Electric Vehicle

Last year we reported that the Mini EV, an extremely popular electric car from General Motors’ partner Wuling in China, was being brought to Europe as the FreZe Nikrob EV by Latvian company Dartz Motorz. The Mini EV is ...

Audi's ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers go live across Mzansi

The charging facilities are available immediately to all South Africans.

Future of the Jaguar I-Pace secure under the Reimagine strategy [Update]

Model year updates Jaguar I-Pace sales & future Update: ‘Model year updates’ and ‘Jaguar I-Pace sales & future’ sections updated. Amidst the product cancellations at Jaguar Land Rover since the implementation of the Reimagine strategy in early 2021, at ...

Subscription service offers a fast-track to electric vehicle adoption

By Kyle Stock, Skillman. The landmark US climate bill passed by the House of Representatives on Friday is a boon for would-be buyers of electric vehicles: It includes a $7,500 (R120,000) point-of-sale tax credit for any purchase of a qualifying new EV, ...

EVgo orders chargers from Delta Electronics

US charging infrastructure operator EVgo has contracted Delta Electronics to supply 1,000 fast charging columns. The Delta devices for EVgo will mainly be HPC columns with up to 350 kW power and power sharing functionality. The exact charging pole ...

Switch Mobility to deliver 5,000 electric buses to India

Switch Mobility, the UK subsidiary of Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland, and Indian transport company Chalo have entered into a strategic cooperation to deploy 5,000 electric buses across India. The Memorandum of Understanding, initially for three years, will ...

Electrify America to install chargers at Ikea locations

Volkswagen’s US subsidiary Electrify America will install more than 200 high-power charging stations at Ikea locations in the US. The fast chargers, with outputs ranging from 150 kW to 350 kW, will be set up at more than 25 ...

Land Rover Discovery Electric expected mid-decade

Design & Interior Release Date Six Land Rover electric models are arriving on the market by 2026 as part of Jaguar Land Rover’s Reimagine strategy announced in early 2021. One of these zero-emission SUVs will be a Land Rover ...

Jeep parent company investigating new electric vehicle factory

Stellantis is considering renovating a plant in Mexico to build hybrid and electric vehicles as it transforms its lineup to meet surging demand for battery-powered transport. The owner of the Jeep, Peugeot and Ram brands is contemplating a retooling ...

The most unnecessary electric scooter ever?

The smartphone refiner Caviar has presented the Thunderball electric kick scooter. It is partly made of 18-carat gold and is supposed to be able to reach speeds of up to 100 kph. The price stands at a hefty $49,000. ...

Classic 1975 BMW Lives New Life In London As An Electric Vehicle

Driving an internal combustion-engined vehicle in London is expensive even classic car owners are now looking at EVs.

Tesla gears up to build additional Model Y variants in Germany

Tesla has received EU type approval for a new variant of the Model Y with battery cells from the Chinese manufacturer BYD. The drive version is significantly lower than the previously offered Model Y Long Range and Performance. Only ...

Rivian marks over $1.7 billion in losses over Q2 2022

The US electric car start-up Rivian posted a net loss of 1.71 billion US dollars in the second quarter of 2022. However, Rivian was able to significantly increase production – and is also sticking to its annual target of ...

Tata Motors and State Bank of India join hands, offer Electronic Dealer Finance Program to authorized Tata passenger electric vehicle dealers

In a bid to make this festive season special, Tata Motors, India’s leading automotive manufacturer has joined hands with State Bank of India, India’s largest bank, to offer Electronic Dealer Finance solution (e-DFS) to its authorized passenger EV dealers.

Ree Automotive presents electric transporter with 2 tonne load capacity

The Israeli start-up Ree Automotive has presented another all-electric van based on its P7 platform. The P7-B also uses the company’s ‘Ree Corner’ drive modules and qualifies as a US Class 3 electric truck. Ree Automotive says the P7-B ...

Arrival confirms focus on electric delivery vehicles

In its latest quarterly report, the British electric vehicle start-up Arrival has confirmed the recently leaked strategic realignment, according to which the company will fully concentrate on the launch of its electric transporter for the time being and put ...

Brabus improves Mercedes EQS aerodynamics

Brabus, the tuning company from Bottrop, Germany, has presented a refinement programme for the Mercedes EQS, which is intended to further improve the aerodynamics and efficiency of the electric sedan. With a cW value of 0.20, the EQS is ...

CATL to build battery factory in Hungary – with Mercedes as major customer

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL will build another cell factory in Europe. The second location after Erfurt is Debrecen in Hungary. CATL already has an important customer on its hands: the cell factory is to supply the Mercedes-Benz ...

Foxconn to build electric tractors for Monarch in the USA

The Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn will in future also build electric tractors and batteries for them in the USA. An agreement now concluded with tractor supplier Monarch Tractor provides for Monarch’s MK-V series electric tractors to be built at ...

Freyr opens business unit in Japan

Norwegian battery company Freyr has opened its first location in Asia. The office is located in Fukuoka, Japan, and includes a technology resource campus. This will be primarily concerned with conducting electrochemical tests of various materials in connection with ...

