US commercial vehicle manufacturer Mack Trucks has launched a new Vehicle-as-a-Service (VaaS) program. Essentially an all-inclusive leasing scheme, the company hopes to help customers manage expenses associated with acquiring the Mack LR Electric truck and integrate it into existing warranties. The VaaS now introduced includes the vehicle chassis, the refuse body, applicable taxes and a […] More…
2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Up Close And In Depth
This reviewer calls the Silverado EV an “avalanche stirring electric super truck.” More…
Elon Musk links Tesla’s current legal and regulatory troubles to its disruptiveness, lack of ads, and political contributions
Elon Musk put its support behind the notion that Tesla’s current legal and regulatory troubles with several government agencies are due to the company’s disruptiveness in several industries, lack of paying for ads, and lack of political contributions. More…
China: MIC Tesla Wholesale Shipments Near 60,000 In January 2022
As usual, in the first month of a quarter, most of the cars were exported. More…
Virtual Power Plant by ev.energy utilises only BEVs
Innovate UK has granted funding to the software provider ev.energy to scale their first commercially operating Virtual Power Plant (VPP) using only electric vehicles. The funding comes after the startup successfully demonstrated the concept working with a British utility. The Virtual Power Plant manages EV charging in line with demands from grid operators, essentially a […] More…
US: Tritium Will Build DC Fast Charger Manufacturing Facility
The company targets 10,000 units per year with a potential for 30,000. More…
Throttle House Likes The Rivian R1T But Still Finds Faults
While the R1T does a lot of things really well, Rivian’s lack of experience does show in some areas. More…
Skoda kicks off series production of the Enyaq Coupé iV
Skoda has started producing the Enyaq Coupé iV ins series at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. The facility churns out more than 120 units of the Coupé a day, alongside the Enyaq iV, Octavia and its PHEV offshoot Octavia iV model series. Last year, Skoda produced 50,000 units of the Enyaq iV […] More…
ADS-TEC Energy hedges plans for first factory in the US
German-based ADS-TEC Energy, a provider of battery-boosted fast-charging technology, has appointed Gowton Achaibar as President and CEO of its US subsidiary and announced plans for a factory in the United States. ADS-TEC formed the North American subsidiary last October when John Neville still served as Head of Sales in the US and as the company-wide […] More…
BMW iX Trunk Slightly Disappoints In Bjørn’s Banana Box Test
But after folding the seats, it matches the Volkswagen ID.4 and Hyundai Ioniq 5. More…
Federal EV charging network: $5 billion over five years, now states have to submit plans
The United States Departments of Transportation and Energy on Thursday announced funding for EV charging infrastructure over five years under the Biden administration’s infrastructure law. “A century ago, America ushered in the modern automotive era; now America must lead the electric vehicle revolution,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg… More…
Fast charge ahead for BMW vehicles
Sprint Power is leading the development of an 800 V fast-charging system for BMW (writes Nick Flaherty). The Celeritas project is a £9.7 million effort to develop fast-charging cells and battery packs for battery EVs and fuel cell hybrid EVs. As well as BMW, its members include the UK’s Advanced Propulsion Centre, BP, AMTE […] More…
Anheuser-Busch showcases Zero-Emission Beer Delivery
US brewer Anheuser-Busch has ordered another 20 electric trucks from BYD to add to its California fleet later this year. It is the fourth order of zero-emission vehicles in a row from different manufacturers. The brewery is, in fact, installing a “Zero-Emission Beer Delivery” line. We come to said “zero carb beer” in a moment. […] More…
Snow Lake Lithium to mine in Canada
The Canadian company Snow Lake Lithium has unveiled plans for a lithium mine in Manitoba, Canada. The mine is to produce 160,000 tonnes of lithium annually for the North American electric car industry from the end of 2024. According to Snow Lake Lithium, the plant will draw its energy almost entirely from hydropower and thus […] More…
US to invest almost $3 billion in battery supply chain
The US Department of Energy has announced funding of 2.91 billion dollars to develop a national battery supply chain – including for electric vehicles. This makes another e-mobility funding from the infrastructure bill concrete. The funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Act is to support production facilities for battery materials, battery cells and packs, recycling facilities, […] More…
Marvel At The Size Of Giga Texas As Drone Takes 360-Degree Flight
You realize this is a truly giant building when the cars and even the semi trailers around it look like ants in comparison. More…
Toyota to invest in US manufacturing capacities
Toyota has announced an additional $90 million investment for two of its US American manufacturing facilities: Both the Toyota West Virginia plant, as well as the plant in Tennessee, will be upgraded for hybrid vehicle component production. The exact amounts to be invested in the plants are a $73 million investment for Toyota’s West Virginia […] More…
Soros invests in Rivian Automotive
Soros Fund Management, the investment fund of billionaire George Soros, acquired nearly 20 million shares in electric car start-up Rivian in the fourth quarter of 2021, securities documents show. The 19,835,761 shares, then worth around two billion US dollars (1.77 billion euros at today’s exchange rate), are now only worth around 1.17 billion dollars (1.03 […] More…
Mercedes is testing the eSprinter in the Arctic Circle
Mercedes-Benz Vans is conducting winter tests under extreme climatic conditions with the next generation of the eSprinter near the Arctic Circle. The focus lies with reliability in freezing conditions. While there will be hardly any changes to the van’s appearance built at the Düsseldorf plant, virtually everything under the sheet metal is new. As reported […] More…
Unicon & Volvo Trucks collaborate on electric concrete mixers
The Danish concrete manufacturer Unicon has ordered eleven Volvo FM Electric trucks from Volvo Trucks, which will be converted into concrete mixers and used in Denmark. In the future, the two companies aim to develop customised electric truck solutions for the concrete industry. According to Volvo Trucks, the eleven converted FM Electric will be delivered […] More…
