The US solid-state battery specialist Solid Power, backed by Ford and BMW, has announced a second production facility in Thornton in the US state of Colorado. The main purpose of the plant is to produce solid electrolyte material. The new facility will significantly expand Solid Power’s capacity to produce key materials for its solid-state battery […] More…
Toyota Outlines Its Strategy On Batteries And Electrification
The company will invest over $13 billion in the battery supply system and research and development by 2030. More…
EVBox Group to equip Bridgestone sites with EV chargers
Bridgestone has made a deal with EVBox to install EV charging stations across the tire specialist’s retail network in the next five years. The partners plan 3,500 AC and DC charge points in France and Italy before expanding into the UK, Germany, Poland, Spain, and other European countries. Bridgestone says the new charging stations must […] More…
See Epic 2,000 KM EV Race To Arctic Circle With Unexpected End
Ford Mustang Mach-E vs Porsche Taycan vs Tesla Model 3. More…
Mercedes-Maybach EQS concept presents its future electric SUV in super-lux form
Mercedes used this week’s Munich auto show to unveil a concept car previewing a super-sized EV for its ua-luxury Maybach sub-brand. The Concept Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV also hints at an upcoming SUV companion to the EQS sedan unveiled earlier this year. Maybach will then get its own ua-luxury version of that model, similar to how the current… More…
SK Innovation to supply battery cells for Xpeng
According to a media report, the Korean battery cell manufacturer SK Innovation has won the Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng as a new customer. Xpeng has so far mainly relied on cells from CATL. This is reported by Korea IT Times with reference to industry circles. SK Innovation is expected to supply cells with a nickel […] More…
ALD Automotive launches corporate leasing for Tesla
ALD Automotive is now offering leasing services for Tesla in 16 European countries. Companies can take advantage of ALD Automotive’s full-service leasing packages for the Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X. According to the leasing company, it is “Tesla’s preferred operating leasing partner throughout Europe”. ALD offers full-service leasing packages for companies […] More…
Rising sales for BEVs and PHEVs built in China
China’s electric car manufacturers recorded rising sales figures for electric cars and plug-in hybrids in August. BYD surpassed the 60,000 new electric vehicle (NEV) sales mark for the first time. By comparison, Tesla sold 44,264 of its vehicles manufactured in China last month. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), the sales volume of […] More…
Performance ID.3 could release in 2022
VW is also planning a performance variant for the ID.3. Brand manager Ralf Brandstätter confirmed this in an interview on the sidelines of the IAA. The basis for the model, presumably called ID.3 GTX, is already known. In May, Volkswagen had shown a concept car under the project name ID.X, which was basically an ID.3 […] More…
Tesla’s $25,000 electric car rendered as sporty Model Q hatchback – dope or nope?
Tesla is coming up with its $25,000 electric car, but we still don’t know exactly what it will look like or even what it will be called More…
Antwerp contracts TotalEnergie to expand EV charging network
TotalEnergies has won Antwerp’s public tender to install and maintain electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Belgium’s second-largest city. The energy arm of France’s petrochemical giant Total will exclusive expand the existing network with both AC and high power charging stations. The city of Antwerp has awarded TotalEnergies the contract until 2034 for standard charging points […] More…
Renault wants to prolong the fossil fuel era
Renault opposes the EU Commission’s Fit for 55 climate package, which will effectively ban new cars with combustion engines, including hybrids, in the EU from 2035. At the IAA Mobility, Renault’s head of development Gilles Le Borgne argued an extension of the deadline for hybrid vehicles to 2040. The French carmakers argument is that given […] More…
Toyota is investing over $13 billion in EV batteries while lobbying to slow everyone else
Toyota announced that it is investing over $13 billion in EV batteries as it is trying to catch up after falling behind in electrification More…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 8, 2021
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…
There is no Li-ion battery recycling standard, but that may be about to change
Lithium-ion battery development and production is rapidly escalating worldwide, yet there’s no standard when it comes to battery designs, materials, and chemistries. And that affects the ability to recycle Li-ion batteries – a vital final stage of their life cycle. But this may be about to change in the US More…
No Parking Allowed For Chevy Bolt EVs At A Parking Lot In SF
What will happen if this spreads and includes whole charging networks? More…
Bosch unveils unique EV cable without bulky ‘charging brick’
Engineering and technology company Bosch has unveiled a new charging cable for electric vehicles equipped without the traditional “charging brick.” The manufacturer shared new details of the EV cord ahead of its world premiere at IAA Mobility in Munich this week More…
Audi Q4 e-tron Gets A Top Five Star Rating From Euro NCAP
…but it falls behind Volkswagen ID.4 and Skoda Enyaq iV. More…
I drove a rare solar-electric yacht to test clean-sea propulsion, here’s how it went
While we at Electrek often tend to focus on electric vehicles taking over roads, it’s important to remember that our inevitable abandonment of fossil fuels stems to all modes of transportation, whether it’s by land, air, or even the sea. I recently had the opportunity to set sail on Sunwater Marine’s Ramblin’ Rose, a 40-foot sailing yacht powered by solar panels and electric propulsion. It’s one of the only vessels of its kind on the West Coast More…
NIO ES8 Scores Five Stars In Euro NCAP Safety Tests
The ES8 shines in the Safety Assist category with “excellent results for its autonomous emergency braking system.” More…
