Jim Farley visited Jay Leno to show him the Ford F-150 Lightning, turning the famous “car guy” into a “truck guy.” More…
Leno Tells Ford CEO He’s A “Truck Guy” After Driving F-150 Lightning
Tesla Model Y Performance Owner Lists 10 Things He Hates About It
After owning the car for two months and 1,400 miles, Mike talks about the 10 most annoying things he’s noticed. More…
BYD Seal begins pre-orders in China, starting under $32K, as a Tesla Model 3 competitor
Chinese automaker BYD Auto has officially begun taking pre-orders for its long-teased Seal sedan. The new EV model, anticipated by many to become a competitor to the Tesla Model 3, arrives in four different trim models and will be the first from BYD to include its new cell-to-body (CTB) technology. More…
Porsche Taycan GTS Hockenheimring Edition Celebrates Track’s 90th Anniversary
It features an appearance pack that adds decorative stitching, anniversary badges, bronze trim and a unique exterior color More…
Florida’s Climate First Bank launches online solar lending with no fees
St. Petersburg, Florida-based Climate First Bank, which claims to be the world’s first FDIC-insured community bank founded to fight the climate crisis, today launched an online solar lending platform for Florida residents. More…
Wing Bikes Is Throwing In A Location Tracker To Deter E-Bike Thieves
The tracker makes use of Apple’s Find My network to let you keep tabs on your bike at all times. More…
Tesla lobbies for anyone with solar and batteries to participate in Texas’ energy market
Tesla has filed to change rules for grid operators in Texas in order to enable anyone with solar and batteries, including residential homeowners, to participate in the state’s energy market. More…
Tesla Cybertruck Shows Up In Michigan At Formula SAE Booth
The event at Michigan International Speedway was an engineering competition where Tesla could recruit new employees. More…
Ford recalls some Mustang Mach-E EVs for software-related issue—with OTA remedy
Ford has recalled just 464 dual-motor all-wheel-drive versions of its Mustang Mach-E electric car from the 2021 model year for a software issue that can cause the EV to enter “a speed limited state.” Ford isn’t aware of any accidents related to the issue, and the issue was brought into a review group within the automaker based on… More…
Einride Trailer Comes With 350kWh Battery To Add 400 Miles Of Range
The electric semi-trailer will be compatible with both Einride’s electric autonomous trucks and conventional electric semi-trucks. More…
Video Looks At Whether Jaguar I-Pace Is A Worthy Used EV Purchase
It’s still one of the best handling EVs out there, it has a big battery and it looks like nothing else on the road. More…
Video Looks Whether Jaguar I-Pace Is A Worthy Used EV Purchase
It’s still one of the best handling EVs out there, it has a big battery and it looks like nothing else on the road. More…
Rivian R1T Towing: How Far Can It Go On A Single Charge?
Is towing an Airstream bunkhouse with a Rivian R1T even practical? Will you have to stop and charge constantly? More…
Alfen & Diebold Nixdorf cooperate on charging
Dutch charging station manufacturer Alfen has agreed a multi-year service partnership with US-American IT group Diebold Nixdorf. The latter will be the preferred partner to provide field services for Alfen’s expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Europe. Diebold Nixdorf will provide maintenance services to ensure improved availability. The partnership has started in four countries in […] More…
Daimler Truck to buy 10 per cent stake in Manz
Daimler Truck will take a stake of around ten per cent in the German engineering company Manz as part of a capital increase. Both companies are also planning a pilot line for the production of battery cells and battery assembly at the Daimler Truck site in Mannheim. Both companies want to bundle their know-how within […] More…
Inductive taxi charging system opens in Cologne
The first inductive charging system for electrified taxis in the public space of Cologne was put into operation in the immediate vicinity of the city’s main railway station on Friday. As part of the TALAKO project launched in autumn 2019, the prototype of the inductive charging system was last installed a year ago at the […] More…
Tesla is back to ramping up Gigafactory Shanghai to new production records
Tesla is back to ramping up production at Gigafactory Shanghai. The automaker could reportedly be back to pre-shutdown level as soon as tomorrow and plans to ramp up to new records later this week. More…
Yoyo now in sharing use with Enjoy in Turin
The small electric car Yoyo from the Italian start-up XEV is now in car-sharing use. Enjoy, Eni’s car-sharing service, is deploying 100 examples of the XEV Yoyo in Turin. The Italian start-up XEV unveiled the production version of its 3D-printed electric small car Yoyo at the IAA Mobility last year. For Enjoy car-sharing services, the […] More…
Musk Says Teslas Will Be Fully-Autonomous, Not Require Driver Next Year
It wouldn’t be the first time the Tesla boss was wrong about this topic, though, so don’t hold your breath. More…
Congo & Zambia to build up battery supply chain
As the world’s largest producer of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) no longer wants to settle for the role of a raw material supplier. Instead, it wants to build its own battery supply chain in the country. A battery factory is also being considered. As the German Handelsblatt reports, the Congolese government is […] More…
