Only about three months after the start of production, Geely’s premium electric brand Zeekr has reported the production of the 10,000th unit of its debut BEV 001. In addition, further details about the production technology at the Ningbo plant have been revealed. Production of the Zeekr 001 only started in mid-October at Geely’s Ningbo plant. […] More…
Tesla Production Sites By Model Assignment, Capacity: January 2021
“We plan to grow our manufacturing capacity as quickly as possible.” More…
SsangYong confirms UK prices for the Korando e-Motion
SsangYong confirmed UK prices and specifications for the Korando e-Motion SUV. Orders are not officially open yet and the SsangYong UK website is still asking customers to register interest. However, SsangYong’s latest UK price list contains full prices and equipment for the new model, suggesting that sales are due imminently. Prices for the Korando e-Motion […] More…
H2 Mobility Austria aims for 2,000 fuel-cell trucks by 2030
H2 Mobility Austria, a consortium of eleven Austrian companies, aims to put around 2,000 hydrogen trucks on the roads of the Alpine Republic by 2030. An accompanying study estimated the deployment would bring Austria an added value of 475 million euros. Through the consortium, the partners commissioned the consulting firm Deloitte to prepare the study […] More…
Bentley to release five EV models by 2030
Shortly after Bentley confirmed the production of its first electric car at its main plant in Crewe, the British VW subsidiary presented an update of its ‘Beyond100’ strategy. According to the update, the first model will be followed by another electric model every year from 2025 onwards – i.e. five model series by 2030. In […] More…
Ola plans electric scooter and electric car R&D center based in the UK, investing $100M
India-based Ola Electric made a splash with its high performance and low cost S1 Pro electric scooters, which are now taking India by storm. With its sights set on global expansion, the company announced today that it is opening a new R&D center in the UK for both two-wheeled and four-wheeled electric vehicle development. More…
Elon Musk: Tesla is prioritizing product development of Optimus humanoid robot in 2022
Elon Musk announced that Tesla is going to be shifting its product development to make Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot also known as Optimus, a priority in 2022. More…
Varla Pegasus review: Flying at 28 mph on a full-suspension electric scooter
The Varla Pegasus is one of those rare electric scooters that strikes a nice balance between higher-than-average performance and a reasonable price tag. And having spent a couple weeks so far putting the scooter to the test, I can confirm that it has the right combination of performance and value to fit a wide range of riders.. More…
Hyundai Europe launches special Ionity tariffs
In Europe, Hyundai has released new packages offering preferential tariffs for the Ionity network in which the company holds a stake. Two Ionity packages, Premium and Lite, offer better charging rates. At the same time, drivers opting for the new Ioniq 5 receive up to two years of the Ionity Premium for free. As a […] More…
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi kicks up a gear in e-mobility planning
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance has unveiled a joint electromobility roadmap until 2030, which envisages investments of a further 23 billion euros over the next five years. The roadmap thus goes beyond what had been leaked in advance. On Monday, the news agency Reuters reported with reference to insiders that the alliance would invest an additional 20 […] More…
Feinmetall launches high-current contacts for battery testing and production
As currents produced by EV batteries get higher, the demands placed on the contacts in the systems used to check cell, module and general battery performance in testing and production are also increasing. High-performance contact probes are therefore growing in importance (writes Peter Donaldson). To that end, contacts manufacturer Feinmetall has launched a family of […] More…
Musk Says FSD Will Be Safer Than Human Drivers By The End Of 2022
Tesla also announced that it has gone from 2,000 cars running FSD Beta in Q3 2021 to 60,000 in Q4 2021. More…
Charging lottery in the UK
New research released by British Gas reveals there is a postcode lottery when it comes to electric vehicle charging costs. There are 21 councils across England and Wales, where it is completely free to charge EVs using council-owned public chargers. However, for each free charger, there are drivers in other areas who are charged up […] More…
Tesla Giga Texas: Model Y And 4680 Structural Packs Are Coming
Pre-production started in 2021 and the Austin-made Model Y will enter the market after final certification. More…
Musk: Tesla Bot Most Important Product Being Developed In 2022
CEO believes the Optimus humanoid robot “has the potential to be more significant than the vehicle business over time.” More…
Tesla Confirms: First Cars From Giga Berlin Will Use 2170 Cells
See the latest photos from the factory floor. More…
Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Cybertruck Production Postponement
There will be no new vehicle introductions in 2022. “Hopefully” in 2023. More…
Tesla confirms Cybertruck, Roadster, and Semi pushed until 2023
During its 2021 Q4 earnings call Wednesday afternoon, Tesla confirmed that the wait for any new products from the company would stretch into next year. That means the earliest we will see a Cybertruck, Roadster, or Semi is 2023. Elon Musk said that this year Tesla will focus on scaling output of its current offerings, as the company still… More…
Tesla takes stock of 2021 as a “breakthrough year”
With more than 930,000 vehicles delivered, Tesla confirmed it also achieved new records in sales and profits in 2021, as the new annual report shows. The manufacturer itself speaks of a “breakthrough year”. In the medium term, Tesla wants to deliver 50 per cent more cars per year – and could thus come close to […] More…
Tesla takes stock of 2021
Tesla delivered a total of 936,172 electric cars last year, with 308,600 vehicles delivered in the fourth quarter. While the numbers are impressive, much growth also happened in the areas of supply chain management, battery deployment and energy management. While the vehicle delivery data had been announced a few weeks ago, additional information about the […] More…
