Chinese electric car manufacturer Kandi has signed a framework agreement with Hunan Hengrun Automobile to jointly produce all-electric vehicles with the associated battery swap technology. The vehicles are to go on sale under the Henghe brand name. The concrete division of labour and the content of the cooperation will be clarified in a separate agreement, […] More…
GreenPower to build electric school buses in West Virginia
GreenPower Motor, a North American manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles, has acquired a production facility in South Charleston in the US state of West Virginia. GreenPower plans to manufacture electric school buses there from the second half of 2022. Under the terms of the agreement, the state of West Virginia has committed to purchase at […] More…
BMW invests in smart charging that relies only on Bluetooth
BMW invests in the German charging infrastructure startup HeyCharge through its venture capital arm, BMW i Ventures. With its patent-pending SecureCharge technology, HeyCharge enables EV charging in underground parking garages without an internet connection. In addition, their cloud platform handles the billing. BMW iVentures took the lead in the seed funding round through which HeyCharge […] More…
TSG to provide depot charging for Ford E-Transit in Europe
Ford has selected TSG, a German specialist for e-mobility services, to handle charging infrastructure for Transit-E clients across Europe. From its headquarters in Germany, TSG has established a pan-European presence which reportedly led EVBox to ask the company to install its charging equipment. For the Ford partnership at hand, TSG says it will bring its […] More…
New chapter in the story of cork
Finding a material with several applications in state-of-the-art EV powertrains that literally grows on trees might seem unlikely, but that is exactly what Portuguese company Amorim Cork Composites is offering with cork (writes Peter Donaldson). The raw material is the bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus suber), which in addition to its best-known application […] More…
Evergrande kicks off production of the Hengchi 5
Evergrande New Energy Vehicle, the electric car division of the Chinese real estate group Evergrande, has started series production of its first model. The first model, the Hengchi 5, is a compact electric SUV. The company made the announcement on the Chinese messaging service Weibo. Evergrande NEV published a short video from the factory in […] More…
Lucid to build plant in Saudi Arabia
The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors has now confirmed for the first time that it is planning a factory in Saudi Arabia. This is to be built by 2025 or 2026. Details are currently being negotiated with ministries in the kingdom. “Now that we are successfully producing and selling cars in the U.S., our […] More…
Elon Musk To Deliver Tesla Product Roadmap Update On January 26
Expect to learn more about the Cybertruck’s updated trim levels, pricing and production start date. More…
Bugatti goes from 4 wheels to 2
Bugatti has presented its first electric vehicle at the CES. It is not a super sports car, but an electric kick scooter developed with the US company Bytech. Compared to other electric scooters, the functional design is quite similar, although manages to distinguish itself through a few design choices, the light in particular. Bugatti describes […] More…
Nuro Unveils Third-Gen Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Built With BYD
Nuro’s latest self-driving robot is faster, smarter and has twice the cargo volume of its predecessor. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 12, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. More…
Rivian’s Georgia site plans reveal nearly 20 million sq. ft. of buildings complete with a test track and ‘adventure trail’
Site plans uncovered by a member of Rivian Forums reveal that the American automaker’s second manufacturing facility in Georgia is going to be huge. In fact, the current plans account for nearly 20 million square feet across nearly 2,000 acres – over five times the size of Rivian’s plant in Normal, IL. More…
Tesla is releasing a product roadmap update on Jan 26 with Cybertruck and more
Tesla announced that it will release its 2021 Q4 earnings report on January 26, and Elon Musk confirmed that he will come back to the call and give a Tesla product roadmap update. More…
Government data show gasoline vehicles are up to 100x more prone to fires than EVs
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Unless it pertains to EV fires, as that’s more smoke and mirrors. There is an ongoing flow of misinformation publicized by the less informed (or downright malicious) purporting that electric vehicles and their battery chemistry are more prone to fires than their gasoline counterparts. Aside from the obvious argument that gasoline vehicles operate via combustion, a new study shows how much more prevalent gas vehicle fires are compared to EVs. More…
It Happened: Porsche Taycan Outsold 911 In 2021
911 had its best year ever, which underlines how big of a success this was for the Taycan and EVs. More…
New York Bight gets green light for massive 480,000 acre offshore wind deal
The New York Bight auction will be the first offshore wind lease sale in over three years. Once built, the project will provide thousands of new jobs and enough clean, renewable energy to power millions of homes for decades. So, of course, a clueless gaggle of New Jersey NIMBYs has a problem with it. More…
Tesla takes delivery of yet another giant casting machine at Gigafactory Texas
Tesla is taking delivery of yet another giant casting machine, known as Giga Press, at Gigafactory Texas as the automaker moves to produce entire car bodies in just a few pieces. More…
Top 5 Budget-Priced Long Range Electric Cars
Can an EV go the distance and not break the bank? More…
Brunswick CEO Dave Foulkes talks autonomy, electrification, and the democratization of boating
Brunswick CEO Dave Foulkes is an interesting guy: one of that rare breed of executives with a technical background that allows him to see the road ahead with a clarity that someone with a— less technical background might not have. With career credits like “Powertrain Chief Engineer” at Ford and “VP of Product Development, Engineering, and Racing” at Mercury Marine leading him to the big chair, Foulkes’ vision of the future of boating is worth seeing. More…
Tesla Is Escaping Volkswagen Group’s BEV Pursuit: 2021 Sales
The gap extended to almost half a million electric cars per year. More…
