In its goal to become 100% carbon-neutral by 2030, Apple announced today that it has more than doubled the number of suppliers committed to using only clean energy over the last year. In total, 175 Apple suppliers will transition to using renewable energy, and the company and its suppliers will bring online more than nine gigawatts of clean power around the world. More…
New Tesla Paint Colors Discovered: Here’s What They May Look Like
Now that three new Tesla paint colors have been discovered, people are creating renders with examples. More…
FIA Presidential Candidate Ben Sulayem On His Plans To Double Motorsport
Mohammed ben Sulayem will be one of just two names on the ballot for FIA President in December, to succeed Jean Todt in the most powerful job in motorsport as head of the worldwide federation that owns and regulates F1 and the other World Championships. If successful, Ben Sulayem would be the first non-European to lead the FIA. More…
Maclean utilizing Xalt & Freudenberg systems in mining machinery
The Canadian manufacturer MacLean Engineering wants to operate its heavy mining machines of the EV series and other equipment emission-free. The company is relying on technology from Xalt Energy and Freudenberg Battery Power Systems, both subsidiaries of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FTS). According to an accompanying press release, MacLean has already been supplying battery-electric machines to […] More…
Lucid plans first deliveries of Air Dream Edition on Saturday, some in 520-mile form
Lucid announced on Wednesday that it will hold a delivery event in California this Saturday, October 30, in which an initial group of customers will take delivery of their Air Dream Edition cars and be able to drive away. This will be a big moment for Lucid, as it doesn’t just formally establish the California-based company as an automaker;… More…
Lucid Will Begin Delivering Customer Cars On October 30th
The world’s first 500-mile production electric vehicle is now a reality. More…
CATL begins licensing Cell-to-Pack tech to Hyundai Mobis
CATL is licensing its Cell-to-Pack technology, unveiled in 2019, to South Korean supplier Hyundai Mobis. In the course of the agreement, the Chinese battery manufacturer will support Hyundai Mobis in supplying CTP products not only in South Korea, but worldwide. The basic idea of cell-to-pack batteries is already evident from their name: the cells are […] More…
Daimler Truck & BP to drive hydrogen transport in UK
Daimler Truck and BP have agreed to jointly accelerate hydrogen infrastructure development and the introduction of fuel cell trucks in the UK. Concrete terms will see BP installing hydrogen refuelling infrastructure throughout the decade with Daimler to push fuel cell trucks through dealerships. So far, the MoU states that BP could build and operate up […] More…
Daimler Truck & BP to accelerate hydrogen transport in UK
Daimler Truck and BP have signed an agreement to jointly drive forward hydrogen infrastructure development and the introduction of fuel cell trucks in the UK. Concrete terms will see BP installing hydrogen refuelling infrastructure throughout the decade with Daimler to push fuel cell trucks through its dealerships. So far, the MoU states that BP could […] More…
Posco & Morrow Batteries to develop cathode materials
Norwegian company Morrow Batteries is working with South Korean company Posco Chemical to jointly develop cathode and anode materials for Morrow’s future battery cells. The collaboration is expected to lead to a long-term volume supply contract. Morrow Batteries had announced at the end of 2020 that it would build a battery cell factory at Eyde […] More…
Fiat to launch two new electric van models
Stellantis has announced the launch of two new Fiat models that will also be marketed as pure electric vehicles. Specifically, these are a van and a delivery van. The names are well known: Ulysse for the van, Scudo for the van. For both models, the current announcement virtually closes the circle: they have already been […] More…
Europe: Jaguar Land Rover Will Pay Tesla For CO2 Emission Pooling
The company joins Tesla’s CO2 emission pool alongside Honda for the year 2021. More…
Hyundai Motor Group To Use CATL’s Cell-To-Pack Technology
Are affordable E-GMP-based EVs with CATL’s LFP batteries coming? More…
Hyundai Mobis “e-corner” modules would enable crab mode, rotational parking in future EVs
Future electric cars might be able to crab sideways or rotate in place, according to Hyundai. Hyundai Mobis, the automaker’s mobility-tech division, on Monday announced development of an “e-corner module” that allows individual wheels to rotate up to 90 degrees, opening up new possibilities for EV design. This idea was first shown at the 2018… More…
Electric Range Rover Coming In 2024, May Have Hydrogen Fuel-Cell
Until the fully-electric new Range Rover arrives, the two new plug-in hybrid versions might still be of interest. More…
Tesla Autopilot 2.0 Owners Need “Camera Upgrades” For FSD Beta
Elon Musk did not say what the upgrades are and when they will become available, though. More…
Musk: Tesla Autopilot 2.0 Owners Need “Camera Upgrades” For FSD Beta
Tesla’s CEO did not say what the upgrades are and when they will become available. More…
Sono still hasn’t reached a production agreement with NEVS
Although Sono Motors already announced in 2019 that it would have its Sion solar electric car produced by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) at the Swedish site in Trollhättan, there is apparently no binding production agreement to date. We asked the Munich-based company about this. The lack of a final contract was discussed by NEVS […] More…
New Range Rover to drop with two PHEV variants
Land Rover has presented the fifth generation of the Range Rover. At the market launch next year, this will receive two plug-in hybrid variants with 324 and 375 kW respectively and a purely electric WLTP range of up to 100 kilometres. The manufacturer has announced a purely electric Range Rover for 2024. The new Range […] More…
Rivian had a ‘small’ battery fire at its electric pickup truck factory
Rivian had a ‘small’ battery fire at its electric pickup truck factory in Normal, Illionois, according to the local fire department. More…
