The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a three-year $1.4 billion plan so the state can achieve its 2025 electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refuelling goals. The plan should enable the state’s zero-emission vehicle infrastructure build-out so that the targets set in Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order for phasing out the sale of new fossil-fuelled […] More…
Lucid Tops Ford’s Market Cap, CEO Hoping For Tesla-Like Valuation
Rawlinson believes Lucid’s rise proves it is now being valued more like Tesla and less like a conventional carmaker. More…
Electric scooter-maker NIU teases new electric vehicle announcement next week
Does NIU have a new electric vehicle in the works? It certainly sounds like we may have a new NIU on our hands next week, based on a teaser sent out by the Beijing-based e-mobility brand.. More…
Nissan launches Ariya electric crossover for $46K in the US
Nissan launched the Ariya electric crossover in the US today and opened reservations.. More…
Why Saudi Arabia Is Investing So Heavily In Motorsport
Arguably no country in the world is investing more in motorsport currently than Saudi Arabia. Their efforts will be projected onto a world stage in December as the F1 season reaches a thrilling climax and one of the venues playing host is a new street circuit in Jeddah. F1 has signed a long-term contract with Saudi Arabia to host F1 and ultimately the race will run on a new purpose-built circuit that is being developed in Qiddiya. They also have the Dakar rally, Formula E, and Extreme E events. More…
Nissan Ariya e-4ORCE Vs VW ID.4, Ford Mach-E and Tesla Model Y
Is the Nissan Ariya competitive in the all-wheel-drive electric crossover/SUV segment? More…
Tesla Tops List Of World’s Most In-Demand Car Brands
According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, this has probably been true for some time, and it’s not letting up. More…
Special forces testing Black Hawk helicopter with side-mounted electric motorcycles
Electric two-wheelers have become an area of intense research and testing for special operations forces around the world. The latest example we’re seeing is a novel application of a helicopter outfitted with a pair of electric motorcycles for stealthy insertion. More…
Tesla Updates Per-Minute Supercharger Pricing, And It’s A Win
Tesla has provided newly expanded tiers for per-minute Supercharger pricing. More…
NTSB Drops Probe Into Fatal 2020 Crash Involving Tesla Model 3
The safety board concluded that the August 2020 fatal crash in Saratoga (CA) was caused by driver error, not Autopilot. More…
Connected Energy to give old Forsee batteries a 2nd Life
The French battery manufacturer Forsee Power is cooperating with Connected Energy, a company that builds stationary energy storage systems based on spent electric vehicle batteries. The aim is to recycle Forsee batteries after they have been used in electric buses. A first joint project with a volume of around 3.5 MWh is planned for the […] More…
Comparison: Base Nissan Ariya Vs Volkswagen ID.4 Vs Ford Mach-E
Entry-level versions (long-range) compared side-by-side: price, range and acceleration. More…
Le Mans Virtual Series: Team Redline And TESLA R8G Win Shortened Nürburgring Race
Team Redline and TESLA R8G Esports have won their respective classes of a truncated 8 Hours of Nürburgring, the third round of the Le Mans Virtual Series. More…
Kia presents the concept EV9 in LA
At the LA Auto Show, Kia unveiled the Concept EV9, a preview of a large electric SUV based on the Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). In terms of technology, the Concept EV9 is seen as a harbinger of the later production model – whether it is the same in terms of design remains to be […] More…
Everything We Know About The 2023 Nissan Ariya US Version
4 versions with a single 91 kWh battery option are coming in Fall 2022. More…
Infographic: A Look At The Race To Catch Up With Tesla
Will legacy automakers catch up with and pass Tesla at any point soon? More…
Rio Tinto invests in InoBat
Mining group Rio Tinto is investing in Slovakian battery company InoBat. The investment follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies in May to build a value chain for the production and recycling of electric car batteries in Serbia. The partners did not disclose the amount of the investment. In a company statement, […] More…
Heliox reveals DC charging station for cars & vans
Heliox, a company known for charging equipment for commercial vehicles, is expanding its range of chargers to the passenger car sector with a DC charger. With the Rapid 50 kW and the Rapid 150 kW Modular, the Dutch charging specialist now offers two solutions for fast charging of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in […] More…
Hubject launces Plug&Charge testing system
Hubject has announced the launch of the Open Plug&Charge Testing System. This allows market participants to access a neutral testing environment to discover more features of Plug&Charge without any commercial obligation. How exactly Plug&Charge works and the importance of the certificates in the system has been elaborated upon in our more detailed report here. In […] More…
Toyota bZ4X Debuts In The U.S., Will Go On Sale Mid-2022
But why does it have two slightly different battery packs? More…
