Solid-state battery specialist and Volkswagen partner QuantumScape is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region and has announced the opening of a subsidiary in Kyoto, Japan, for this purpose. The new site will have an R&D laboratory that is scheduled to go into operation this year. The QuantumScape announcement does not specify what specific work and development […] More…
WiTricity announces plans for retrofitted inductive charging system
WiTricity, a provider of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles, wants to offer owners of selected electric car models a retrofit package for inductive charging. A beta version is planned for the U.S. later this year – including for a Tesla Model 3. After the beta, the solution called WiTricity Halo Charging with 11 kW […] More…
Could wind-and-solar towers charge EVs, stabilize the grid?
Wind and solar-powered charging could further lower the environmental impact of electric cars; but one New York-based company wants to combine them in one electricity-generating device that could be used for EV charging stations or wherever grid-buffering might help keep blackouts at bay. Change Wind Corporation has developed the Wind & Solar… More…
Tesla considers second gigafactory in Shanghai
Tesla is reportedly planning to start building a new plant in Shanghai as early as next month to more than double its production capacity in China. According to an agency report, this could allow Tesla to increase its production capacity in China to as many as two million electric cars per year. This was reported […] More…
Tesla might be cracking on the yoke steering wheel and planning to offer an option for a regular round wheel
When Tesla introduced the controversial yoke steering wheel, CEO Elon Musk surprised many when he said that the automaker didn’t even plan to offer the option for a regular round steering wheel. More…
VW settles on location for Spanish battery plant
Volkswagen has decided on the location for the Volkswagen Group’s battery cell factory in Spain: it is to be built in Sagunt in the province of Valencia in eastern Spain and will have a capacity of 40 GWh per year. VW had announced its intention to build a battery factory in Spain at the strategy […] More…
MG wants to deliver ID.3 competitor this year
British SAIC brand MG Motor has announced a new electric model to be unveiled in the fourth quarter of this year. It will be a 4.3-meter hatchback called MG4, which is expected to compete with the VW ID.3, among others. A video released by the company on Twitter shows a (partially) shrouded rendering of the […] More…
Faraday presents serial version of the FF 91
Faraday Future has unveiled the version of its first model planned for series production. Production of the FF 91 is scheduled to begin in Hanford, California, in the third quarter of 2022. According to the company, they have reached the fourth of a total of seven milestones on the way to the start of production: […] More…
Faraday presentss serial version of the FF 91
Faraday Future has unveiled the version of its first model planned for series production. Production of the FF 91 is scheduled to begin in Hanford, California, in the third quarter of 2022. According to the company, they have reached the fourth of a total of seven milestones on the way to the start of production: […] More…
Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle brand LiveWire plans to sell 100,000 bikes by 2026
Harley-Davidson has set out future sales goals for its LiveWire sub-brand that manufacturers and sells its all-electric motorcycles, aiming for a towering 100,000 units by 2026. More…
Stellantis announces Fiat combustion phase-out
Stellantis gave new details on its electrification strategy when presenting its 2021 financials. What is new is that Fiat and Abarth will become pure BEV brands in Europe from 2027. Fiat had previously given a rough time window of between 2025 and 2030 for this. At the time, the reasoning was that Fiat would then […] More…
Lucid Motors announces recall due to suspension problems
The Californian electric car startup Lucid Motors has to announce the first small recall a few months after the start of deliveries of its debut model Air: There is a possibility that a part of the suspension was improperly assembled by the supplier. Lucid calculates that about one per cent of the 203 potentially affected […] More…
Paris’s great experiment will ban cars in much of the city, instead opting for bikes, scooters, legs
In a bid to clean up the city and reduce the chokehold of traffic congestion, Paris plans to ban cars from much of the historic part of the French capital. More…
Faraday Future shares drive footage of its first production-intent FF 91 ahead of testing
Southern California EV startup, Faraday Future, unveiled a pre-production version of its long fabled FF 91 EV. This EV marks the beginning of pre-production ahead of engineering validation and certification testing, as the vehicle approaches start of production in Q3 of 2022. More…
LG Electronics is going to stop manufacturing solar panels – here’s why
Seoul-headquartered LG Electronics Inc. is pulling out of the global solar panel business. The decision was approved yesterday by the LG board of directors in South Korea. More…
USPS is trying to greenwash its plan to spend billions on gas guzzlers
The USPS issued a “record of decision” today stating that it has finished its environmental review and responded to the EPA’s concerns and will go through with its plan to spend up to $11.3 billion on gas-guzzling, 8.6 mile-per-gallon vehicles to replace the aging USPS delivery fleet. More…
Volkswagen ID. Buzz: Not Launched Yet, But Already 0-60 MPH Tested
It’s unsurprisingly slower than the Volkswagen ID.4 and the unofficial range estimate is also lower. More…
Major milestone reached as Gogoro produces its 1 millionth swappable EV battery
Time flies when you’re making revolutionary batteries capable of changing the world’s transportation landscape. Since launching in 2015, Gogoro has expanded from a local electric scooter producer to a worldwide leader in swappable battery technology.. More…
Polestar Gets Suppliers On Board With Climate-Neutral Car Plans
The manufacturer announced last year that it would try to create carbon-neutral EVs by 2030. More…
QuantumScape opens R&D center in Japan to expand solid-state battery development
Solid-state battery developer, QuantumScape, has shared plans for a new office in Kyoto, Japan, which will feature a state-of-the-art lab for battery research and development. The company hopes to work alongside experienced battery scientists in the Asia-Pacific region to further develop and manufacturer it battery technologies for electric vehicles. More…
