Blackstone Resources presented its manufacturing process for lithium-ion batteries from the 3D printer at an event at its plant in Döbeln, Saxony. The facility for series production was also started up as part of the event. The event and production take place at Blackstone Technology, the German subsidiary of the Swiss holding company Blackstone Resources […] More…
Tesla releases findings from Model 3 police patrol car test
Tesla has released findings from its test program of a Model 3 that the automaker custom-built as a police patrol car in the UK. More…
Toyota Announces Electrification Targets For Western Europe
At least 50% zero-emission vehicles sales by 2030, and 100% by 2035. More…
Elon Musk Says Senate Shouldn’t Pass Build Back Better
His reasoning is that subsidies shouldn’t exist, and he insists government should stop subsidizing oil and gas. More…
Musk To Use Q4 Earnings Call To Reveal Key Tesla Cybertruck News
Remember, Musk said he will no longer be present on Tesla calls unless there’s major news to share. More…
Ford says it now has nearly 200,000 reservations for F-150 Lightning, or 3 years of backlog
Ford confirmed that it now has nearly 200,000 reservations for its upcoming F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. At this point, it represents roughly a three-year backlog. It might make it hard to get access to the vehicle. More…
Elon Musk Is Selling Tesla Shares, But Buying More Than He Sells
Musk has actually increased his stake in Tesla during this high-profile sale. More…
Mercedes JV opens battery production line in Beijing
Daimler has completed a new battery production line as part of its Chinese joint venture Beijing Benz with BAIC. The battery packs produced there will in future be used in the Mercedes-Benz EQE for the Chinese market. The EQE produced in China, the European examples are to be built in Bremen, is scheduled to be […] More…
Guy Takes ICE-Swapped Tesla In For Oil Change And Trolling Ensues
Rich Rebuilds’ V8-swapped Model S may have received a lot of attention, but it’s not the only one of its kind. More…
Volvo Recharge Sales Improve 18% In November 2021
In Europe, Volvo is already selling more rechargeable cars than non-rechargeable cars. More…
TotalEnergies to add 800 charge points for Ghent
The French energy company TotalEnergies has won a tender from the city of Ghent to install 800 new charging points by 2025 and to operate them for ten years. For Total, this is already the third such order from a major Belgian city. The exact locations of the 800 new charging points have not yet […] More…
Addmotor unveils new City Pro electric bike for commuters with ‘125 miles of range’
Replacing cars as commuter vehicles is one of the best uses for electric bicycles, which help would-be riders turn into actual riders by adding the confidence boost of electric pedal assist. Now Addmotor is hoping to cash in on the market with its own electric city bike known as the City Pro. More…
Is The End Of Fossil Fuel Cars Really Coming?
Public perception is coming around to the idea that the Oil Age is drawing to a close. More…
Ford plans a full-size electric truck with “incredibly high volume”
Ford is preparing to follow up the 2022 F-150 Lightning with another full-size electric pickup truck designed from the start for “incredibly high volume,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in an interview with Automotive News (subscription required). The new full-size truck, which likely won’t arrive for a few years, will have a new platform, and will be… More…
Jeep to release 2022 Wrangler only as PHEV in most of Europe
Jeep will offer its Wrangler only as a plug-in hybrid in European left-hand drive markets with the new 2022 model year. The slightly revised 2022 model of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe will also receive some minor updates, including a host of new ADAS features. Introduced last year, Jeep will now only offer the 2022 Wrangler […] More…
Arrival to build battery assembly plant in Charlotte
The British electric vehicle developer Arrival is building an assembly plant for high-voltage battery modules for use in its vans and buses in Charlotte, North Carolina. Arrival is investing about 11.5 million US dollars in the plant. Arrival’s High Voltage Battery Module (HVBM) assembly plant will service the company’s nearby micro-factories. These are located in […] More…
BMW iX Deliveries Begin, Flagship EV Achieves Milestone Already
This black iX xDrive40 has become the one-millionth electrified vehicle BMW Group has built so far. More…
Toyota announces hybrid & BEV platform for Europe
The Japanese carmaker Toyota plans to develop a new vehicle platform with the abbreviation E3 exclusively for European vehicles with hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric drive systems. To speed up the process, the Japanese will apparently partly use existing technology. As reported by Automotive News Europe, citing Toyota’s European boss Matt Harrison, the new platform will […] More…
Power struggle at VW leaves Diess with less control
A solution is emerging in the power struggle at Volkswagen. According to insiders, Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess can continue to lead the Wolfsburg group, but he will have to relinquish power. The solution apparently foresees, among other things, that VW brand manager Ralf Brandstätter will be promoted to the group’s board of management. Both the […] More…
Elon Musk: Tesla Bot can solve labor shortage, but there’s no clear timeline
Elon Musk gave an update on Tesla Bot, Tesla’s upcoming humanoid robot project, and said that he believes it can solve the labor shortage issue. More…
