The new flagship Q-Range electric drive cone plant from the quarry experts at Sandvik is engineered to be safe, quiet, and tough enough to operate in the most hostile environments the mining and quarrying industries can put it in. Read more…
Tesla (TSLA) brand damage is destroying used car value: ‘People don’t want them anymore’
Tesla’s brand damage is eroding the value of used Tesla vehicles at a rapid rate, as owners rush to sell theirs.. Read more…
BYD Sealion 06 electric SUV revealed
Chinese electric car giant BYD is expanding its popular Sealion family with the upcoming Sealion 06, a new electric SUV. Regulatory filings indicate that this latest addition will offer both fully electric and plug-in hybrid versions. The Sealion 06 has appeared in a catalog released by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), a regulatory step before any vehicle… Read more…
Air Taxi Startup Wants To Fly People … To The Airport
Archer Aviation says it would take less than 15 minutes to get passengers from various locations in Manhattan to the neighboring airports. Read more…
Leapmotor, Stellantis to start production in Malaysia by end of 2025
Leapmotor and Stellantis plan to start production of the Leapmotor C10 SUV in Malaysia by the end of 2025.
The project will be based on Stellantis’ existing Malaysian plant, with an initial investment of 5 million euros.
Nio Firefly uses Horizon Robotics’ chips to power its driver assist system
Firefly represents the first model to come out of the partnership between Horizon Robotics and Nio.
Nio-branded models will switch to its in-house Shenji chip, while the Onvo L60 uses the Nvidia Orin X.
Hyundai To Pause EV Production At Home Due To Slow Demand: Report
The Ulsan complex manufactures the Ioniq 5 and Kona EVs. Read more…
HyperFast to deploy ADS-TEC ChargePosts in Belgium
ADS-TEC Energy has announced a new order from Belgium-based charge point operator, HyperFast, who will deploy more than a dozen of ADS-TEC’s ChargePosts across their network. The units can provide fast charging up to 300kW without the need for grid upgrades. Read more…
Leapmotor shares 1st official images of B01 sedan as debut days away
Leapmotor shared the first official images of the B01, an electric sedan that will make its debut at the 2025 Shanghai auto show, which begins on April 23.
Leapmotor’s only sedan so far, the C01, starts at RMB 139,800 ($19,140).
India opens its first solar-powered electric bus depot
India has opened its first solar-powered electric bus depot in Surat, a bustling city in the state of Gujarat on the country’s west coast. German government agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) helped the country develop this facility. Read more…
Nyobolt secures €26.4m funding for fast charging
The company has secured €26.4m ($30m) in funding from IQ Capital and Latitude with strategic partners including Scania Invest and Takasago industry. The funding will help the firm further develop its anode-based energy storage and fast charging technologies. Read more…
BYD Yangwang teases new SUV U8L for Shanghai auto show
Yangwang shared two images of the U8L and hinted that the new model will be longer than the U8.
The U8 is Yangwang’s first model and has a starting price of RMB 1,098,000 yuan.
Honda’s electric vehicle face-off in China – P7 arrives, S7 prices drop
The electric car market in China is not showing any signs of cooling off anytime soon, and Honda is finding itself in an unusual position: competing with itself. The recent launch of the GAC Honda P7, an all-electric crossover, has stirred the pot by undercutting the price of its sibling model, the Dongfeng Honda S7. This price difference has forced… Read more…
Firefly show cars arrive at over 300 Nio stores, official launch 1 day away
Firefly will hold an all-day event for its first model on April 19, with the official product launch starting at 8 pm Beijing time.
The model went on pre-sales in China last December for RMB 148,800 yuan ($20,390).
Mizzou researchers explore protective coatings for solid-state batteries
Using a combination of advanced imagery and ultra-thin coatings, University of Missouri (Mizzou) researchers are looking to develop protective coatings for solid electrolytes to make safer batteries. Using four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D STEM), the researchers examined the atomic structure of a battery without taking it apart to gain an understanding of the chemical… Read more…
Terawatt opens its first electric charging truck stop in California
Terawatt Infrastructure‘s first medium- and heavy-duty electric charging truck stop in California is now online, in Rancho Dominguez.. Read more…
400 kW DC fast charging On The Run arrives in Canada – and it’s FREE!
British Columbia got its first 400 kW DC fast charger last week at Canadian C-store chain On The Run, but that’s not the good part. As part of a limited time offer, these chargers are FREE. Read more…
Chevy, Cadillac and GMC EVs Are Getting In-Car Video Streaming
The feature is already available on cars like the Chevy Blazer EV SS and Cadillac Optiq, but it’s coming to more cars via an update. Read more…
Tesla’s Cybertruck Problem Keeps Getting Worse
With inventory piling up, Tesla has started putting up to $10,000 on the hood of Cybertrucks. Read more…
China cracks down on automated driving features after Tesla’s FSD launch
Just after Tesla launched its ‘Full Self-Driving’ package, in China, the country announced that it cracking down on automated driving features with new limitations. Read more…
