Vietnamese automaker has secured the largest economic incentive package in the history of the State of North Carolina.More…
VinFast Gets $1.2B In Incentives From North Carolina, Opens First US Stores
1,500 Tesla Powerwall owners have already joined the new virtual power plant in California
PG&E announced that more than 1,500 Tesla Powerwall owners have already decided to joined the new virtual power plant it launched in partnership with Tesla in California. More…
GM & EVgo expand charging network in the USA
General Motors has announced the development of a fast charging network at Pilot Company car stations in the US. It will include 2,000 stations with charging capacities of up to 350 kW at up to 500 locations across the country and will be installed, operated and maintained by GM partner EVgo. Installations will begin immediately, […] More…
Iveco plans to use Hyundai’s fuel cell systems for buses
Iveco will use Hyundai fuel cell systems in its future hydrogen buses for Europe. The FC systems will come from HTWO, the standalone Hyundai brand announced at the end of 2020. The decision to collaborate with the Italian manufacturer in this area extends HTWO’s provision of its technology to other companies. The fuel cell systems […] More…
Pininfarina starts production of the electric hyper GT ‘Battista’
Italian luxury carmaker Automobili Pininfarina has begun production of its all-electric GT supercar, the Battista. The Battista is now being hand-built in a 2,300 square metre hall in Cambiano in the Italian region of Piedmont. A maximum of 150 examples will be built and deliveries will begin at the end of summer 2022. The Battista, […] More…
2023 Polestar 3 Electric SUV To Cost Between €75,000-€110,000: CEO
Thomas Ingenlath said US prices will be similar because of the exchange rate parity between the dollar and euro.More…
Fisker hires new manufacturing head
Fisker has appointed Alpay Uguz as Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing with immediate effect. Prior to joining the electric car manufacturer, Alpay Uguz worked at BMW’s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina as general manager for the brand’s SUVs. t Fisker, he will now oversee the company’s global manufacturing and is expected to realise the […] More…
BMW likely to drop combustion models with ‘New Class’
BMW has apparently decided that the next generation of models based on the ‘New Class’ platform planned for 2025 will be built exclusively with pure electric drive systems. In addition, another rumour about the battery cells for the new architecture is confirmed. The German publication Manager Magazin reports on this change of strategy. As recently […] More…
Hyundai N Shows Ioniq 6-Based RN22e And N Vision 74 Fuel Cell Concepts
The manufacturer also confirmed that the hot Ioniq 5 N would debut sometime next year.More…
The real reason Joe Manchin is sabotaging the US clean energy plan [update]
Coal investor and US Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) opposes his own political party’s clean energy program. And since not a single Republican will support the infrastructure bill that contains the program, Manchin has disproportionate power to sink the US plan to decarbonize in order to slow global warming and meet the Paris Agreement target of net-zero by 2050. Why does he oppose it. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 14, 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…
VinFast receives $1.2B in incentives from North Carolina to build US plant, the largest economic package in state history
Earlier today, before its simultaneous opening of six stores in California, VinFast announced it has received a massive incentives package to build its EV manufacturing facility in North Carolina. $1.2 billion (with a “b”) to be exact – the largest incentive package in the history of The Old North State. More…
Two-thirds of new renewables were cheaper than coal in 2021 – IRENA
In 2021, 163 gigawatts (GW) – nearly two-thirds – of new renewable power added was cheaper than the cheapest coal-fired power plants in G20 countries, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).. More…
Report: Nissan LEAF To Be Phased Out
Unofficial sources indicate that the LEAF will be available for only a few more years.More…
Volkswagen emulates Audi charging hub with its own power storage container powered by reused EV batteries
Volkswagen has commissioned a fast charging park in Germany consisting of power storage containers (PSC), each powered by ninety-six reused EV batteries. This portable charging structure emulates a similar product VW Group subsidiary Audi has developed and implemented into a successful “Charging Hub” design. More…
A new sodium-ion battery breakthrough means they may one day power EVs
Sodium-ion batteries have great promise. They’re energy dense, nonflammable, and operate well in colder temperatures, and sodium is cheap and abundant. Plus, sodium-based batteries will be more environmentally friendly and even less expensive than lithium-ion batteries are becoming now. Sodium-ion battery performance has been limited because of poor durability, but this is about to change for the better.. More…
VinFast simultaneously opens six stores in California today with dozens more on the way
In true VinFast fashion, it doesn’t do anything small. Rather than opening its first showroom in the US today, the Vietnamese EV automaker is opening six VinFast stores at once – all in California. With over thirty locations planned for the Sunshine State alone and intentions to expand deeper into the US, VinFast is once again truly moving – fast. More…
Shimano’s New CUES Commuter E-Bike Drivetrain Offers Automatic Shifting
The new automatic transmission system is compatible with Shimano’s EP600 and EP801 motors.More…
Tesla is allowed to sell Model Ys produced during ‘test phase’ at Giga Berlin, potentially thousands of EVs
Tesla is now allowed to sell the Model Y vehicles it produced during the long “test phase” at Gigafactory Berlin. More…
Volvo Trucks to construct charging network throughout California for medium- and heavy-duty EVs
Volvo Trucks North America is joining forces with a bunch of other companies, including Shell Recharge, to implement a fast-charging network on the West Coast dedicated to supporting medium- and heavy-duty commercial EVs. The California Electrified Charging Corridor will combine several major metropolitan cities across Northern and Southern California with high-powered charging infrastructure. More…
