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Why do ICE cars have gears? Learn more about electric cars Are electric cars automatic or manual? Two speed boxes What is B mode? Are there any manual electric cars? Any benefits to no gears? Do electric cars have ...

Vitesco joints the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium

Vitesco Technologies has joined the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium (SBMC). The consortium was founded in 2021 by the two-wheeler manufacturers Honda, KTM, Piaggio and Yamaha and has now grown to 21 members. Vitesco says it has two decades of ...

E-Bike joint ventures by Porsche and Pon take up speed

The e-bike joint ventures launched by Porsche and Ponooc (Pon for short)are gaining traction. The partners announced that Porsche eBike Performance GmbH and P2 eBike GmbH began business today. Next-gen e-bikes with Porsche drives are expected to hit the ...

EV rental service Autonomy to add 20,000 EVs by 2023

California’s EV subscription service Autonomy has partnered with America’s largest automotive retailer AutoNation. Autonomy wants to expand the portfolio from Tesla cars into several EV brands and launch in more states across the US. Autonomy plans to buy up ...

Hyundai launches XCIENT trucks to hit Europe via Germany

Hyundai announces the launch of the XCIENT fuel cell truck in Germany. Seven local logistics, manufacturing and retail companies will integrate 27 Hyundai hydrogen trucks into their fleets with funding through the German Federal Ministry for Digitalisation and Transport ...

Tesla orders cobalt from two Chinese suppliers

Tesla has signed new contracts with two of its existing Chinese suppliers of battery materials. Huayou Cobalt and CNGR Advanced Material signed pricing agreements with Tesla for deliveries through the middle of this decade. Bloomberg reports this, citing separate ...

5,123 electric cars sold in Norway over July

In Norway, 5,123 new electric cars were registered in July, accounting for 70.7 per cent of all new passenger car registrations for the month. In addition, there were 890 new plug-in hybrids. Among the models, the Skoda Enyaq led ...

Nikola acquires Romeo Power, takes batteries in-house

Electric truck maker Nikola will take over Romeo Power, thus taking control of battery development and manufacturing. The agreement is definitive. Romeo specialises in batteries for commercial EVs, and their Cypress factory will become Nikola’s Battery Center of Excellence. ...

BYD prepares to enter German & Swedish markets

BYD has announced its market entry with passenger car models in Germany and in Sweden. Their current lineup now only electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The Chinese manufacturer has chosen Hedin Mobility Group as its sales partner for these ...

MG ZS EV review: It’s truly long range and a bargain

More range, higher speeds Many assistants with minor weaknesses Less hard plastic than in the Volkswagen ID.3 MG ZS EV Long Range Drive review result 440 km of range for less than €30,000 after subsidies – that’s the MG ...

BMW issues recall for the iX and i4 in the USA

BMW has issued a recall for a small number of its iX and i4 EVs in the US due to a possible fire hazard. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 56 iX and 27 i4 were “manufactured ...

The Caveats Of Being An Early Adopter Of Electric Vehicles

Charging can be either a breeze or a hindrance You can silently go about your business without attracting attention Instant hassle-free performance, but what about maintenance? The overarching issue about EV adoption Since their inception and (major) increase in ...

Research reveals wide variations in public charging access

A new report has revealed a significant increase in the number of households living close to public chargers, but with wide variations between local authorities. New research from Field Dynamics, in partnership with Zap-Map – the UK’s leading EV ...

China to extend sales tax exemption for NEVs to 2023

The Chinese government wants to continue the purchase tax exemption for New Energy Vehicles (BEVs, FCEVs and PHEVs) in 2023. The purchase tax exemption for NEVs in China has been in place since 2014, and with its continuation the ...

A Chevrolet Camaro Electric beyond 2024?: Here’s what we know

3rd gen EV platform & Ultium Cells could drive the Chevrolet Camaro electric Price & Release Date Arch rival Dodge Challenger going all-electric in 2024 Update: ‘Price & Release Date’ section added. Chevrolet Camaro sales have fallen year after ...

BP to invest up to £50 million in battery lab in the UK

BP will invest up to £50m in an EV battery testing centre and analytical laboratory. The site will be located in Pangbourne, Berkshire, at the existing global headquarters for its Castrol business. The new battery research facilities are planned ...

BMW Recalls 83 i4 and iX Electric Vehicles Over Battery Fire Risk

Owners of affected vehicles told not to drive or charge their cars; instructed to park them "away from any buildings."

Volt Rush book review: the arms race for electric vehicles and how the winners will be 'the new Rockefellers'

China is in the lead, says author Henry Sanderson

Bratislava opts for Solaris hydrogen buses

Solaris has received an order from Dopravný Podnik Bratislava (DPB) for four hydrogen buses. This is the first order under a framework agreement for Solaris to supply up to 40 fuel cell vehicles to Bratislava. The FCEVs of type ...

General Motors electric plans: Ultium platform explained, Europe’s EV plan

So, how is GM going electric? Tell me about the Ultium platform So, what cars will be on the GM Ultium platform then? What else is GM doing that runs on electric? GM’s mega EV plans explained New Ultium ...

