Volvo Trucks has just announced its largest-ever order for electric trucks in North America. Warehousing and distribution company Performance Team has placed an order for 16 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks. The 16 electric trucks will transport regional loads to Performance Team customers throughout Southern California on a daily basis starting later this year. […] More…
BYD presents heavy-duty electric trucks
BYD North America has unveiled two next-generation battery-electric heavy-duty trucks; the ‘Gen3 8TT’ and ‘6F’. The truck cabs were designed by Wolfgang Josef Egger, former Audi chief designer, and have up to 185kW CCS1 charging capability. The extended-range version of the 8TT and 6F offer a range of up to 200 miles on a charge. […] More…
Nissan Ariya Soon Will Be Available For Pre-Order In Norway
The pre-orders book to be opened in Norway on the world EV day, on the 9th of September. More…
Bye Aerospace delivers three electric aircraft to Reykjavik
US manufacturer Bye Aerospace announces another order for its electric aircraft. The Reykjavik Flight Academy has signed a contract for the purchase of three all-electric eFlyer training aircraft. Specifically, these are two units of the two-seater eFlyer 2 and a four-seater eFlyer 4. In addition, the manufacturer and the Reykjavik Flight Academy are negotiating an […] More…
Tesla is looking for 4680 cell suppliers in China
Tesla is apparently looking for more suppliers to manufacture its 4680 battery cell in China. According to a Chinese media report, Tesla is already negotiating with several battery manufacturers in the country, such as the existing suppliers CATL and LG, but also with new suppliers. The information comes from the portal 36 Krypton, which refers […] More…
CALB to expand production capacities by 2025
The Chinese battery manufacturer CALB (China Lithium Battery Technology) has announced the expansion of its production capacities to 300 GWh by 2025. Among other things, the company is planning a new factory in Hefei with a capacity of 50 GWh. International carmakers could also benefit from this. As the company recently announced on its WeChat […] More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Morphs Into Cool Robotaxi For Motional
The Ioniq 5 robotaxi will start operating in the US as a Lyft ride-hailing vehicle from 2023. More…
Shell to finance Ubitricity charge points in the UK
Shell is to install 50,000 Ubitricity charging points in the UK by 2025. The transitioning oil producer acquired the Berlin-based charging infrastructure specialist Ubitricity earlier this year. Shell says it will assume part of the costs for the new charging points. Around 3,600 Ubitricity chargers are already installed in the UK. To reach the 50,000 […] More…
Mercedes presents first performance PHEV
With the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance, Daimler has presented its first high-performance plug-in hybrid. The vehicle has a system output of 620 kW – the purely electric range, however, is just twelve kilometres. The Stuttgart-based company had already announced at the end of March that the Mercedes Performance subsidiary AMG was working on […] More…
MotorTrend Raves Over Rivian R1T After Exclusive First Drive
MT was allowed privileged access to one of the most important new EVs to hit the US market this year. More…
VanMoof collects $128 million in financing
The Dutch e-bike manufacturer VanMoof has received another 128 million US dollars from investors – the equivalent of around 108.5 million euros. According to the company, this is “the largest Series C investment ever made for a European e-bike brand”. Together with the two previous funding rounds last year, VanMoof now has a funding pot […] More…
2023 Subaru Solterra EV Looks Like A Rebadged Toyota bZ4X
Minor details and badging aside, Subaru’s first EV appears identical to the Toyota bZ4X inside and out. More…
Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance PHEV Is The Most Potent AMG Ever
It makes 831 horsepower and enough torque to move a medium-sized mountain. More…
Radical new electric bike drive systems requires no chains or belts, entirely ride-by-wire
German company Schaeffler has just revealed an entirely new drive system for electric bicycles that eschews traditional bike chains and belts for an entirely electrical-driven system. The new system is known as the Schaeffler Free Drive and marks the entry of one of the most divergent electric bicycle drivetrains we’ve seen in years More…
SVOLT Reveals First NMx Cobalt-Free Battery Pack
It will be used in the upcoming Great Wall’s ORA Cherry Cat. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 31, 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…
Electrify America to implement 34 DC fast charger facilities in SoCal for heavy-duty trucks
EV charging network Electrify America has announced a project with NFI Industries to support the latter’s fleet of 60 electric heavy-duty trucks with a charging infrastructure of 34 DC fast chargers. The project is scheduled to be completed in December of 2023 and is being described by the companies as the single largest charging infrastructure project in the US to support heavy-duty EVs More…
Tesla survey shows take rate for Full Self-Driving package is surprisingly low
A large survey of Tesla owners gives us probably the best idea of the take rate for the Full Self-Driving package More…
EVs In 60ish Seconds: This Week’s Interesting EV News, August 30
More positive news in the EV space to start off the week. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 First Look Review
We get to check out one of only two Ioniq 5s currently in the US. More…
