In the West we are still addicted to the car as the ultimate embodiment of personal mobility (writes Peter Donaldson). However, there is growing awareness of the total carbon footprint of transport, and even the most efficient electric cars represent large tonnages of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere in their manufacture. This awareness is […] More…
Production resumes at the Shanghai Gigafactory
Tesla’s Shanghai plant has apparently resumed suspended production. According to a media report, battery and motor production is up and running again and vehicle assembly is being gradually increased. It is unclear how long the factory’s inventory will last. “We’ll have capacity gradually climbing over the next three to four days until a single shift […] More…
CATL Opens Its First Battery Swapping Stations In China
The battery manufacturer inaugurated four battery swapping stations on Xiamen Island, with plans to expand to ten Chinese cities. More…
Blix Ultra launched as 28 MPH fat tire electric bike, touts 1,350W motor and 80-mile range
Santa Cruz-based electric bicycle company Blix has launched its new Blix Ultra as the brand’s first fat tire off-road adventure e-bike. But true to its roots, Blix’s new e-bike looks like it’d make a great commuter or urban assault e-bike as well. More…
Tesla attacked in multi-million-dollar national ad campaign as part of billionaire’s bizarre Senate run
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) package is being attacked as part of a new multi-million-dollar national ad campaign started by a billionaire who willingly admits his bizarre Senate run is all about attacking Elon Musk and Tesla’s self-driving system. More…
Tesla attacked in multi-million-dollar national ad campaign as part of billionaire’s bizarre Senate run
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) package is being attacked as part of a new multi-million-dollar national ad campaign started by a billionaire who willingly admits his bizarre Senate run is all about attacking Elon Musk and Tesla’s self-driving system. More…
LG Magna ePowertrain breaks ground on new facility to build components for GM EVs
LG Magna ePowertrain, a recently launched joint venture between LG Electronics and Magna International, has broken ground on a new facility in Mexico, the JV’s first production footprint in North America. When completed, the 260,000-square-foot plant will produce a multitude of powertrain components to support electric vehicle production from General Motors (GM).. More…
Drive Electric Earth Day continues this weekend, with in-person outdoor events around the US
Plug in America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association are hosting their annual Drive Electric Earth Day event where advocates educate attendees about EV ownership. While most events will take place on April 23-24, Earth Day weekend, events have been running all month, with over 180 events scheduled across the US (and a couple in Canada and New Zealand). More…
Elon Musk claims Tesla owners have ‘super low usage’ of included mobile charger, but stats show otherwise
Tesla recently announced that it won’t be including its mobile charging connector with every new car, which it had been doing for years. Elon Musk claimed that the reason behind the controversial move was that Tesla was seeing ‘super low usage’ from owners based on internal statistics. More…
Penske Truck Leasing Orders 750 Ford E-Transit Electric Cargo Vans
Penske plans to take delivery of the first E-Transit vehicles in the next weeks for use as part of its rental and leasing fleet. More…
Most Of The EV Industry To Shift To 800 Volts By 2025, Report Says
Out of the wide range of EVs available today, most run on 400 volts and only a handful have an 800-volt system. More…
Ford F-150 Lightning Has Video Game Capability On Touch Screen
Ford has been very open about learning from Tesla and following suit in some cases. More…
Volvo Cars invests in StoreDot
Volvo Cars has invested in the Israeli battery developer StoreDot. The two companies have not disclosed the amount of the strategic investment. Previous investors in StoreDot include Daimler, Samsung, BP, VinFast and Ola Electric. The Geely-owned Swedish company says that the investment is being made through its own Tech Fund. This investment gives Volvo Cars […] More…
Austrian startup reveals electric hypercar Vayanne
The Austrian startup Deus Automobiles, founded in Vienna in 2020, presented the concept of an all-electric hypercar at the New York International Auto Show. The Deus Vayanne was developed in cooperation with Italdesign and Williams Advanced Engineering and is to be delivered from 2025 as a small series limited to 99 units. The luxury electric […] More…
Review: CellPowa 2500 launched as massive off-grid battery power station, and we tested it!
BigBlue previously cut its teeth on a number of green energy and power supply products, including a modestly sized 500Wh portable power station and folding solar panel. But now the company is launching a much larger power station, the CellPowa2500, which can likely power just about anything you own, be it AC or DC. More…
German manufacturers behind the locals on Chinese NEV sales
The German premium manufacturers BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are clearly behind the Chinese brands in the sale of electric cars in China. The number of all-electric cars sold in China in 2021 was 2.73 million, of which Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi together accounted for only about 27,000. This is roughly equivalent to the sales of […] More…
Tesla Giga Shanghai officially restarts production with employees sleeping at the factory, expects slow ramp
Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai has now officially restarted production with reportedly 8,000 employees, who will be living and sleeping at the factory in a closed-loop system as there are still a lot of restrictions. More…
LG-led consortium launches supply chain project in Indonesia
A South Korean consortium led by LG has signed an agreement with Indonesian state-owned companies for a project worth around nine billion US dollars. The project aims to build a complete value chain for electric vehicle batteries. The project will cover the extraction of raw materials, the production of key components such as cathodes to […] More…
Volvo Cars invests in ultrafast battery maker StoreDot
Volvo Cars has invested in StoreDot, an Israel-based electric vehicle battery startup, through its venture capital arm, Volvo Cars Tech Fund. More…
Proterra to improve battery capacity on the ZX5 bus
US electric bus manufacturer Proterra has announced increased battery capacity for its ZX5 battery-electric transit bus. Starting next year, the 40-foot (12.2-metre) version of the Proterra ZX5 can be equipped with up to 738 kWh of battery capacity. This should allow for more than 300 miles (480 kilometres) of range, according to the announcement – […] More…