Royal Mail delivers with 3,000 electric vans coming in on target

Royal Mail announced it had surpassed 3,000 electric vehicles across its postal delivery fleet. The roll-out largely follows cities with low-emission zones, including London, Bristol, Glasgow, Cambridge and Oxford. Royal Mail thus delivers on its target set in June ...

Ganfeng Lithium is building their own solid-state battery plant

Ganfeng Lithium has begun construction of a solid-state battery production facility, which the company says will be the largest of its kind in China to date. Once completed, the factory in Chongqing will offer annual capacities of 10 GWh ...

Webasto want to sell parts of their EV charging division

German automotive supplier Webasto is looking for a partner and investor in its business with charging equipment for electric cars. Still, according to local media, Webasto does not want to sell its complete charging division. Handelsblatt broke the news ...

Dennis and di Grassi take the win in London Formula E races

Andretti driver Jake Dennis and Venturi driver Lucas di Grassi won races 13 and 14 of the Formula E season in London. In the battle for the championship, Stoffel Vandoorne and his Mercedes team were the big winners even ...

Togg produces first electric test cars in Turkey

Turkey’s budding EV manufacturer Togg has taken a key step toward series production. Togg released the first test cars straight off the lines in the Gemlik industrial centre, southeast of Istanbul. CEO Gürcan Karakas told German media more about ...

Nio is planning an affordable EV subsidiary

The Chinese manufacturer Nio is apparently planning a third brand for even more affordable electric cars. According to a media report, the third Nio brand will cover the e-car segment with a price range of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan ...

BMW opens second battery module production line in Leipzig

At the BMW plant in Leipzig, the second production line for battery modules has started series production. The new production line manufactures battery modules for the all-electric BMW i4, which is being built at the Munich plant. The first ...

EV owners in the US not allowed to sound their individual warning

The US auto safety agency NHTSA has decided that carmakers and EV owners may not choose their noises to warn pedestrians of their vehicles’ approach. Instead, electrified cars will have to give a standardized warning sound at low speeds. ...

Next-gen Mercedes EQV likely to use the Daimler VAN.EA platform [Update]

Expected specs of the next-gen Mercedes EQV Release Date On the 2023 Mercedes EQV (facelift) Next-gen Mercedes EQV FAQs What is the next-gen Mercedes EQV release date? What will be the next-gen EQV price? Update: ‘On the 2023 Mercedes ...

Top six electric vehicles we have tested in 2022 so far

EVs have come a long way in very little time and the best ones out there right now make a compelling case for themselves. They are just as good to drive as fossil fuel cars but a whole lot ...

Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: World’s smallest taco truck

One of the coolest things about the funky electric vehicles sprinkled around China’s largest online shopping platform is their small size. They often look like they were inspired by full-size vehicles, but then somehow shrunk in the wash. Though ...

The 3 Electric Vehicles With the Best Fuel Economy Ratings

First of all, what is MPGe? 1. Three-way tie for third place between the Chevy Bolt, Tesla Model S, and Hyundai Kona Electric, all with 120 MPGe 2. The Lucid Air takes second place for fuel economy 3. Tesla ...

US Senate to move forward with new EV tax credit

The Democrats in the US Senate have presented a new bill on the tax credit for electric cars. This bill retains the amount of 7,500 dollars, but the upper limit of 200,000 electric cars per manufacturer is removed – ...

Rimac announces more energy-dense battery development

Rimac is working on a new battery module that will use larger 46 mm diameter cylindrical cells as it looks to increase the energy density of its future packs. Rimac’s head of research and advanced engineering, Wasim Sarwar Dilov, ...

Free to X progresses Italy’s largest High Power Charging network

Free to X, the high power charging project by Autostrade per l’Italia Group (ASPI), has provided electrive with an upgrade. Their DC ultra-rapid charging network, lining main highways in Italy, now operates 24 HPC hubs between Milan and Bari, ...

Loop Energy supplies fuel cells for M&I hydrogen city buses

Loop Energy has announced a deal with the Slovakian bus maker Mobility & Innovation (M&I). The company has ordered another ten fuel cell systems to keep up with demand for its hydrogen city bus. For Loop Energy, this is ...

SkyDrive next up to opt for EP Systems’ air taxi batteries

News of advances in urban air mobility keeps flying in with Electric Power Systems announcing a new customer, this time from Japan. SkyDrive, a self-described developer of flying cars based at Toyota City, has opted for EPS’ ‘EPiC’ battery ...

Tritium and EVCS expand West Coast EV charging network

Tritium has announced a follow-up order from EVCS that added 300 fast-chargers to an existing deployment of 500 50-kW columns. EVCS is among the largest CPOs on the West Coast and will deploy the 300 chargers across California, Oregon, ...

German TÜV certifies Foton electric truck for European markets

The iBlue EV electric truck from Chinese manufacturer Foton has received EU type approval from TÜV Rheinland. With the receipt of the EU-EVTA certificate, the vehicle can now be exported to EU countries and other markets that require WVTA ...

Next.e.GO announces merger with Athena Consumer Acquisition

Aachen-based electric car manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has agreed a business combination with the SPAC Athena Consumer Acquisition. The merged company is to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company attaches to the transaction the expectation of ...

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