With new lease rates in place ahead of Memorial Day, it’s currently cheaper to lease a Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Ioniq 6 than a Tesla Model 3, reports CarsDirect. According to a Hyundai national dealer bulletin cited by CarsDirect, the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SE is now available to lease at $429 a month for 36 months with $3,999 due at signing. That’s based… More…
Tesla Model Y With Hardware 4 Computer Reportedly Begins Shipping
Several photos that show the system’s updated cameras were posted on Twitter. More…
LG Electronics launches EV charger suite
It is official – LG Electronics is entering the EV charging business. After the move leaked earlier this year in March, the South Korean company presented a new product portfolio comprising four models. LG Electronics launched two AC chargers delivering 7 kW as wall boxes or charging pillars. Two DC stations are capable of outputting […] More…
Tesla Canada, 5 Series, Escalade, & Battery Tech: Top EV News May 26
The holiday weekend has arrived, and it’s time to share the good EV news. More…
Cool Planet Group scores conversion of 8,500 trucks
The Irish company Cool Planet Group will convert around 8,500 diesel-powered mining trucks into electric vehicles over the next three years. The order is reportedly worth around 50 million euros. According to the Irish Times, the order comes from a “world-leading mining company”, the name of which has not been disclosed. Much of the refitting […] More…
Stellantis buys into Li-S battery developer Lyten
Stellantis invests in lithium-sulphur battery developer Lyten, working on a novel three-dimensional graphene material platform. Stellantis wants to get in on what could be a breakthrough in the Li-S sector. Utilising Lyten developments, Stellantis aims for advanced Lithium-Sulfur based EV batteries, vehicle lightweighting, and enhanced vehicle sensing solutions. Li-S batteries could deliver more than twice […] More…
Tesla Model Y the most sold car in Q1
The Tesla Model Y was the world’s best-selling electric car for the first time in the first quarter of 2023. In 2022, the Model Y was still in third place behind two Toyota models. Now the Tesla SUV leads ahead of four of the Japanese company’s internal combustion and hybrid series. Sales figures were compiled […] More…
Nikola threatened with stock market delisting
The American electric truck manufacturer Nikola Motor is threatened with exclusion from the US stock exchange Nasdaq. Because the share price was below one US dollar per share for 30 consecutive days, Nikola no longer complies with Nasdaq regulations. The company has been granted a grace period until 20 November 2023 to comply with the […] More…
Data leaked on errors in Tesla’s Autopilot functions
A data leak suggests that Tesla has bigger technical problems with its Autopilot driver assistance system than previously thought. Insiders leaked 100 gigabytes of data to the German publication Handelsblatt, which are said to originate from Tesla’s IT system. Informants leaked over 23,000 files to the German paper, where a team of 13 journalists worked […] More…
Ford Lightning Pickup To Help Maintain And Operate Nearly 15,000 Wind Turbines In The US
More than 300 electric trucks will enter the fleet of Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine maker. More…
Ford & Tesla enable Ford drivers access to Superchargers
A surprising cooperation is to begin in North America: Ford will install Tesla’s charging port in its new electric vehicles from 2025 onwards. In the interim, Ford vehicles with CCS ports will be able to use Tesla Superchargers by means of adapters. Yesterday, on Twitter Spaces, Ford CEO Jim Farley announced the cooperation in a […] More…
Hyundai and LG are going to build a $4.3B EV battery plant in the US
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) just announced that they will build a $4.3 billion EV battery plant in the state of Georgia. More…
Blue Bird opens electric school bus factory to build 5,000 buses per year
Blue Bird has opened a new “Electric Vehicle Build-Up Center” on the grounds of its main manufacturing plant in Fort Valley, Georgia. The 40,000 square foot facility will help the company reach production of 5,000 electric school buses per year. More…
Rivian starts production on cheaper dual-motor R1T, deliveries in June
The first customer dual-motor R1T, with Rivian’s in-house designed Enduro drive unit, rolled off the production line at the company’s factory in Normal, IL, today. More…
Ford adopts Tesla charge port for future EVs, Supercharger access soon
Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk together on Thursday announced that Ford is planning to shift to Tesla’s charging interface—and the superior fast-charging experience of Tesla Superchargers—starting with its next-generation EVs in 2025. Those next-generation models will have the familiar Tesla port, called North… More…
Future Ford EVs Will Be Equipped With Tesla Charging Port
Starting next year, Ford EV buyers will get to use Tesla’s 12,000-plus Supercharger in the US and Canada. More…
Ford will add Tesla plug to its electric vehicles in surprising move
Tesla and Ford announced a partnership to onboard the latter’s electric vehicles on the former’s Supercharger network. Ford will add the Tesla plug, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), to its own electric vehicles. More…
US wind and solar combined produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023
US wind and solar together produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023, according to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). More…
Mercedes-Benz is installing a 100 MW wind farm on its test track
Mercedes-Benz has hired a contractor to install a 20-turbine wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, Germany. More…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk discusses EV future with Ford CEO Jim Farley
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is going to discuss the future of electric vehicles with Ford CEO Jim Farley on a Twitter Spaces. More…
