Is towing an Airstream bunkhouse with a Rivian R1T even practical? Will you have to stop and charge constantly? More…
Rivian R1T Towing: How Far Can It Go On A Single Charge?
Alfen & Diebold Nixdorf cooperate on charging
Dutch charging station manufacturer Alfen has agreed a multi-year service partnership with US-American IT group Diebold Nixdorf. The latter will be the preferred partner to provide field services for Alfen’s expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Europe. Diebold Nixdorf will provide maintenance services to ensure improved availability. The partnership has started in four countries in […] More…
Daimler Truck to buy 10 per cent stake in Manz
Daimler Truck will take a stake of around ten per cent in the German engineering company Manz as part of a capital increase. Both companies are also planning a pilot line for the production of battery cells and battery assembly at the Daimler Truck site in Mannheim. Both companies want to bundle their know-how within […] More…
Inductive taxi charging system opens in Cologne
The first inductive charging system for electrified taxis in the public space of Cologne was put into operation in the immediate vicinity of the city’s main railway station on Friday. As part of the TALAKO project launched in autumn 2019, the prototype of the inductive charging system was last installed a year ago at the […] More…
Tesla is back to ramping up Gigafactory Shanghai to new production records
Tesla is back to ramping up production at Gigafactory Shanghai. The automaker could reportedly be back to pre-shutdown level as soon as tomorrow and plans to ramp up to new records later this week. More…
Yoyo now in sharing use with Enjoy in Turin
The small electric car Yoyo from the Italian start-up XEV is now in car-sharing use. Enjoy, Eni’s car-sharing service, is deploying 100 examples of the XEV Yoyo in Turin. The Italian start-up XEV unveiled the production version of its 3D-printed electric small car Yoyo at the IAA Mobility last year. For Enjoy car-sharing services, the […] More…
Musk Says Teslas Will Be Fully-Autonomous, Not Require Driver Next Year
It wouldn’t be the first time the Tesla boss was wrong about this topic, though, so don’t hold your breath. More…
Congo & Zambia to build up battery supply chain
As the world’s largest producer of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) no longer wants to settle for the role of a raw material supplier. Instead, it wants to build its own battery supply chain in the country. A battery factory is also being considered. As the German Handelsblatt reports, the Congolese government is […] More…
Survey: Shoppers trust legacy automakers over Tesla, find all EV offerings lacking
EV shoppers are more likely to trust established automakers over Tesla and newer EV startups like Rivian, but the current crop of products is falling short of expectations, according to a new Escalent survey. More than one third of survey respondents (35%) favored buying an EV from an established automaker, while just 24% indicated they’d look to… More…
Electric car-sharing in Minneapolis and Saint Paul
In the USA, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul metropolitan areas in the state of Minnesota, have officially launched an all-electric car-sharing network Evie Carshare with the nonprofit HourCar. HourCar will oversee the operation that is aimed at the unemployed, underemployed, those who don’t own cars, low-income citizens and neighborhoods along the I-94 […] More…
China: Tesla Has Produced 26,000 EVs Since Production Resumed
This week, production might return to pre-lockdown level. More…
Tesla Model Y Catches Fire While Driving, Driver Struggled To Escape
Tesla fires are very few and far between, but they still exist. More…
BMW to open battery competence centre in autumn
The BMW Group plans to open its planned Cell Manufacturing Competence Centre (CMCC) in Parsdorf near Munich in autumn this year. Now that the immission control approval procedure has been completed, the conditions are in place for the commissioning of a near-series production facility for lithium-ion battery cells. The competence centre is being built on […] More…
Watch 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQG Electric G-Class Do A Proper Tank Turn
Looks like Rivian isn’t the only manufacturer whose electric off-roader can literally turn on a dime. More…
Hyundai Motor Group Will Build Big EV Plant And Battery Facility In Georgia
It will be the company’s first dedicated manufacturing site for electric vehicles with an output of 300,000 units annually. More…
Lancia to go fully electric from 2026
The Stellantis subsidiary Lancia has given more details about its planned transformation into an electric brand. Starting from 2026, all new Lancia models are to be purely electric vehicles. From 2028, the brand wants to sell exclusively 100 per cent electric cars. Last year, the parent company Stellantis had already announced that from 2026, new […] More…
Watch Police Officer Crash Into Tesla Model S Plaid
The Model S Plaid’s free built-in dashcam and Sentry Mode feature prove the Tesla driver’s innocence. More…
What Batteries Are Tesla Using In Its Electric Cars?
The company has quite a diversified strategy in terms of cell format, cathode chemistry and suppliers. More…
Harley-Davidson Introduces Second Generation Serial 1 E-Bikes
These next-generation e-bikes come with the power of Google Cloud. More…
Tesla Giga Shanghai May Remain In Closed-Loop System Until Mid-June
Company reportedly wants to move workers into dormitories and keep them in a form of closed loop until June 13. More…