Lotte Chemical to manufacture cathode materials in Kentucky

The South Korean chemical company Lotte Chemical, together with Lotte Aluminium, is building a factory in the US state of Kentucky for the production of cathode foils for use in batteries for electric vehicles. The factory in Hardin County ...

GP Joule to order 5,000 hydrogen trucks from Clean Logistics

Clean Logistics has secured 5,000 hydrogen-electric trucks from GP Joule through a framework agreement. Delivery is scheduled between 2023 to 2027, with a pre-series expected by late 2023. The sales volume is in the low single-digit billion euro range ...

Siemens and MAHLE sign letter of intent for wireless charging of electric vehicles

Siemens and MAHLE intend to collaborate in the field of inductive charging of electric vehicles.

Volvo Cars and Starbucks finalize locations and begin installing ChargePoint electric vehicle chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

Volvo Cars, in cooperation with Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX), today announced the first Starbucks stores where new electric vehicle (EV) chargers, powered by ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT), will be available to customers and members of the public – part of the companies’ commitment to a sustainable future.

Is this Police helicopter really ICEing at a Tesla Supercharger?

There’s a police helicopter standing at the Tesla Supercharger in a picture on Twitter. It is not a case of extreme ICEing or vandalism but a campaign by the Police Department in Bavaria on a day of action against ...

Eberspaecher announces thermal management for e-buses

The German automotive supplier Eberspaecher has developed a fully electric air conditioning system for hybrid and all-electric buses, particularly for customers in India, the Middle East and Asia: the AC135 AE platform. The new thermal management system for large ...

Meyers Manx to release electric VW buggy

US carmaker Meyers Manx is bringing back the VW buggy of the 1960s with an electric drive. The Meyers Manx 2.0 Electric is to be built in a small series of 50 units starting in 2023, before series production ...

General Motors stock pops on positive electric vehicle developments

Shares of General Motors (NYSE: GM) have risen by 7.07 percent over the past week and nearly 22 percent over the past month as competitive offerings from other automakers increased in price and federal electric vehicle incentives point toward ...

Elon Musk now holds only 15 per cent of Tesla

Elon Musk has sold 7.92 million Tesla shares worth 6.9 billion dollars in the past few days. However, the sales have nothing to do with Tesla itself – Musk is preparing to potentially have to buy Twitter. The funds ...

Used electric vehicle sales rose 57% in second quarter of 2022

Battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales rose 57.1% to reach 16,782 units in the second quarter of 2022, doubling market share to 1.0%, according to SMMT statistics. Plug-in hybrids meanwhile held relatively stable with 1.0% growth and 0.9% of the market, ...

Cooper Standard announces joint development agreement of innovative dynamic fluid control technology for the electric vehicle market

Cooper Standard (NYSE: CPS) announced a joint development agreement with Industrie Saleri Italo S.p.A. (Saleri) to create a novel family of high-performance coolant fluid management devices for the battery electric vehicle market (EV).

US car subscription service Autonomy orders 22,790 BEVs

The US electric car subscription service Autonomy has ordered 22,790 electric cars worth around 1.2 billion dollars. The provider, which until now has specialised mainly in Tesla models, has ordered a total of 45 different vehicle models from 17 ...

Ford raises prices for the F-150 Lightning by up to $8,500

Ford has announced a price increase for its all-electric F-150 Lightning. “Due to significant material cost increases and other factors,” prices for the F-150 Lightning will increase by $6,000 to $8,500 depending on the variant. The price increases do ...

Avatr launches first model in China for €50,700

The Chinese electric car subsidiary Avatr under Changan, Nio and CATL has launched its first model on the Chinese market. The coupé-like electric SUV Avatr 11 is based on a 750-volt platform and is available in three regular versions ...

Tesla to buy billions worth of nickel in Indonesia

Tesla has signed contracts worth around US$5 billion to buy materials for its batteries from nickel-processing companies in Indonesia, according to a senior Indonesian cabinet minister. Tesla has signed five-year contracts with nickel processing companies operating out of Morowali ...

WiTricity raises another $63m; Siemens leading this latest round

Wireless charging specialist WiTricity says it completed a new funding round of $63 million (€60.9m). Anchored by a $25 million investment from Siemens AG, the round includes new investors and new ones on board. The company wants to bring ...

Allego adapts EV charging fees due to electricity price hike

Allego will increase charging tariffs in most European countries in the company’s network on 1 September due to rising electricity prices across Europe. The three levels of charging speeds introduced during the last price rise at the beginning of ...

AMTE Power confirms Cosworth as prospective client

Budding battery producer AMTE Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with automotive engineering company Cosworth. The company may use AMTE’s “ultra high power” cells in their specialist electric vehicles that cover many sectors. Cosworth is known chiefly for ...

Mercedes launches production of the hybrid Hypercar One

Mercedes-AMG has started small-scale production of the hybrid-electric Hypercar One with Formula 1 technology. A total of 275 examples of the Mercedes-AMG One will now be built, the first of which are to be delivered to customers during the ...

Canada releases more EV infrastructure funding (ZEVIP)

The Government of Canada says it will invest over $2.4 million in parking provider Indigo Park Canada. The funding will help the company to install 500 EV chargers at 68 sites across British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and New ...

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