China’s biggest EV maker is setting its sights on Canada’s car market, according to documents filed with the country’s government. Read more…
Opel Zafira Electric is now available for order at a much lower price
Opel announced its first fully electric minivan back in December 2023 and is now opening the order books at a much lower price than initially anticipated. All the available trims are about €15,000 cheaper than what Open announced back in December. The Zafira Electric is based on the EMP2 platform and comes in two variants – 50 kWh battery or… Read more…
Tesla Cybertruck Wows The Crowd At Tractor Pull Events
Cybertrucks were not this good before the recent Off-Road Mode update, which allows the differentials to be locked. Read more…
Group14 signs offtake deals with 3 EV manufacturers for silicon battery materials
US-based silicon battery materials supplier Group14 Technologies has signed offtake agreements totaling at least $300 million with three EV and two consumer electronic battery cell manufacturers across Europe, Asia and North America. Group14’s customers deliver batteries to various industries, including automotive, consumer electronics and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL). The company’s silicon-carbon anode material,… Read more…
Samsung smart electric washer/ventless dryer bundle $1,470+ off, Worx Landroid mower lows, Trek Cruiser e-bikes, more
Today’s Green Deals are here to start (and complete) business at home before letting you go out for some adventurous fun! Leading the group today is one of the best electric appliance deals we’ve seen with Samsung’s Bespoke AI-supported All-in-One Electric Washer and Ventless dryer landing at $2,199 – with $330+ in bonuses that include a free Jet 60 vacuum and free installation/haul-away services too. It is joined by the popular Worx Landroid L 20V Robotic Lawn Mower that tackles 1/2 an acre of land at a new $750 low, as well as a return of Trek’s Crusier Go! e-bikes at discounted rates, with the Electra Cruiser Go! e-bike specifically returning to its $1,200 low. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals that are still alive and well – including a 1-day discount on the Worx 4V 3-speed screwdriver that makes a handy and affordable addition to any toolbox. Read more…
Mercedes’ answer to the Tesla Model Y is coming soon
Mercedes-Benz is set to launch its electric CLA next year, the first of its more affordable EV series. The new EV will help Mercedes narrow the gap with Tesla. Meanwhile, an electric crossover is expected to follow as Mercedes’ answer to Tesla’s best-selling Model Y. Read more…
BYD to shake up North American EV market with plans to enter Canada
China’s BYD wants a bigger piece of the North American EV market. With plans to sell electric cars in Canada, BYD is closing in on the US. Read more…
Litheli FrozenPack is the ultimate on-the-go cooling companion
Introducing the Litheli FrozenPack, the world’s first backpack car fridge designed to keep your food and drinks cool on the go. Check out Litheli’s new Indiegogo campaign with amazing early bird deals on the FrozenPack, and read on to learn more about this trailblazing product. Read more…
Tesla Just Recalled 1.8 Million Cars
The issue affects all Tesla models except the Cybertruck. It’s already been corrected through a software update. Read more…
See The Tesla Cybertruck Put Its Diff Locker To Work Off-Road: ‘Much Better Than Expected’
Tesla’s angular pickup got a lot of flak in the past for underperforming off-road. Now, though, things seem to have improved. Read more…
Castrol invests $50 million in Gogoro’s battery-swapping platform
UK-based industrial and automotive lubricants supplier Castrol, part of the bp group, will invest up to $50 million in Taiwanese battery swapping firm Gogoro. Gogoro is developing is an open and interoperable battery swapping platform for lightweight two-wheeler and three-wheeler urban vehicles. The company aims to accelerate the shift to sustainable two-wheeler transportation in the… Read more…
Keysight completes Car Connectivity Consortium Digital Key Applet certification for NXP
Riscure Security Solutions, the device security research lab of US-based test and measurement firm Keysight Technologies, has completed the first Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) Digital Key Applet (DKA) certification for NXP Semiconductors. DKA expands Keysight’s security evaluation offering for the automotive industry, in addition to the UN R155 and R156 regulations and others. The CCC… Read more…
Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ takes another step, version 12.5 rolling out
Tesla has begun the wide release of its latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, version 12.5. While CEO Elon Musk has used the occassion to once again promise the imminent arrival of fully unsupervised self-driving, we should probably know better by now. This latest FSD update, is now hitting vehicles equipped with Tesla’s Hardware 4 (HW4) suite of sensors and processors.… Read more…
This City Has The First Fully Electric Police Fleet In The U.S.
With the switch to all-electric, the City of South Pasadena is projecting cost savings of about $400,000 over ten years. Read more…
First all-electric police fleet coming to California
The City of South Pasadena’s police fleet is going all electric The fleet will consist of 20 EVs with 10 Tesla Model Ys and 10 Model 3s The project will cost the city $1.85 million Even cop cars are going electric. On Monday, the South Pasadena Police Department in California announced it’s the first police fleet in the U.S. to go all electric… Read more…
Toyota sales slide as aggressive price cuts by BYD, Chinese EV makers take effect
Toyota’s global sales fell over 5% last month, partly driven by the impact of BYD’s price cuts in key markets like China, Southeast Asia, and even Japan. Read more…
Tesla pushes software fix to 1.8 million EVs to prevent hood from flying open
Tesla has issued a ‘safety recall’ on 1.8 million electric vehicles, but the good news is that it is just a software fix – although an important one as it will prevent the hood from flying open while driving. Read more…
In a first, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU in 1H 2024
Wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU during the first six months of 2024 for the first time ever in a half-year period. Read more…
GMC Sierra Denali EV Lease Price Is Shockingly High
It’s nearly twice the price of a Hummer EV. Read more…
Wildcat and Austin Elements work together to close the loop on LFP/LMFP battery recycling
Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a US cathode producer, and Austin Elements, a US critical minerals recycler and sustainable LFP precursors producer, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on recycling solutions for LFP and LMFP batteries. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to convert end-of-life batteries and manufacturing scraps into cathode materials…. Read more…
