Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. The new commercial agreement stipulates that EVR will design and develop electric motors for EKA based on EVR’s proprietary Trapezoidal Stator Radial Flux Permanent Magnet (TS-RFPM) motor that the […] More…
Hyperion Motors presents 1.5 MW fuel cell hypercar
The Californian start-up Hyperion Motors has presented a hydrogen-electric supercar at the Los Angeles Auto Show. On paper, the XP-1 offers enormous driving performance and an outstanding range. The company also presented the required infrastructure solution. Powered by four electric motors with a total output of over 1.5 MW, the Hyperion XP-1 promises a top […] More…
GM reveals Chevy FNR-XE concept in China as one of 15 EVs set to debut by 2025
At General Motors China Tech Day 2022, the automaker reiterated its plans to accelerate the company’s EV rollout with at least 15 new Ultium-based models set to debut in the region. GM also unveiled the Chevrolet FNR-XE concept, previewing GM’s new generation of connected, intelligent EVs. More…
Faraday Future Is Struggling Yet Again, Deliveries In Question
Faraday Future has faced tough times since the beginning, its stock has tanked, and now it’s back to delaying deliveries. More…
Redwood launches recycling cooperation with Lyft
Recycling startup Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has entered into another collaboration. US ride broker and sharing provider Lyft will work with Redwood Materials to recycle end-of-life batteries from its e-bike and electric scooter-sharing fleets. Redwood Materials has not released an announcement about the collaboration at the time of this article’s […] More…
Tesla Supercharging Network Now Consists Of 40,000 Stalls
The company adds roughly a thousand new units per month. More…
GM Expands Manufacturing Capacity For EV Drive Unit Castings In Indiana
The company prepares for the anticipated strong demand for the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV full-size pickups. More…
Mazda boosts EV target to 40% by 2030, plans new hybrid system
Mazda is now aiming to make EVs account for as much as 40% of its global sales by 2030, and plans to introduce a new hybrid system before then, according to an update of the automaker’s medium-term business plan. “We estimate Mazda’s EV ratio in global sales to rise to a range between 25% and 40% as of 2030,” a company press release said… More…
Could Paris Soon Ban The Use Of Electric Scooters Around The City?
The three major scooter-sharing providers are under threat of not having their licenses renewed in 2023. More…
Torque sensing
Twists in the tale Ryan Maughan explains the pros and cons of the various ways to measure motor torque As the market for electrified vehicle powertrains develops, so the quest to deliver improved efficiency and performance in electric drive systems continues. Maximising vehicle range for a given battery capacity is a key target of every […] More…
Insolvent Moove GmbH reorganizes into Cubonic
After the Aachen-based Moove GmbH (formerly e.Go Moove GmbH) recently filed for insolvency, the provisional insolvency administrator Dirk Wegener succeeded in presenting a viable reorganisation concept for the company, which specialises in electric shuttles, to the competent Aachen District Court. With the restructuring concept only four weeks after the insolvency application, it was thus possible […] More…
Geometry is launching a new electric sedan and SUV
The Geely brand Geometry has launched two new electric models in China. These are the G6 sedan and the M6 SUV, both of which start at a base price of 149,800 yuan (approx. 20,250 euros) after subsidies. Both models produce 150 kW and are offered with two battery options (53 and 70 kWh). In the […] More…
Polestar Manufactures 100,000th Polestar 2 Electric Sedan
The achievement comes two and a half years since the Polestar 2 entered production at Volvo Cars’ plant in Luqiao, China. More…
These are the best electric bike sales for Black Friday that are already running [Updated]
Just because we’re still a week away from Thanksgiving doesn’t mean you can’t already save big on a new electric bicycle. That’s because most of the e-bike companies have jumped the gun this year in an attempt to beat each other to the punch. And when they fight over us, we win. Case in point: All of these awesome e-bike deals (and some e-scooter deals, too) are already live and running. More…
Mazda raises e-mobility targets
Mazda has raised its sales target for all-electric cars to between 25 and 40 per cent of total sales by 2030, up from 25 per cent previously. To advance the electrification of its vehicles, the Japanese carmaker plans to invest 1.5 trillion yen (10.3 billion euros) together with its partners. The Japanese company only presented […] More…
Tesla’s next Gigafactory in Asia could be in South Korea
Tesla CEO Elon Musk discussed Tesla’s plan for its next Gigafactory in Asia with South Korea’s president – hinting that the country could be on the shortlist. More…
Abarth presents first electric vehicle model
Fiat’s in-house tuner Abarth will launch the brand’s first purely electric model based on the Fiat 500e. Abarth has made changes to the appearance and the electric drive – but not to the battery. The electric motor of the Abarth 500e has an output of 113 kW. That is 26 kW more than the Fiat […] More…
Ford E-Tourneo Custom to release in mid-2023
Ford has presented the all-electric E-Tourneo Custom. The passenger car version of the E-Transit Custom uses the same technology at its core, but the minibus still gets some features that are not available in the van. The new E-Tourneo Custom comes with eight seats as standard and is offered with two wheelbases. The E-Tourneo Custom […] More…
Tesla Cybertruck Preorders Claimed To Surpass 1.6 Million
That’s according to a crowdsourced reservation tracker not affiliated with Tesla. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 22, 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…
