Tesla has bought an existing train track from the German regional railway company DRE to better connect to its plant in Grünheide. Tesla plans to run a shuttle train to Giga Berlin at shift change times until the new station is commissioned. According to the Brandenburg Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Planning, Tesla is responsible […] More…
California lowering MSRP and income caps for claiming $2,000 for EVs, $1,500 for PHEVs
California is lowering the MSRP and income caps for its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), which provides rebates of up to $2,000 for EVs and $1,500 for plug-in hybrids. Starting February 24, new rules will lower the income cap for single filers from $150,000 to $135,000, according to the program’s website. The cap for head-of-household filers… More…
Skoda presents the new Enyaq Coupé IV
Skoda presented the Enyaq Coupé in Prague. With this vehicle, the Czech VW subsidiary expands its electric range, albeit with familiar technology on a familiar basis. Thanks to the aerodynamic body, some performance data have changed. Skoda presented the Enyaq in September 2020 a few days before the ID.4. VW has turned the tables on […] More…
BYD takes emissions-free route for school runs
BYD has introduced its Type A battery-electric vehicle, a zero-emissions school bus. It features vehicle-to-grid technology, seats up to 30 and can be equipped with a liftgate capable of lifting 800 lb. It has a range of up to 140 miles on a single charge. Standard safety features include a high-strength steel body, electronic stability […] More…
Union Pacific buys ten more all-electric locomotives, this time from Caterpillar Inc.’s Progress Rail, investing over $100 million in total
Following recent news of the purchase of ten electric locomotives from Wabtec, Union Pacific railroad has followed up by purchasing another ten from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Inc. company. Union Pacific’s combined electric locomotive purchases and upgrades to its rail yard infrastructure are expected to exceed $100 million, making it the largest investment in battery-electric technology by a US Class I railroad. More…
Lightyear One Solar EV Boasts Remarkable High Speed Efficiency
Lightyear recently carried out high speed efficiency testing at 130 km/h or 80.8 mph. More…
CEO Barra Says GM Can Overtake Tesla, And It’s Investing Heavily
GM is making massive plans to become the world’s next EV leader, but the projected sales figures don’t make sense. More…
Union Pacific Rail to test battery-electric locomotives
Union Pacific Railroad intends to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations. The company expects the deal to exceed $100 million, representing the largest investment in battery-electric technology in the US. The partners are no stranger to the business either. Union Pacific Railroad opted for technology from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, and […] More…
Union Pacific Rail to test 20 battery-electric locomotives
Union Pacific Railroad intends to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations. The company expects the deal to exceed $100 million, representing the largest investment in battery-electric technology in the US. The partners are no stranger to the business either. Union Pacific Railroad opted for technology from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, and […] More…
First ride: Taking a spin in the Eli ZERO not-a-car electric car
It’s not every day you get the chance to go for a few hot laps in a funky new electric mini-car. But when fate calls, you answer. And that’s just what I did recently on a trip to Milan when the Eli team nervously let me borrow their only prototype vehicle. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the Eli ZERO, but I came away excited about the future of these fun little runabouts. More…
2022 Skoda Enyaq Coupe Debuts As The VW ID.5’s Czech Mate
It even has an ID.5 GTX-emulating hot RS variant with 295 horsepower and a 0-100 km/h time of 6.5 seconds. More…
Tesla expands program to open Supercharger network to electric cars from other automakers in Norway and France
Tesla has officially expanded its pilot program to open Superchargers to electric vehicles from other manufacturers in Norway and France. More…
The most expensive electric vehicles on the road in 2022
Entering 2022, electric vehicle sales continue to boom. Nearly all legacy automakers have set end dates for manufacturing new combustion vehicles and have begun introducing all-electric options into their fleets more and more. This year alone, the world will see over twenty new electric vehicle models ranging from most expensive, to rather affordable. Below is a list of which EVs will soon be available, and how expensive they may be. More…
Skeleton Technologies closes €37,6 million financing round
Estonian ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies has raised a further €37.6 million from investors in its D3 funding round. The D3 round brings total investment in Skeleton to over 200 million euros. Among other things, the company plans to use the fresh capital to scale its production of ultracapacitors in Saxony, Germany. The plant was originally […] More…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Comments On Future Media Coverage Of EV Fires
Musk predicts that now that “big automotive advertisers” are making EVs, we may see fewer media stories about EV fires. More…
Rivian can’t directly sell electric trucks it builds in Georgia without franchise-law overhaul
Rivian plans to build electric trucks in Georgia, but it won’t be able to sell them there unless the state’s franchise laws are changed. Current laws prohibit automakers from selling cars directly to customers, but senators have filed legislation to change that, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday. Senate Bill 398 would permit direct… More…
LGES places binding lithium order with Vulcan Energy
Vulcan Energy Resources has entered into a binding lithium offtake agreement with LG Energy Solution. Unlike the deal with Renault, the delivery volume in the urgent order with LGES is as high as announced. The deal had already been announced in July 2021 for up to 10,000 metric tonnes per year over the five-year term. […] More…
Juice Technology comes to Scandinavia as Juice Nordics
Swiss charging infrastructure provider Juice Technology has expanded in Northern Europe by founding the subsidiary Juice Nordics AB, based in Uppsala, Sweden. With the establishment of Juice Nordics, the company is now present in the entire Scandinavian region, i.e. Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Juice Nordics is to strengthen the company’s distribution in the Scandinavian […] More…
December Plug-In Sales At Record 13% In Italy Amid Market Crisis
While automakers are still struggling across the globe, EV sales continue to rise. More…
FR: Gendarmerie Nationale opts for Peugeot 3008 Hybrid
The French police have opted for a semi-electric approach. Peugeot has delivered nearly 400 plug-in hybrid cars, namely the Peugeot 3008, to the Ministry of the Interior’s Gendarmerie Nationale. The PHEVs come screen-printed and join several unmarked vehicles ordered in 2020. Peugeot considers the new order proof that the 3008 Hybrids were “an important development […] More…
