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Tevva presents 7.5 tonne truck with range extender
The English company Tevva presents a 7.5-tonne truck that is supposed to have a range of up to 250 kilometres in electric drive mode and a range of up to 500 kilometres with the FC range extender activated. Production of the Tevva truck is scheduled to start in July 2022. Tevva boasts in a statement […] More…
Italy’s Plug-In Sales Near 10% In August: Mustang Mach-E Arrives
EVs continue to catch on across the globe despite a slowing car market. More…
Is Tesla Controlling The Footage FSD Beta Testers Share?
Some people suggest Tesla makes testers remove problematic footage, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. More…
More On Tesla Co-Founder Straubel’s Redwood Battery Supply Chain
Battery recycling is only the tip of the iceberg for Rewood Materials. More…
Tesla to build 300,000th vehicle in China so far this year
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai will apparently produce its 300,000th electric car this year. The upcoming annual general meeting of the Californian electric car manufacturer is also to take place at the production facility under construction in Texas. The date: 7 October. A Reuters report says that Tesla wants to reach a cumulative production figure of […] More…
Saietta announces as sole motor supplier for EAV
Saietta is now the exclusive supplier of in-wheel traction motors to Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV). The Saietta and EAV collaboration aims to accelerate the widespread adoption of e-mobility solutions within urban areas and congested town centres. The collaboration will begin by focusing on EAV’s Lightweight Inner-City Solution (LINCS) vehicle, which incorporates a modular lightweight skateboard […] More…
Volvo Trucks Notes Its Largest Electric Truck Order In U.S.
16 Volvo VNR Electric will be delivered by the end of this year across Southern California. More…
Rivian R1T first drive: Easily the best pickup I’ve ever driven, both off road and on
Rivian wowed us at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto show, coming out of stealth mode with a working R1T electric pickup prototype. We said at the time More…
First drive review: 2022 Rivian R1T shines as the North Star of utility vehicles
The 2022 Rivian R1T electric pickup truck draws a lot of attention for a lot of reasons. Around town, the traditional pickup truck style finds the future with LED light bars ringing the rounded edges of the truck. On the road, it makes 3.0-second 0-60 mph acceleration runs look effortless. Off-road, its prodigious capability and quiet footfalls… More…
GM’s BrightDrop lands fleet juggernaut in Verizon as its first EV410 eLCV customer
Following a progress update of its upcoming EV600 electric Light Commercial Vehicle (eLCV), BrightDrop has unveiled a second EV to follow. General Motors’ newly dedicated commercial EV and logistics company has now shared a glimpse of the BrightDrop’s EV410, a smaller version of its flagship eLCV, and announced that Verizon is locked in as the vehicle’s first customer More…
2022 Rivian R1T First Drive Review: Electric Off-Road Dominance
Move over Jeep, et al., there’s a new king of the hill in town. More…
Pro Driver Has Yoke-Related Issues Drifting Tesla Model S Plaid
The new Plaid sedan is eager to slide its tail out, but controlling the slide with the yoke isn’t ideal. More…
US: SK Innovation Announces Five Battery Plants And 150 GWh/Year
The company has ambitions to become the largest battery maker in the U.S. More…
Total to install 11,000 public charge points in China
Total is to build a charging network in China. Through a 50:50 joint venture with the state-owned utility China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), more than 11,000 public charging points with 60 to 120 kW are to be installed in Hubei province by 2025. Strictly speaking, the joint venture between Total and CTG is being set […] More…
Lyten to launch Li-S battery for 2025/26
The new battery material company Lyten from Silicon Valley presents a lithium-sulphur battery platform for electric vehicles. With this, a gravimetric energy density of 900 Wh/kg is to be achieved. Lyten expects the start of production and market availability in 2025/26. Lyten says it laid the foundation for the Li-S platform, called LytCell EV, by […] More…
UK Fuel Shortage Leads To 1,600% Surge In EV Online Searches
Online interest for electric cars exploded to 16 times the average volume in a single day. More…
Does The Mission R Racing Concept Preview A Production Porsche EV?
We’ll explain why we think it just might. More…
Mahle & Bramble to extend hydrogen cooperation
Mahle Powertrain and Bramble Energy have agreed to continue their collaboration to develop Bramble’s PCBFC hydrogen fuel cell technology. The phase 1 demonstrator vehicle was launched at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle show. The initial phase 1 results of the collaboration are based around the modification of a Renault Kangoo ZE with a 5 kW […] More…
Tesla plans to add ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on ‘safety score’
Elon Musk announced that Tesla plans to start adding ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on their “safety score” starting next week More…
