As new, larger, and more powerful EVs make their way into consumer driveways, their deliveries still remain quite small in number compared to the other electric vehicle types. That being said, the demand for electric trucks has exploded with many manufacturer models reserved into the next couple years. As a result, some early customers of these EV trucks are taking advantage of this demand and reselling them for a profit, some more than double what they paid. More…
Cars.com Says Electric Vehicle Searches Up 173 Percent In March
It also notes that it does not foreshadow mass EV adoption across the market yet. More…
Polestar EVs will soon be widely available at Hertz
The U.S. rental-car giant Hertz has made a strategic partnership with Sweden’s Polestar for the purchase of up to 65,000 Polestar EVs over five years, the companies jointly disclosed on Monday. Availability of the Chinese-produced Polestar 2 at Hertz is set to start this spring in Europe and late 2022 for North America and Australia. Hertz… More…
Electric scooter company NIU releases Q1 2022 sales figures, shows jump in overseas sales
Leading smart electric scooter company NIU has released its Q1 2022 sales volume figures, which demonstrate a large increase in international sales volume yet only a modest bump in domestic sales. More…
Green Cell opens plant for e-bike batteries
Green Cell, a Polish specialist in batteries and charging technologies for mobile devices and electric vehicles, has opened a new plant for e-bike batteries near Krakow. Up to 50,000 batteries per year are to be assembled at the plant in Balice. The company says that the first e-bike battery model assembled there is already available. […] More…
Elon Musk Buys 9.2 Percent Of Twitter, Shares Instantly Surge
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Hertz to buy 65,000 BEVs from Polestar
The car rental company Hertz and the electric car manufacturer Polestar have entered into a global cooperation. Hertz will purchase up to 65,000 Polestar electric cars over a five-year period. In Europe, the first vehicles are expected to be delivered in spring 2022, in North America as well as Australia at the end of 2022, […] More…
New tariff system for Mercedes me Charge
From June 2022, there will be a new tariff system for the approximately 300,000 charging points of the Mercedes me Charge network in Europe. In future, three new charging tariffs will be offered that are tailored to individual driving performance. Mercedes says tariffs are called S, M and L. Mercedes me Charge S is aimed […] More…
Nissan May Reduce Dealer Margin On Ariya Electric SUV To Offset Costs
The traditional dealership model may cause contention between automakers and dealers. More…
TS Bravo is the latest low-cost electric motorcycle with the specs and price to upend the industry
When Alrendo first rolled onto the scene with its 135 km/h (84 mph) TS Bravo electric motorcycles, the commuter bikes looked ready to inflict some serious damage on the conventional gas-bike market. And now that the model has received new upgrades and the company is expanding its reach across Europe, Oceania, and Asia, the future is looking quite bright for a new era of high-performance commuter electric motorcycles. More…
2022 Kia Niro Electric (E-Niro) Specs And Technical Details Revealed
It has the same power output, the same capacity battery, a few miles more range but considerably less torque than before. More…
Lilium postpones market launch until 2025
The Bavarian electric aerial taxi start-up Lilium has postponed its planned market launch by one year. Instead of 2024, the electric vertical take-off is now expected to be approved in 2025 and thus begin commercial operation. Lilium CEO Daniel Wiegand told Welt am Sonntag that there were several reasons for the postponement. These included slight delays […] More…
Rolls-Royce completes winter testing for the Spectre
Rolls-Royce has completed winter testing of its first electric model, the Spectre, in the Arctic Circle in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees, about a quarter of the 2.5 million test kilometres planned for the battery-electric car. There are also rumours about the BEV’s drive system. The winter testing took place in and around […] More…
The Chevy Bolt EV Battery Recall Bonus That Nobody’s Talking About
We range-test a 2017 Bolt EV before and after the battery replacement and find out how much difference the new pack makes. More…
Chinese EV maker Nio might make phones—for the ecosystem, not to rival Apple or Samsung
Chinese EV firm Nio is considering a line of smartphones in response to demand from tech-savvy customers, CEO William Li said in an interview with China-based news service Sina published Friday. Customers want a phone that connects better to Nio’s vehicles, Li said. He indicated that a Nio phone wouldn’t be about making money or competing directly… More…
Hertz announces it is ordering up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Polestar
Fresh off its order of 100,000 Tesla vehicles, Hertz announces that it is growing its EV fleet with a new order of up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Polestar. More…
German-Made Tesla Model Y Compared To China-Made Model Y
Is it easy to spot the differences? Which is better? More…
Uber expands EV options to the whole of London
Uber has announced that its passengers can now request an EV from anywhere in London, as its fully electric ride-hail option, Uber Green, has been expanded from Zone 1 to the whole of London. Since its EV-only option called Uber Green first launched in 2021, the company has tripled the number of EVs available on […] More…
All-electric bus services to start in Senegal
Infrastructure investor Meridiam is implementing a large bus project in Africa with its partners Keolis and Fonsis. The concession contract now signed provides for a total investment of more than 135 million euros for the operation and maintenance of an exclusively electric bus public transport network in Senegal’s capital Dakar. The concession runs for a […] More…
Meridiam, Keolis & Fonsis to start all-electric bus services in Senegal
Infrastructure investor Meridiam is implementing a large bus project in Africa with its partners Keolis and Fonsis. The concession contract now signed provides for a total investment of more than 135 million euros for the operation and maintenance of an exclusively electric bus public transport network in Senegal’s capital Dakar. The concession runs for a […] More…
