• News aggregator on electric cars and electric vehicles (cars, motorcycles, boats, planes).

Blank Slate: Will this infinitely customizable EV make it to market with a $20k price tag?

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The term “tabula rasa,” or “blank slate,” is taking on new meaning in the battery-electric truck segment with the introduction of the Slate Truck. The sleek yet somewhat bare-bones truck is, however, a highly customizable blank canvas that comes with a lengthy accessory list including one that converts the pick-up into an SUV.  To paraphrase… Read more…

Model Y and Cybertruck production paused, as demand keeps crashing

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Tesla is reportedly adjusting production at its Austin, Texas factory after a shift in demand for its popular Model Y crossover. According to recent reports from several employees, assembly line workers responsible for building the Model Y have been asked to either take a week off or report to the factory for cleaning and training duties instead of their usual… Read more…

Designing better EV charging cables: insights from Southwire

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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

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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…

Nissan postpones plans to build a battery factory in Japan due to financial woes

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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…

Greenworks 80V Venture all-terrain e-bike at new $1,425 low, EGO dual-port mower bundle $550 low, Hiboy, EcoFlow flash sale, more

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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…

VEV teams up with Maritime Transport to deploy electric truck charging

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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

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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…