The US solid-state battery cell specialist Solid Power has completed the installation of its pilot production line and plans to deliver the first cells for qualification tests to Ford and BMW before the end of this year. The pilot line will automatically produce all-solid-state battery cells using the company’s proprietary sulphide-based solid electrolyte material. At […] More…
Tata Motors sells 10,000 electric cars to BluSmart in India
Tata Motors announces the largest electric vehicle fleet order to date in India. Fleet operator BluSmart Electric Mobility is ordering 10,000 units of Tata’s XPRES T EV cars. The new order complements an order placed by BluSmart for 3,500 XPRES T EV in October 2021. The electric car is the first model of the XPRES […] More…
Texas Excludes Tesla From Its Extensive New EV Rebate Program
Tesla doesn’t use franchised dealerships to sell its EVs, so they can’t be legally sold in Texas, and they won’t get a rebate. More…
A Discussion About “Every” New EV In The Pipeline: Fantasy Vs Reality
There are many new EVs on the way, though many won’t likely make it to market and/or be sold in high volume. More…
Schaeffler & Symbio launch joint venture for bipolar plates
Schaeffler and Symbio, the joint venture of Faurecia and Michelin, have founded a globally active joint venture for the production of bipolar plates for fuel cells with proton exchange membrane (PEM). Production will be exclusively for the needs of the two shareholders. The company, of which each partner owns 50 per cent, has its headquarters […] More…
Solid Power sets up solid-state pilot production ahead of testing by Ford, BMW
Solid-state battery startup Solid Power on Monday announced installation of a pilot production line for battery cells—a big step toward delivering cells to automakers for testing. Solid Power plans to produce cells for internal testing first, but plans to deliver cells to investors BMW and Ford for evaluation before the end of the year, the… More…
Lucid Motors launches Lucid Financial Services with Bank of America for lease and loan financing
Today Lucid Motors announced a new digital financing platform called Lucid Financial Services to provide lease and loan purchase options to Air EV customers in the United States. The financing options are provided through a strategic relationship between Lucid Group and Bank of America. More…
Citroen Ami Drag Races Mahindra E20 And… A 1980s Recumbent E-Bike
Three quite different answers to the same basic transport question from three different decades go head to head. More…
Olymp Cars announces a series of EV based on its own platform
Olymp Cars is a new electric car brand. The company from Vienna is planning a series of vehicles with model names from Greek mythology based on its own platform called Hephaistos. The first vehicles are to be presented in spring 2023. According to information on the company’s website, the first vehicle will probably be the […] More…
Solid Power Installs Pilot Production Line For Solid-State Battery Cells
Automotive qualification testing of new EV batteries will begin by the end of this year. More…
PG&E Commissions Its Moss Landing Elkhorn Battery: 256 Tesla Megapacks
A Tesla Cybertruck appeared at the official event. More…
A Lost Quarter For Italy’s EV Market: Will New Incentives Help?
After years of constant growth, electric mobility adoption lost steam, while traditional ICE models slumped to alarming levels. More…
US: Mazda Sold 35 MX-30 In May, 293 YTD
Cumulatively, slightly over 500 units were delivered to customers. More…
China’s Qiantu K20 Two-Seater EV Costs Just $13,000 Yet Is Really Quick
Its top version has a dual-motor setup with 214 horsepower and it can sprint to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.7 seconds. More…
Kempower launches liquid-cooled satellite charger for heavy-duty EVs
Finnish charging hardware manufacturer Kempower is introducing a liquid-cooled fast-charging system with 400 kW continuous power for heavy-duty vehicles such as zero-emission trucks. The system is based on Kempower’s existing ‘S-series’ satellite charging columns for electric cars and buses with dynamic power distribution. The original S-Series enables charging smaller EVs simultaneously using air-cooled cables. Kempower […] More…
Chinese E-Bike Maker Coswheel Introduces The T26 Electric Mountain Bike
Is this rugged electric mountain bike all show and no go? More…
Elon Musk Threatens To Pull Out Of Twitter Deal Amid Bots Dispute
Tesla’s CEO says the lack of information on bots is a “clear material breach of Twitter’s obligations under the merger agreement.” More…
Oil company Eneos buys in to NEC’s charging network
Japan’s largest oil company Eneos (formerly Nippon Oil), is hooking on to the charging infrastructure business. They just acquired 4,600 AC chargers from electronics company NEC to operate at supermarkets, shopping malls and other facilities in Japan. Eneos plans to take over the remaining 1,500 of the 6,100 chargers operated by NEC in the next […] More…
Jaguar racer Mitch Evans takes the lead in Jakarta
Jaguar driver Mitch Evans has won the first Formula E race in Jakarta, Indonesia. Evans beat Jean-Eric Vergne (DS Techeetah) and Edoardo Mortara (ROKiT Venturi Racing) for second and third place to take his third win of the season in Jakarta. In qualifying, DS driver Vergne had still prevailed over his team-mate Antonio Felix da […] More…
Polestar 3 first look: US-made performance electric SUV due for production in early 2023
Sweden’s Polestar has shown a first undisguised image of its electric performance SUV, called the Polestar 3. The Polestar 3 will be sized (and priced) to serve as an electric counterpoint to the Porsche Cayenne—so its most direct current rivals will include the BMW iX M60, the three-motor Audi E-Tron S, and the Tesla Model X Plaid… More…
