MAN Truck & Bus is restructuring the services in its MAN eManager control tool that was introduced just under a year ago. The tool is a digital command centre for fleet managers who work with the MAN Lion City E electric bus or the eTGE electric transporter. MAN eManager is based on the cloud-based Rio […] More…
Can Police Win A Case Against Tesla If The Driver Was Drunk?
Five Texas police officers are suing Tesla for $1,000,000 after a drunk Model X driver crashed into them. More…
Jay Leno Drives A Tesla-Swapped Classic Porsche 912 By Zelectric
The car is originally from 1968, but it actually features many upgrades under the skin to compliment the EV conversion. More…
Researchers propose fire-preventing “anti-short layer” for EV batteries
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) have proposed a new way to prevent fires in lithium-ion batteries. As reported by photovoltaics industry trade journal PV Magazine, the researchers have tested a so-called “anti-short layer,” which is an extra layer of material on the separator between the cathode and anode… More…
Bologna orders e-buses from VDL
In Italy, the public transport operator TPER (Emilia-Romagna Passenger Transport) has ordered seven Citea SLF-120 Electric buses from VDL Bus & Coach. These are to be deployed in the city of Bologna in 2022. Both parties also want to explore extending the order to up to 20 electric city buses. The order from Bologna is […] More…
Tesla Offering $10,000 Lottery To Promote COVID-19 Vaccinations
Many other companies are offering incentives to get people vaccinated. More…
EGEB: Here’s why solar and storage are the perfect pair
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB) More…
Is Tesla Becoming A Threat To The World’s Largest Utilities?
The electric utility industry is on the verge of a revolution, and Tesla is at the forefront. More…
Rolls-Royce unveils first electric car, Spectre, and will go all-electric by 2030
Rolls-Royce announced today that its first electric car is going to be called “Spectre,” and it’s unveiled the first prototype More…
Rolls-Royce plans to go fully electric in 2030
Rolls-Royce announced that it will no longer build or sell cars with combustion engines from 2030. The luxury brand, which belongs to BMW, will thus also become a purely electric car manufacturer. Fittingly, Rolls-Royce provided a curt preview of its first electric model. The debut electric car from Rolly-Royce Motor Cars will be called Spectre […] More…
GM starts making BrightDrop EV600 electric delivery van, reveals shorter EV410 model
General Motors on Tuesday announced completion of its first BrightDrop EV600 electric delivery vans, and revealed a second version dubbed EV410. It’s a fairly quick turnaround considering that GM only announced the EV600, as well as plans to build it in Ontario, Canada, in January. The EV600 is the first model for BrightDrop, a new standalone… More…
Renault Electric Car Sales Decreased During Summer 2021
Renault ZOE sales slowed down to over 4,000 units a month. More…
Tesla Q3 2021 Deliveries: Bears & Bulls Predict New Record
Despite a chip shortage and plenty of other challenges, Tesla may set another delivery record in the coming days. More…
Motorsport Stats Relaunches With New Look And Features
Motorsport Stats has relaunched its industry-leading results website with a fresh design, new features and functionalities, and faster access to a rich stream of data from the world’s leading racing championships. More…
UK: Addison Lee Orders 450 Volkswagen ID.4
The company intends to switch its entire taxi fleet to electric by 2023. More…
Watch Rivian R1T Take On Hells Gate In Moab
A stock electric pickup truck demonstrates serious off-roading capability. More…
Foxconn announces supply agreement for LFP batteries
Foxconn, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer working for Apple, is cooperating with the companies Giga Solar Materials, Long Time Technology and China Steel Chemical to develop anode materials for lithium iron phosphate batteries. The new batteries are to be used for the first time in electric buses from 2023. The planned cooperation between the aforementioned players […] More…
Vulcan Energy presents first LHM sample and new plant in Germany
The German-Australian lithium producer Vulcan Energy announces that it has produced lithium hydroxide monohydrate using geothermal energy for the first time. The company also plans to move its planned central processing facility to the Höchst Chemical Park near Frankfurt. Vulcan Energy – more precisely, its German subsidiary Vulkan Energie Ressourcen GmbH – wants to extract […] More…
Lucid Air is in production, with first deliveries due in October
The U.S. electric vehicle maker Lucid leaped past several milestones on Tuesday. With an official commissioning ceremony for its Casa Grande, Arizona manufacturing plant featuring Arizona governor Doug Ducey, and presentations by CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson and manufacturing VP Peter Hochholdinger, it reported that it has produced the first… More…
Rolls-Royce Spectre Is The Brand’s First EV: Coming In Q4 2023
Company is also going all-electric after 2030. More…
