The battery analytics specialist Silver Power System partnered with Imperial College, London EV Company (LEVC) and JSCA, the research and development division of Watt Electric Vehicle Company, on an electric vehicle battery research programme designed to predict battery lifespan. The project will make use of digital twin technology, which simulates a digital counterpart to a […] More…
Lotus reveals lightweight basis for electric sports car, other future EVs
Lotus on Tuesday revealed the platform for a planned electric sports car, codenamed Type 135, due in 2026. Following Lotus founder Colin Chapman’s maxim “simplify, and add lightness,” the new platform emphasizes weight reduction. Known internally as E-Sport, the new platform was developed through Project LEVA (Lightweight Electric Vehicle… More…
Electric Cars Listed By 0-60 MPH Acceleration: Quickest To Slowest
Rivian R1T/R1S turns out to be effectively the least expensive EV in the U.S. that achieves 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds! More…
Audi Set To Offer 20 EVs By 2025, More Than Any Other Brand
If we take automakers’ promises of EV launches at face value, the Audi brand would have the biggest electric vehicle lineup. More…
Hyundai Set To Offer 23 EVs By 2025, More Than Any Other Brand
If we take automakers’ promises of EV launches at face value, the Hyundai brand will have the biggest electric vehicle lineup. More…
Fassmer & Torqeedo present electric ferry concept
Fassmer Shipyard and Torqeedo have announced an all-electric ferry concept for public transport. The Fassmer CIT-E Ferry can accommodate up to 100 passengers and is to be powered by an integrated propulsion system from Torqeedo. The Deep Blue propulsion system with steerable rudder propeller delivers 100 kW of continuous power and can turn up to […] More…
Drive Electric Week starts Saturday Sept. 25 with online and in-person events
Drive Electric Week kicks off this Saturday with over 200 online and in-person events celebrating electric vehicles. Events will be held for the next two weekends, from September 25th through October 3rd More…
NIO Launches Hybrid-Cell (NCM/LFP) Battery Pack (CTP Type)
It offers a higher capacity and energy density at the same price. More…
Aiming for circular supply chain, Ford partners with former Tesla co-founder’s company
Ford on Wednesday announced plans to partner with Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel’s Redwood Materials on battery recycling. The plan is for recycled materials to be fed back into the United States EV battery supply chain, creating a so-called “closed loop,” according to a Ford press release. This reduces costs, as well as the overall environmental… More…
Michigan joins the race for inductive charging road
Michigan is planning to build the first public road in the United States where electric vehicles can charge wirelessly while driving. However, the competition is on, since Indiana has already begun the first phases of such a project. The ‘Inductive Vehicle Charging Pilot’, announced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, aims to embed inductive charging technology into […] More…
Xpeng P5 On Navigation Guided Pilot 3.5 Is At Home In The City
This new longer NGP demonstration video shows a surefooted and reliable autonomous driving solution that works in town too. More…
Volkswagen launches construction of battery plant in China
Volkswagen is starting to build a production plant for battery systems in Hefei, China. The factory will initially supply between 150,000 and 180,000 high-voltage battery systems for Volkswagen Anhui’s all-electric MEB vehicles from the second half of 2023. In Hefei, capital of the Chinese province of Anhui, Volkswagen operates an electric vehicle production plant together […] More…
Norway bans gas car sales in 2025, but trends point toward 100% EV sales as early as April
Norway is ahead of the game in EV sales, with gasoline’s share of the new car market vanishing more and more every month, faster than almost anyone outside of Electrek‘s Slack channel could have predicted. This has led Norway to have the earliest target for the phaseout of new gas vehicle sales in the world – 2025 More…
Norway bans gas cars in 2025. But trends point toward 100% EV sales as early as April
Norway is ahead of the game in EV sales, with gasoline’s share of the new car market vanishing more and more every month, faster than almost anyone outside of Electrek‘s Slack channel could have predicted. This has led Norway to have the earliest target for the phaseout of new gas vehicle sales in the world – 2025 More…
Wrightbus presents electric & fuel cell single-decker buses
The Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus is introducing a new single-deck bus with battery and fuel cell propulsion. The new models of the GB Kite series in the Hydroliner FCEV and Electroliner BEV variants can each accommodate up to 90 passengers and are scheduled to go into series production in 2022. The new duo increases […] More…
Aura Electric Roadster Envisions The Driver’s Car Of The Future
Built by four UK companies with funding from the British government, the street-legal Aura prototype is an enticing 400-mile range EV. More…
Porsche considers releasing electric 718 in 2024
Porsche wanted to decide by this summer whether the next generation of the 718 series (Cayman and Boxster) would have an all-electric drive. According to media reports, the decision has now been made in favour of a purely electric 718 in 2024. However, official confirmation is still pending. The portal Car and Driver reports, citing […] More…
Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 Leaves Room For Even Quicker 63 Model
We checked the EQS 53 out at IAA 2021 and found it very similar to non-AMG models. More…
Ford & Redwood announce strategic recycling partnership
Ford and Redwood Materials are forming a strategic partnership to drive the recycling of electric vehicle batteries in the US and create a closed battery loop. Ford has also invested 50 million US dollars in Redwood. Ford and Redwood say they will work together to integrate battery recycling into Ford’s battery strategy. In the longer […] More…
Ford faces it’s own quality problem recall
Ford has to recall 5,000 Mustang Mach-E in Canada because of two different problems: one because of a windscreen that may not be properly attached and another because of a panoramic roof glass that may not be properly attached. The irony of the story is that Darren Palmer, chief developer of the electric car division […] More…
