It’s about the future of their jobs. Ford workers at two plants in western Germany are set to go on strike on Wednesday, their works council chief said on Monday. Read more…
A vast new UK battery plant just secured £1B to power 100k EVs
A major new EV battery factory is being built in Sunderland, bringing 1,000 new jobs with it. AESC, Nissan’s battery partner, is behind the £1 billion ($1.33 billion) plant, which will boost the UK’s EV battery production by six times, enough to power 100,000 electric cars annually.. Read more…
Designing better EV charging cables: insights from Southwire

Southwire is using its decades of electrical engineering experience to support the growing demands of electric vehicle infrastructure. Recently, Charged spoke with Yuhsin Hawig, Vice President of Applications Engineering at Southwire, about the company’s evolving role in the e-mobility space. With over 75 years in the electrical industry and more than 15 years focused on… Read more…
Sany Group introduces electric excavators, crawler cranes, telehandlers and e-rollers

Sany Group has announced four new off-highway electric vehicles including excavators, crawler cranes, telehandlers and e-rollers. The new SCC2000A-EV is Sany’s largest pure electric lattice boom crawler crane. It features a 422 kWh high-capacity CATL battery that will support up to nine hours of operation. The SCC2000A-EV uses a 234 kW Danfoss motor that the… Read more…
Congress Just Took A Step Toward Killing The $7,500 EV Tax Credit

We’re rapidly approaching the day the EV industry has been dreading. Read more…
General Motors Just Hired Tesla’s Former Head Of Autopilot

Anderson was Tesla’s head of Autopilot back in the day, and now joins another former Tesla exec in a high-level position at GM. Read more…
Nissan postpones plans to build a battery factory in Japan due to financial woes

Nissan recently confirmed that it’s scrapping its plans to build a battery factory for its EVs due to ongoing financial hurdles. The company was supposed to build a new LFP battery plant in Japan and even received approval from the government in September last year. However, Nissan’s financial situation looks grim. The company reported a $5.2 billion loss for the… Read more…
The 2025 Toyota RAV4 Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Everywhere For A Good Reason

Pleasant, smooth, but a little clumsy; there’s a reason why it’s one of the best-selling hybrid crossovers.
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Greenworks 80V Venture all-terrain e-bike at new $1,425 low, EGO dual-port mower bundle $550 low, Hiboy, EcoFlow flash sale, more
Where we ended last week with a lead Greenworks deal, we’re kickstarting this week’s Green Deals in a similar fashion. We spotted Greenworks’ 80V Venture 20-inch All-Terrain Utility e-bike on its own dropping to a new $1,425 low, with an option to bundle it from Best Buy with a battery and charger for $1,650. Next, EGO’s 56V 21-inch Cordless Electric Dual-Port Self-Propelled Lawn Mower is coming along with two 5.0Ah batteries at a new $550 low. We also have four e-bikes from Hiboy seeing solid discounts, led by the starter-friendly EX6 Step-Thru Fat Tire e-bike for $900. Lastly, we have EcoFlow’s latest 24-hour flash sale on a DELTA Pro Power Station bundle with a transfer switch for $1,999, or its Smart Home Panel 2 at $1,399. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals from last week are in the links at the bottom of the page, collected together in our Electrified Weekly roundup, including the preorder bundles on Lectric’s new XP4 e-bikes. Read more…
BYD’s latest low-cost EV hits dealerships: Meet the new e7
BYD’s latest low-cost EV, the e7, is now arriving at dealerships in China. The e7 is about the size of the Tesla Model 3 and is part of BYD’s more affordable e-series lineup. Read more…
NHTSA asks Tesla how it plans to release its robotaxi service based on FSD
NHTSA is asking Tesla to do what it has always been able to avoid: release data from its ‘Full Self-Driving (FSD)’ program. Read more…
The 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron snags an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award
Less than a year after officially launching in the US, the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron has received its safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). According to the German automaker, its compact luxury crossover has been awarded Top Safety Pick+ status—the highest possible rating from the IIHS. Read more…
The New Fiat 500 Was Supposed To Be Electric-Only. Now There’s A Gas Version

Following the weak sales of the new electric 500, Fiat has reengineered the EV to offer a combustion engine and a manual transmission. Read more…
VEV teams up with Maritime Transport to deploy electric truck charging

VEV, an electric fleet provider backed by oil company Vitol, has partnered with UK-based integrated road and rail freight logistics provider Maritime Transport to install high-powered electric truck chargers at three Maritime sites in Wakefield, Doncaster and Tilbury in the UK. The 17 chargers, which are scheduled to be commissioned by the end of May,… Read more…
i-charging’s new e-flow: a local controller that manages and optimizes fleet EV charging installations

Fleet EV charging installations need smart controllers, and as a handful of industry execs recently told Charged, these processors are increasingly located on-site rather than in the cloud. i-charging’s new e-flow is a local controller designed to seamlessly manage and optimize the operation of EV charging installations, especially those relying on satellite units or installed in… Read more…
Nissan’s Hard Times Ain’t Over Yet

The company is cutting another 10,000 jobs, reports from local media claim. Read more…
Honda’s Prologue electric SUV just got more affordable with stackable savings
After cutting interest rates this month, the 2025 Honda Prologue is more affordable than ever. The lower APR could score you nearly $3,000 off, but with stackable rebates, you can more than double the savings. Read more…
GM hires Tesla’s former head of Autopilot and Aurora co-founder
GM announced that it has hired Sterling Anderson, who is known for being the early head of Tesla Autopilot and co-founder of self-driving startup Aurora. Read more…
BYD Enters Romania, Expanding Its European Ambitions

The Chinese giant is bringing both EVs and plug-in hybrid options to the market, hoping to mitigate the impact of EU tariffs. Read more…
Breathe raises $21 million, launches new battery software toolchain products

UK battery software developer Breathe Battery Technologies has raised $21 million in Series B funding and expanded its product portfolio from an embedded software program to a suite of battery simulation software, embedded software and battery services to support the full battery development process. The round brought in Swedish investment company Kinnevik, alongside previous investors… Read more…

