MAN Truck & Bus has signed a framework agreement with micro-mobility provider Tier Mobility for the delivery of up to 130 MAN eTGE battery-electric vans. The first vehicles are already in use in Tier’s logistics fleet in the UK and Germany. The framework agreement between the commercial vehicle manufacturer and the sharing provider initially applies […] More…
Most F-150 Lightning intenders are EV newbies, so Ford is helping them get ready with AR
Ford already has more than 160,000 reservations for its 2022 F-150 Lightning electric pickup, due for deliveries starting in 2022. Yet of the retail reservation-holders in that crowd, a recent survey suggested that nearly 80% have never owned a battery electric vehicle before. That’s a great thing for EV adoption, but it also means that Ford… More…
Watch Goodyear Testing Tesla Model 3 With Airless Tires
The company develops an airless alternative for electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles. More…
UK: Plug-In Car Sales Reach 23% Share In October 2021
Kia EV6 enters the market with the first 349 units and more than 1,600 pre-orders. More…
Report: Envision Scales Back Its Battery Plant Plan At Renault Site
The latest target is for 30 GWh by 2029. More…
Geely’s Homtruck electric semi-trailer revealed
The Geely subsidiary Farizon Auto has just presented an electric semi-trailer truck called Homtruck with an architecture that can carry different zero-emission powertrain options. Production start and first deliveries are planned for early 2024. The Homtruck architecture can accommodate the powertrain options of a range extender, methanol fuel cell hybrid and a purely electric version […] More…
More Details On The Evolution Of Panasonic’s Battery Tech
Tesla’s next-generation battery cell is steadily moving closer to production, and suppliers are working on it, too. More…
Repsol expands fast charging network in Spain & Portugal
The Spanish oil company Repsol has announced an investment of 42.5 million euros in the installation of 610 fast-charging points at its petrol stations in Spain and Portugal. The Spanish credit institution ICO will subsidise the roll-out with 40.7 million euros. Specifically, by the end of 2023, a total of 592 charging points, each with […] More…
Kia teases EV9 electric SUV concept for LA auto show
Kia will unveil an electric SUV concept November 11, ahead of the 2021 Los Angeles auto show. No details of the vehicle, dubbed Concept EV9 have been released yet, but a teaser image shows a boxy, SUV-like shape. The EV9 nomenclature also confirms that it’s the next in a series of 11 electric cars Kia plans to add to its lineup by 2025, part of a… More…
Evergrande’s Hengchi brand registers e-SUV
The first electric model from Evergrande New Energy Vehicle, the electric car division of Chinese real estate group Evergrande, is now officially listed in the catalogue of the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). This completes the registration process for the Hengchi 5 LX. The electric SUV, whose production start is reportedly scheduled […] More…
Propella Mini launched as lightweight electric bike for space-limited riders on a budget
While many electric bikes continue getting heavier and heavier, Propella has constantly bucked that trend with its lightweight electric bicycles. But the Propella Mini e-bike takes the brand to a whole new level with its smallest and lightest model yet. More…
G-Pulse and Silicon Mobility collaborate on high-power multiphase DC-DC converter
G-Pulse and Silicon Mobility have announced that they are designing a high-power multiphase interleaving bidirectional DC-DC converter platform for EVs including those using fuel cells, batteries, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric. It is based on Silicon Mobility’s OLEA control technology, and draws on G-Pulse’s engineering expertise in automotive systems. More…
Australia reveals Future Fuels & Vehicles Strategy
The Australian government has presented its Future Fuels and Vehicles Strategy, which provides for 250 million Australian dollars of investment in electric transport. The largest part is to flow into the expansion of electric car charging infrastructure and the establishment of hydrogen filling stations. However, there will be no direct purchase incentives. The total investment […] More…
French village increases mobility, cuts carbon with shared EV scheme
A village in southwest France had a problem: too few remaining local shops providing for the needs of its 130 aging and decreasingly mobile residents. To break the resulting isolation, the hamlet set itself up with a solar-recharging Renault Zoe EV that villagers take turns using to run errands in outlying towns, and voilà – affordable, safe, and carbon-free transportation available to all. More…
Elon Musk is linked to a massive land grab next to Tesla Gigafactory Austin
Elon Musk is personally linked to a new massive land grab that happens to be next to Tesla Gigafactory Austin, though it might not be for Tesla itself. More…
Sono Motors reveals details of public offering
Sono Motors plans to offer 10 million ordinary shares in its planned US IPO. The German solar car start-up says the placement price per share is expected to be between US$14 and US$16. Sono has applied to list its common shares under the symbol ‘SEV’. The number of shares and the placement price will result […] More…
Cadillac Losing 30% Of US Dealerships By Going All-In On EVs
GM’s luxury brand will enter 2022 with 560 dealerships, down from 875 at the beginning of 2021. More…
Series production of BMW electric bikes begins
BMW has just started the series production of the all-electric CE 04 moped scooter and its police or public authority variant at the motorbike plant in Berlin. According to the company, all future new models from BMW Motorrad in the field of urban mobility will be 100 per cent electric. On its German and British […] More…
US-built electric motorcycle company Volcon unveils nationwide dealership plan, stock soars
Volcon appears to be shipping its first electric motorcycle model as fast as it can produce them in its Texas factory. But soon the company will have a dealership network that should make it even easier for prospective riders to test out and ride off with their own Grunt electric motorcycle. More…
Geely’s Homtruck Unveiled As Tesla Semi Rival, Coming In 2024
The Homtruck will offer methanol, range extender or pure electric powertrains, the latter with a battery swapping option. More…
