Rivian has filed a new trademark for its brand in a new category that signals a move to make electric bikes. More…
Rimac Nevera Puts Ionity Ultra Fast Charger To The Test: 333 kW
Fastest electric car charging ever and it could go to 500 kW if the charger could deliver it. More…
Tesla loses its head of HR and top diversity advocate
Tesla is losing its head of human resources, Valerie Capers Workman, who has also been seen as the number one diversity advocate at the company. More…
Vitesco: Major US Automaker Orders Millions Of 800V SiC Inverters
The deal is worth more than €1 billion euro ($1.13 billion). More…
How Often Does Tesla Send OTA Updates & How Important Are They?
Tesla sends over-the-air updates often, and many are much more significant than most people may expect. More…
Airstream parent company Thor signs MOU with ZF to build electric RV
Leading RV manufacturer Thor Industries, the parent company of the iconic Airstream brand, announced that it had signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with German auto supplier ZF to give Thor companies exclusive rights to ZF’s eTrailer System in a travel trailer RV. The goal is a new kind of camper that would maintain – and possibly extend – the nominal range of an electric vehicle while towing. More…
Zeekr announces huge delivery goals for 2022, plans for EU expansion in early 2023
Geely-owned EV sub-brand Zeekr continues its ambitious entry into electrified markets by sharing ambitious delivery goals for China this year. Furthermore, Zeekr now plans to enter the EU market next year, joining previously announced plans to enter North America as well. More…
Tesla receives greenlight to build 2,000 Model Y bodies at Gigafactory Berlin ahead of final approval
Tesla has received a special approval from the Brandenburg State Environment department to build 2,000 Model Y bodies at Gigafactory berlin ahead of the much-coveted final approval. More…
Zeekr Target: 70,000 EV Sales In 2022 Before Expansion To Europe
Sales in Europe are expected to start in early 2023. More…
BMW iX Electric SUV First Drive And Review: Weird But Wonderful
Some folks are turned off by the SUV’s controversial styling, but it’s surprisingly outstanding in almost every way. More…
Biktrix Moto review: A fun moped-style electric bike that can cruise for days on a charge
I absolutely love moped-style electric bikes. They are just so much fun to ride! The format gives you that fun-loving motorcycle cruising feeling, yet keeps you legal as a bicycle without all the hassle of motor vehicle ownership. And rarely have I seen a moped-style electric bike capture the motorbike essence quite as well as the Biktrix Moto.. More…
EHang opens 5G-connected vertiport for eVTOLs in Guangzhou, China
Chinese company EHang has opened a new, 5G enabled, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vertiport and maintenance facility in Guangzhou, China – it’s just the latest new project in China’s “official” urban air mobility (UAM) test city. More…
Using Elon Musk’s Boring Tunnel at CES 2022: Hardly groundbreaking [Video]
When Elon Musk started The Boring Company, it made a fair bit of news. Depending on who you ask, the tunnels are either revolutionary forms of transportation to ease urban congestion at a dramatically reduced cost or claustrophobic overhyped tunnels with cars driving through them that are far less efficient than a simple tram, train, or bus. More…
New Volvo Electric SUV Will Drive On The Highway Unsupervised
It will first be available in California, before being rolled out across other markets. More…
Hyundai Mobis presents concepts at CES with wheel drive
Hyundai Mobis presented two studies with its new wheeled technology at CES – a battery-electric two-seater for sharing services and a delivery vehicle with fuel cell propulsion. Meanwhile, parent company Hyundai Motor put the spotlight on its new Plug & Drive (PnD) platform. First, to the concepts from Hyundai Mobis: both represent use cases for […] More…
CALB plans to hit the stock market
The Chinese battery manufacturer CALB (China Lithium Battery Technology) is planning its IPO in Hong Kong. In doing so, CALB wants to raise about one billion US dollars – currently about 880 million euros – to finance further growth. The company has already applied for an overseas initial public offering of shares on 29 December […] More…
Udelv unveils cabless delivery EV – and it is fast (video)
The Californian company Udelv presented an electric self-driving van without a driver’s cab at the CES. The autonomous van is not only designed for urban deliveries but also motorway speeds. The electric delivery vehicle can carry up to 2,000 pounds (about 900 kilograms) of goods and, according to Udelv, can achieve ranges of between 160 […] More…
Vitesco receives order worth billions for 800V inverter from the USA
Vitesco Technologies has received a major order worth more than one billion euros from an unnamed American car manufacturer. In return, the German company will “supply millions of 800-volt inverters with silicon carbide technology for electric vehicles”. Together with the order from the USA, Vitesco is publicising the expansion of its production activities to North […] More…
Electric vans from Stellantis, GM, Ford: Cleaner, quieter last-mile delivery takes connectedness
Last-mile delivery vans are, increasingly, how we shop, how we get home services, and even how we get food delivered. And as the fleet of last-mile vans expands to meet this need, it’s largely going electric. The wake-up call for how quickly this change might sweep the industry came in 2019, when Amazon announced plans to buy 100,000… More…
Ford F-150 Lightning is fast becoming a very hot commodity
High demand for the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning is leading some dealers in the US to charge customers thousands of dollars more than the list price for early delivery dates. In isolated cases, there is talk of a premium of up to $30,000. Ford is now threatening that dealers with such sales practices could go […] More…
