In the UK, the ride-hailing service Free Now has started to offer electric cars as the default first option for customers ahead of petrol or diesel vehicles. Free Now is now targeting the goal that 100% of their trips will be zero-emission by 2030 across all key European cities. In the UK, the German sharing […] More…
Tesla Giga Shanghai Production Heats Up (300,000th Car Is Coming)
This week the plant will produce its 300,000th electric car. More…
Tesla Turns Safety Into A Game: What’s Your Tesla Safety Score?
It seems Tesla is taking NTSB director Jennifer Homendy’s advice and working to focus on “basic safety issues.” More…
Ford & AVL UK to examine FCEV Transit viability
Ford and powertrain testing specialist AVL UK have teamed up to build a functional Transit FCEV prototype, which will be used to research the suitability of hydrogen powertrains in the commercial vehicle sector. The two partners aim to analyze both the technical viability of converting the transporter to a fuel cell drive, as well as […] More…
EGEB: Senators call for US solar manufacturing boost with tax credits
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB) More…
Polestar To Go Public Via SPAC, Expects $20 Billion Market Cap
Polestar’s potential value would be nearly double the market capitalization of Renault Group. More…
Bosch presents e-motor for light & medium commercial vehicles
Bosch has presented a new electric motor for light and medium-duty commercial vehicles at the Motor Bella trade fair in the USA. The new electric motor 230 has a rated voltage of 800 volts and is designed for power levels between 150 and 230 kW continuous output. The new electric motor is known at Bosch […] More…
Skoda Announces It’s Ditching PHEVs, Going All-In On Pure EVs
The manufacturer is planning to launch three new EVs by 2030, but no new PHEVs, it seems. More…
LG ES & UC San Diego announce silicon-based solid-state battery
Researchers from LG Energy Solution and the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of battery that combines two technological approaches. Specifically, the battery has both a solid-state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it an all-silicon solid-state battery. According to the project team, the first rounds of testing have shown that […] More…
IAA 2021: Interesting Electric Finds
Conventional? No. Interesting? Definitely. More…
Michigan announces wireless charging pilot, state-funded EV charging network
Over the past decade, Michigan, the traditional home of the U.S. auto industry and a hub for manufacturing, has seemed perfectly fine ceding leadership in electric vehicle infrastructure to the West Coast. Last week, Michigan Governor Gretchen Witmer introduced two projects that could go a long way to turn that impression around: one involving… More…
Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos Certainly Have A Storied History
Bezos and Musk are in competition for a number of reasons, and it shows. More…
Elon Musk In Tesla Email, This Is Most Intense Delivery Week Ever
Hopefully, Tesla can stop these ridiculous quarter-end delivery surges in the near future. More…
Polestar is the latest electric car company to go public
Polestar, an all-electric car brand that spun out of Volvo, announced that it is going public through a SPAC More…
US: Tesla Asks New Buyers To Wait For Model Y LR Until April 2022
The order backlog exceeds half a year now. More…
Industry Develops 3.75 MW Charging System For EV Trucks
The goal is to charge large battery packs in 15-20 minutes. More…
Geely rolls out battery-swapping stations in China
The Chinese car company Geely wants to set up 5,000 battery swapping stations for electric cars in China by 2025. The associated service is called E-Energee. E-Energee’s first battery-swapping station went live in Chongqing in September 2020. Since then, the service has been expanded to ten Chinese provinces. Geely says it has the goal of […] More…
Europe: Plug-Ins Outsell Diesel In August 2021 (First Time Ever)
The overall market was down, but the plug-in segment expanded 61% year-over-year. More…
China: Plug-In Car Sales Reach New Record In August 2021
Almost every fifth new car registered last month was rechargeable. More…
With Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis’ battery venture for Europe more than doubles
Mercedes-Benz announced Friday that it plans to join Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the venture between Stallantis and TotalEnergies, creating “a European battery champion for electric vehicles.” With the new stakeholder, ACC will aim for a 120-gigawatt-hour annual capacity, more than doubling the previous target, and boosting the… More…
