testing centre and analytical laboratory. The site will be located in Pangbourne, Berkshire, at the existing global headquarters for its Castrol business. The new battery research facilities are planned to “help advance the development of fluid technologies and engineering for hybrid and fully battery electric […] More…
BMW Recalls 83 i4 and iX Electric Vehicles Over Battery Fire Risk
Owners of affected vehicles told not to drive or charge their cars; instructed to park them “away from any buildings.”More…
Tesla’s Giga Shanghai Cranking Out EVs And Packing Pier Parking Lots
Tesla’s Giga Shanghai appears to be filling up, and the automaker has overtaken the pier to park thousands of new EVs.More…
Tesla (TSLA) surges higher ahead of stock split vote and Cyber Roundup
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is surging higher ahead of its shareholders voting on a stock split and event Cyber Roundup event later this week. More…
Study: EV startup brands aren’t doing well in connecting with prospective customers
Startup EV brands Tesla, Lucid, Rivian, and Polestar have touted desirable products and a direct-sales business model that avoids dealership hassles. But they may not be connecting as well with prospective customers as traditional luxury brands, according to a recent study from consultancy Pied Piper. In a ranking of 25 brands, Rivian came in last… More…
Bratislava opts for Solaris hydrogen buses
Solaris has received an order from Dopravný Podnik Bratislava (DPB) for four hydrogen buses. This is the first order under a framework agreement for Solaris to supply up to 40 fuel cell vehicles to Bratislava. The FCEVs of type Urbino 12 Hydrogen will be the first fuel cell buses entering Slovakia. Solaris and DBP, however, […] More…
