In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss an update to Tesla’s self-driving roadmap, Lucid Gravity orders, F150 Lightning production pause, and mor. Read more…
The US’s largest offshore wind farm is on budget and on time
Dominion Energy has hit a major milestone in the construction of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The company has put in place 78 monopile foundations and four offshore substation foundations during the first installation season, surpassing its initial target of 70 monopiles.. Read more…
NIO’s EV sales top 20,000 for the sixth straight month as new low-cost SUV shows promise
With its new electric SUV rolling out, NIO’s (NIO) sales topped the 20,000 mark again in Oct, its sixth straight month hitting the milestone. Read more…
Toyota to buy clean power from a $1.1 billion solar farm in Texas
Enbridge, a Canadian energy company, just announced it’s moving forward with an 815-megawatt (MW) solar project called Sequoia in Texas. When it’s done, it’ll be one of the largest solar farms in North America. The project’s price tag is a hefty $1.1 billion. Read more…
Sylvatex secures $1.4 million from DOE to develop lithium iron phosphate technology
US-based battery materials manufacturing technology company Sylvatex (SVX) has received $1.4 million in total project funding from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The original award included $500,000 of funding under the TINA Topic W, or Supporting Entrepreneurial Energy Discoveries (SEED), program. Supplemental funding of $982,000 for an additional two-year project will… Read more…
The Polestar 3 Has Arrived
America’s first Polestar 3 deliveries are underway. Despite being built in the U.S., it doesn’t qualify for the federal tax credit. Read more…
2024 Kia EV6 Long-Term Test: Software That’s Just Okay
My EV6 is the most high-tech car I’ve ever owned. But on the software and autonomy front, it’s pretty outclassed by other options. Read more…
Rivian Declares War On Physical Buttons
Rivian sees your future car controlled with your voice, not your fingers. Read more…
Tesla self-driving test driver: ‘you’re running on adrenaline the entire eight-hour shift’
A new report based on interviews with former test drivers who were part of Tesla’s internal self-driving team reveals the dangerous extremes Tesla is willing to go to test its autonomous driving technologies. Read more…
BYD sold over 500,000 vehicles for the first time in October: Is it enough to take the EV crown?
BYD sales topped the 500,000 mark in October, its first time achieving the feat. After its fifth consecutive record sales month, will BYD take the global EV lead over Tesla this year. Read more…
ORNL researchers use polymer binders for solid-state electrolyte membranes
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have made a thin, flexible, solid-state electrolyte that may double energy storage for EVs. Using a polymer to make a strong yet springy thin film, the scientists are developing flexible, durable sheets of solid-state electrolytes that may allow scalable production of solid-state batteries that… Read more…
Video: Parker’s new Global Vehicle Inverter is designed for heavy-duty EV scalability
In a recent interview with Charged, Jonah Leason, the Electrification Product Manager at Parker Hannifin, described the strategy behind the design of its next-generation Global Vehicle Inverter (GVI). The new GVI is designed to support the electrification needs of heavy-duty vehicles by integrating seamlessly with Parker’s Global Vehicle Motors (GVMs). This inverter model is built… Read more…
Ford adds NACS adapter supplier due to slow Tesla supply chain
Ford is now shipping a new North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapter to customers to help provide access to Tesla Supercharger stations more quickly. First reported by InsideEVs, the new NACS adapter comes from Lectron, and will be distributed alongside the existing design from Tesla. They have the same specifications as the Tesla-provided… Read more…
The Life Cycle Of An EV Battery: From Manufacturing To Recycling
Understanding the journey of an EV battery has never been more important. Read more…
Last Mile Solutions on expansion course in Europe
Last Mile Solutions is expanding into the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. With this step, the company is continuing its growth course in Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, Last Mile Solutions and Electra want to ‘strengthen their partnership with a direct connection’. Read more…
EVs And Hybrids Catapult Hyundai, Kia October U.S. Sales To New Record
The Korean car giants saw record October sales in the U.S. thanks to electric and hybrid SUVs. Read more…
Hyundai Casper EV Cross filmed in South Korea
We reported earlier that the pint-sized Hyundai Inster EV is getting a rugged new look. Spy shots from South Korea now show the Casper EV Cross, designed to appeal to drivers who want a bit more of an adventure on their city commute. Hyundai Inster EV Cross is Casper’s European twin, and this is the first glimpse of the toughened-up… Read more…
Piclo facilitates entry of EV chargers into the UK’s Capacity Market
The ability to remotely control EV chargers turns EVs into energy assets (like power plants or energy storage facilities) that can participate in energy markets. In addition to energy markets, which allow generation and storage capacity to be traded, some regions also have capacity markets, which facilitate the trading of future generation and storage capacity…. Read more…
NOVONIX and ICoNiChem to collaborate on battery cathode feedstock
Battery materials and technology company NOVONIX and UK-based ICoNiChem Widnes, which produces cobalt and nickel salts, have signed a collaboration agreement to develop nickel-based cathode active materials (CAM). The two-year project, with a total budget of C$515,686 ($373,687) between the two companies, aims to further improve the sustainability of NOVONIX’s technology by incorporating recycled metal… Read more…
Walmart introduces electric vans from Chevrolet BrightDrop
The US retail giant Walmart had already reserved a whopping 5,000 electric vans from BrightDrop at the beginning of 2022. The first vehicles from the agreement are due to be rolled out shortly. Read more…
