The US fleet management company Merchants Fleet has placed another large order for electric delivery vans with the General Motors brand BrightDrop. Having already ordered 12,600 EV600s, Merchants Fleet is now ordering 5,400 of the recently unveiled smaller EV410 offshoot. With the current order and the 12,600 EV600s already ordered in February, Merchants Fleet has […] More…
Tax credits jump to $900 for e-bikes, $7,500 for electric motorcycles in Build Back Better Act
Electric bicycles and electric motorcycles may be getting significantly more affordable in the US after tax credits for both advance closer towards becoming law. More…
New Lotus Type 132 SUV Teaser Gives Us A First Look At Its Interior
This is the fourth tease coming from the British marque this month. More…
LionVolt gathers €4m for solid-state batteries
Dutch battery start-up LionVolt has closed a seed funding round of four million euros. The company is developing a lithium metal-based solid-state battery that will be suitable for electric vehicles and aviation, among other applications. LionVolt says that its goal is to bring solid-state batteries with high energy density and short charging times to market […] More…
Tesla Installed 250,000 Powerwalls Globally
It suggests that the latest 50,000 were installed within 6 months. More…
Watch Toyota Driver Fail In Unbelievably Weird Tesla Unplugging Event
It’s a true series of failures on all levels – moral, parking skills, charging results and even memory. More…
First Look At The 2022 Ford E-Transit At Los Angeles Auto Show
The market launch of the Ford E-Transit is just around the corner. More…
Apple Moves Forward With EV Project, Targets 2025 Release
Apple intends to launch an all-electric, self-driving car in just four years’ time – sooner than many expected. More…
Alaska’s First Electric School Bus Is Managing Minus 40 Temps With Ease
Alaska’s first (and currently only) all-electric school bus is getting the job done regardless of the temperature. More…
Daimler battery recycling plant to be in Kuppenheim
Daimler has now officially confirmed that it is planning to build a battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany. Although Daimler had already confirmed rumours about a planned battery recycling plant, the German automaker had given no indication of the location for the plant or further details until now. According to Daimler, the start of production […] More…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $3,600 Silly Electric Truck
While Alibaba is known for having some oddball vehicles, its electric truck collection is often even weirder than average. So I know that when it’s time to dive into the depths of outrageous electric vehicle design for my weekly Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, I’ll often bob to the surface clenching a weird new trucklet in my teeth. More…
Mullen Five EV Promises Tesla Plaid Level Acceleration In LA
It’s a premium electric crossover that has a claimed range of 325 miles, deliveries planned for 2024. More…
Building An EV Produces 70% More Emissions Than ICE, Says Volvo
The Swedish automaker compares how much it emits to make an XC40 versus a fully-electric C40 or XC40 Recharge. More…
Exclusive: First look at the production-ready SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle
The long-awaited SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle is now ready for production, and we have an exclusive first look for you ahead of the bike’s LA Auto Show unveiling. More…
StoreDot to use Group14 Technologies silicon tech
The Israeli battery developer StoreDot is cooperating with the US company Group14 Technologies, a supplier of lithium-silicon battery materials. StoreDot says it will integrate Group14’s lithium silicon technology into its cell technology called XFC (Extreme Fast Charging). Group14 already has partnerships with Slovakian battery company InoBat and Chinese manufacturer Farasis. With Group14’s battery materials, StoreDot […] More…
CATL joins Nio and Changan with e-SUV Avatr 11
The new Chinese electric car brand Avatr has just welcomed the battery manufacturer CATL on board. The first model of the new brand is called Avatr 11 and is a coupé-like SUV. Avatr is the new brand borne of the cooperation between Changan and Nio. Technical data for its first model the Avatr 11 are […] More…
GAC Mitsubishi presents new e-SUV for China
Mitsubishi has just presented an electric SUV at Auto Guangzhou as part of its Chinese joint venture with GAC. The Mitsubishi Airtrek is to be produced by GAC Mitsubishi Motors for the Chinese market from next year. The model has a 70-kWh battery, which is supposed to provide a range of about 520 kilometres according […] More…
Ford, Rivian Abandon Joint EV Development Plans
A lot has changed and Ford is now going all-in and all in-house. More…
Tevva granted $57m for e-truck development
The UK electric truck manufacturer Tevva has just raised US$57 million through an oversubscribed private placement from new and existing investors. The company says it will use the financing to equip its new London based production facility and quickly scale up manufacturing. Just last month Tevva Motors secured a £4.2 million (just under 5 million […] More…
Ford and Rivian cancel plans for joint EV
Ford and Rivian had been planning to develop an electric vehicle together, but those plans have been canceled, Ford CEO Jim Farley told Automotive News. More…
