The hydrogen-powered system can offer pedal assistance up to 15 miles per hour. More…
Chinese Firm Yuoun To Produce New Hydrogen-Powered Electric Bike
Honda & LG Energy Solution to build battery plant in Ohio
Honda and LG Energy Solution have begun constructing their joint venture battery cell factory in the US state of Ohio. The announced factory near Jeffersonville is expected to be operational by the end of 2025 with an annual production capacity of approximately 40 GWh. The two partners announced the plant in the summer of 2022 […] More…
Rivian Confirms 390-Mile R1S Max Pack Dual Motor, Coming This Fall
It will be the longest-range R1S variant yet and likely the most expensive – though prices haven’t been announced yet. More…
Trafigura to supply Next.e.GO Mobile with battery raw materials
The German electric vehicle manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has agreed on a cooperation with the raw materials trader Trafigura. Under the agreement, Trafigura will supply 100 per cent of e.Go’s future aluminium needs, as well as battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and copper. The agreement between the two companies is still a non-binding letter […] More…
TCS buys stake in Sun2Wheel
The Touring Club Switzerland (TCS) has acquired a 20 per cent stake in the startup Sun2Wheel. According to the largest mobility club in Switzerland, it wants to expand its involvement in electric mobility. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. TCS says it also wants to participate in further developing bidirectional charging and storage solutions. […] More…
Rivian confirms 390-mile R1S Max Pack for fall deliveries
Rivian on Tuesday confirmed that it will be delivering Max Pack versions of its R1S, in Dual Motor form, starting this fall. According to Rivian, the R1S Max Pack will accelerate to 60 mph in as little as 3.5 seconds and offer three rows of seating. With the announcement, part of a quarterly financial update for shareholders released Tuesday, the… More…
Rivian falls deeper into debt
The US electric car start-up Rivian has presented its annual report for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2022. While revenues are increasing along with the deliveries of the vehicles, due to scaling production costs, losses have also continued to rise. Q4 revenues were $663 million (€623.5 million), and full-year 2022 revenues were […] More…
BP Pulse and Apcoa to build 100 charging hubs in Europe
BP Pulse and parking management company Apcoa are partnering to build 100 fast-charging hubs in Europe. These will be located in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK. All 100 charging hubs in Apcoa car parks will go into operation over the next three years. The first two are planned for Berlin […] More…
Tesla is working on a Model Y refresh codenamed ‘Juniper,’ report says
A new report states that Tesla is currently working on a Model Y refresh codenamed “Juniper,” which should come into production next year. More…
USPS orders 9,250 EVs & 14,000 chargers
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has ordered 9,250 Ford E-Transit electric delivery vans and 14,000 chargers. Charging stations will be installed at USPS locations, supplied by Blink Charging, Siemens and Rexel USA, with an investment of $260 million. USPS notes in announcing the purchase that this acquisition plan “conforms with the electrification strategy announced […] More…
Volvo Trucks offers more e-trucks for the construction industry
Electric mobility also works for a construction site, as Volvo Trucks demonstrates with its heavy-duty electric trucks for the industry. The manufacturer now offers trucks with simple chassis and various superstructures, such as tippers, mixers or cranes- all with an electric drivetrain. Meant here are the FM Electric and FMX Electric. The FM is a […] More…
Stellantis invests in EV component production capacities in the USA
Stellantis has announced a multi-million dollar investment in three plants in Kokomo, Indiana. The E-components for the upcoming electric models of the group’s US brands will be built there. These models will then contribute to Stellantis’ goal of having every second of its vehicles in the US be electric by 2030. Specifically, the plants in […] More…
Eaton introduces 3-in-1 battery pack vent valve for EVs
Power management company Eaton has announced that its eMobility business has introduced a 3-in-1 battery pack vent valve for EV batteries. The valve includes a battery case leak-check mechanism, as well as passive and active venting to provide overpressure relief for a vehicle’s battery pack. Eaton says the leak-check feature eliminates the need to install […] More…
Rivian Recalls 12,700 R1T And R1S EVs Over Passenger Seat Belt Issue
Rivian says only about 100 of the affected 2022MY R1T and R1S vehicles will actually require part replacement. More…
World First! Charging a Chevy Bolt EV on a Tesla Supercharger using Magic Dock
The news that Tesla officially allows other electric vehicle makes to charge on its Supercharger network is just a few hours old but we’ve already gone out to one of the 10 Superchargers that are enabled to give our little Chevy Bolt some Tesla juice. Here’s how it went. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 28, 2023
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…
Tesla officially opens Superchargers to non-Tesla EV owners in the US and explains how it works
Tesla has finally started to open some Supercharger stations to non-Tesla electric cars owners in the US and it explained how it works. More…
Waymo joins Cruise in 1M test mile club, expands driverless rides to Los Angeles
Robotaxi developer Waymo announced that this past January, it surpassed 1 million miles of autonomous driving with no human present in the vehicle. With the news, Waymo joins competitor Cruise as the latest to reach the autonomous milestone but has also publicly shared the data to back up its progress. As previously teased last year, Waymo is also now officially testing driverless rides in Los Angeles. More…
Ford wins US Postal Service contract to supply 9,250 E-Transits as electric mail trucks
The US Postal Service will purchase 9,250 off-the-shelf Ford E-Transits in its push to move toward electric delivery vehicles, with deliveries beginning at the end of this year. More…
Watch Rivian R1T Recover A Semi Truck That Slid Off Highway Into Ditch
It’s an amazing example of quad motor electric drive capabilities. More…
