Canada has unveiled a $9 billion “2030 emissions reduction plan” with several provisions aimed at lowering the country’s emissions, including a plan to mandate 20% zero-emission new light-duty vehicle sales in 2026, rising to 60% by 2030 and 100% by 2035. But it may not actually ban gas cars – depending on how the plan defines plug-in hybrids. More…
Mercedes-AMG shares pricing for new performance EQS model, the first AMG EV on EQ architecture
Mercedes-AMG will soon deliver the first performance versions of the all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQS and has now shared pricing. With two new curated trims for the US market, the Mercedes-AMG EQS will be the first AMG electric vehicle to arrive on the Mercedes-EQ architecture.. More…
Siemens Gamesa is now producing 115-meter-long offshore wind turbine blades
Spanish-German wind giant Siemens Gamesa has started production of its first B115 blades at its facility in Aalborg, Denmark. The blades will be used on its SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine, which will have an output of 14 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 236 meters (774 feet). More…
Drive Electric Earth Day runs all of April, with in-person outdoor events around the US
Plug in America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association are hosting their annual Drive Electric Earth Day event where advocates educate attendees about EV ownership. While most events will take place on April 22-23, Earth Day weekend, the first events start this Saturday, April 2, with over 180 events scheduled all through the month across the US (and a couple in Canada and New Zealand). More…
NIO EV Sales Reached Almost 10,000 In March 2022
The company announces upgrades of existing models and new ones. More…
Rivian Doesn’t Plan On Turning A Profit As It Focuses On Production
It states in a recent 10-K filing that it expects to ‘incur significant expenses and continuing losses for the foreseeable future’. More…
Lotus Eletre Sports SUV Debuts, Vinfast Announces US Factory
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GM delivered only 457 electric vehicles last quarter, but it assures us more are coming
GM released its Q1 2022 delivery results today and revealed that it only delivered 457 electric vehicles during the last quarter. More…
Rivian Says Ukraine War Is Causing Disruptions To Its Operations
Rivian mentioned the military conflict in Ukraine 13 times in its annual 10-K SEC filing. More…
Another Used Rivian R1T Launch Edition For Sale, This Time $20K Cheaper
Would you drop $139,000 on a used Rivian R1T Launch Edition electric pickup truck? More…
Cyrusher Kommoda full-suspension electric bike review: A fun, category-busting fat tire e-bike!
The Cyrusher Kommoda looks like the e-bike equivalent of someone who got dressed in the dark. It seems to be wearing a bit of every different type of e-bike on the market. Nothing really matches, but damn if this powerful e-bike doesn’t somehow pull it off in an awesome way. More…
VW to recall 118,000 PHEVs with battery issues
Due to the risk of fire or possible electric shock in the event of a defective battery fuse, the Volkswagen Group has to recall around 118,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles of various brands worldwide. Unfortunately for Volkswagen, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke, but a very real and expensive problem. According to a spokesperson, […] More…
VW forced to recall 118,000 PHEVs due to battery issues
Due to the risk of fire or possible electric shock in the event of a defective battery fuse, the Volkswagen Group has to recall around 118,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles of various brands worldwide. According to a spokesperson, Volkswagen has discovered during inspections “that a fuse in the drive system of some plug-in hybrid vehicles may […] More…
BYD to deliver 30 electric buses for Nobina
The local transport operator Nobina has ordered another 30 electric buses from BYD for use in the Finnish capital region of Helsinki. The new order comprises 15 units each with a length of 13 and 15 metres, which are to be delivered to Helsinki at the end of 2022. According to BYD, the low-entry vehicles […] More…
Germany funds 472 new electric buses for Hamburg
The Federal Ministry of Transport is funding the procurement of 472 additional electric buses including charging infrastructure for Hamburg with almost 160 million euros. Funding decisions have been handed over to Hamburger Hochbahn and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH). More will be handed over in the next few days. According to the ministry, the subsidy notifications for […] More…
Tesla opens its ‘longest’ Supercharger station in the world
Tesla has opened its “longest Supercharger station in the world” through a growing partnership with a French supermarket company. More…
Biden Sides With Tesla’s Musk, Opens Oil Reserve, Boosts EV Batteries
As it turns out, we can eat our cake and have it too. More…
Gotion High-Tech begins serial production of 210 Wh/kg LFP batteries
According to company CEO Li Zhen, Volkswagen’s Chinese battery partner Gotion High-Tech has achieved industrialisation of the battery cell with LFP chemistry presented at the beginning of 2021, which offers an energy density of 210 Wh/kg. The company is also working on a semi-solid-state battery that is expected to reach 360 Wh/kg. Li confirmed this […] More…
Biden pulls out 1950’s regulation for battery supply chain
US President Joe Biden is applying the federal Korean War-era Defense Production Act to prioritise domestic production of raw materials needed to make batteries for electric vehicles. The Defense Production Act authorises the US president to require industries to produce certain goods – in this case, lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and manganese. The move is […] More…
CATL improves cell-to-pack tech, claims advantage over Tesla 4680 cells
Battery supplier CATL on Wednesday announced its third-generation cell-to-pack technology, claiming this new version produces more power than the latest Tesla battery tech. Cell-to-pack refers to the direct integration of cells into a battery pack, without the modules used in most current pack designs. CATL claims the latest iteration of this… More…
