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The Vietnamese electric carmaker VinFast will begin deliveries of its limited edition VF 8 City Edition in the US on 1 March. Initially, the EVs were to be delivered in February. But VinFast wanted to first complete updating the ...

Is It A Show Car? Is It A Race Car? This M2 Is Both & More

Do you remember the first car you built? Of course you do. The first car that John Lau modified is probably similar, if not the same as many others’: a 1993 Honda Accord, turbocharged, with Work wheels and lowered over ...

Tesla opens new engineering headquarters in California

What used to be the headquarters of Hewlett-Packard is now home to Tesla engineers. The carmaker opened the doors of its new facility in Palo Alto, California, giving a tour the California Governor Gavin Newsom and already talking about ...

Oshkosh is developing all-electric waste trucks

US waste disposal company Republic Services announces a long-term deal with Oshkosh Corporation. It will start with two electric recycling and waste truck prototypes this autumn and expects EVs to represent half of its new truck purchases in the ...

US foods to procure 30 electric trucks in California

Food delivery company US Foods is adding 30 electric trucks to its fleet this year. These will be used around the company’s distribution centre in La Mirada, California. US Foods has already taken delivery of its first electric truck, ...

CEC launches incentive project to expand fast-charging in California

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has launched a $30 million incentive project to bring fast EV charging stations to 30 counties in Eastern California, the Central Valley and the Central Coast. The project has opened its books and applications ...

Nikola eligible for CARB voucher programme

Nikola has received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its Tre FCEV truck to be eligible for the Board’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) programme. This approval will now enable customers ...

2nd Life energy storage in California generates $1m turnover

Los Angeles-based B2U Storage Solutions is currently using 1,300 retired battery packs from old Honda & Nissan electric vehicles at its solar and energy storage facility in Lancaster, California. Now the storage facility has reached an energy content of ...

Endera becomes a shuttle of choice among CALACT members

The US manufacturer Endera will deliver up to 1,000 electric shuttles to over 300 fleet operators in California thanks to a state-wide purchasing contract. It includes options for even more shuttles over the five-year contract period. The customer is ...

CA: Sonoma County buys more Proterra electric buses

Sonoma County in California announced the purchase of ten battery-electric buses by Proterra to replace ten compressed natural gas buses. The new buses shall arrive in the summer of 2024 and join six other all-electric buses expected to arrive ...

Loomis orders 150 more armoured EVs from Xos

In Los Angeles, USA, the electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Xos and cash handling company Loomis have signed a purchase order for 150 additional armoured electric vehicles. Loomis, which is a large provider of cash and high-value item transportation services, ...

B-ON brings on Karma Automotive as production partner

The StreetScooter successor B-ON is cooperating with Karma Automotive to produce electric transporters for the North and South American market. With this in mind, Karma Automotive will start assembling B-ON’s electric vans in California later this year. Manufacturing will ...

New JV focuses on truck charging at largest US ports

A new joint venture wants to benefit from California’s bid to transition the trucking industry to zero emission. Forum Mobility, CBRE and Homecoming Capital poured $400 mn into funding the venture and have investors like Amazon already engaged with ...

Nikola to move Romeo battery production to Arizona

After acquiring battery maker Romeo Power last year, Nikola Motor is now relocating its battery production from Cypress, California, to Nikola’s own plant in Coolidge in the state of Arizona. The move is expected to be completed by mid-2023. ...

Statevolt settles on Imperial Valley for battery factory

Statevolt has completed its site search for the announced US battery cell factory and has already purchased a plot of land in California. The approximately 55-hectare land is located in the Imperial Valley near the lithium-rich Salton Sea. The ...

Project 345 Gets (A Little) Serious

Trackspec Time This has been a good year for progress on Project 345, but I admit the bar was pretty low until now. I hadn’t really done anything with the car at all for the three-plus years I’d owned it ...

Volta Trucks presents market entry strategy for the USA

Swedish electric truck start-up Volta Trucks has announced the strategic roadmap for its entry into the North American market. According to the plan, the company will initially launch a pilot fleet of one hundred 16-tonne Volta Zeros (Class 7) ...

FreeWire gets $125Mn in latest funding round

FreeWire Technologies has raised $125 million in new capital. The company says it will use the new money to accelerate commercial deployments of its battery-boosted EV charging technology and increase manufacturing capacity as well as R&D. FreeWire, a US ...

Mullen announces plans for battery production

The US electric car start-up Mullen Technologies has announced the conversion of its plant in Monrovia, California, to start producing battery packs for its electric vehicles. Mullen says it wants to reduce its dependence on third-party suppliers and the ...

A ’90s Legend In Yellow

The E36 BMW M3 coupé is already a classic. It plastered the walls of every teenager’s room in the ‘90s, and now those same teens are adults with money. But like so many other performance icons from this era, the E36 M3 been skyrocketing in ...

Indi One EV to hit US markets in 2023

The Californian start-up Independent Electric Vehicles (Indi EV) presented its first electric car at the New York Auto Show. The Indi One can be reserved now, and production is scheduled to start in mid-2023. As written in the reports ...

Britishvolt & Italvolt founder announces US subsidiary

Lars Carlstrom, the founder of Britishvolt and Italvolt, has announced another battery factory – this time in the USA. The newly founded company Statevolt is to build a factory in Southern California’s Imperial Valley that will offer an annual ...

Turner’s Customs: A Dusty Motorcycle Menagerie

Something that is particularly interesting in the car and motorcycle world is the way these categories can branch out into many niche groups that are just as full and multifaceted. To non-car-enthusiasts, the umbrella term ‘car’ makes the cut when describing ...

Faurecia awarded CEC grant for H2 trucking pilot

Symbio, Faurecia and Michelin have been granted the California Energy Commission Award for hydrogen fuel cell truck development. This gives the partners the chance to develop and demonstrate a hydrogen-fueled, regional-haul Class 8 truck. The California Energy Commission (CEC) ...

Battle For The Streets: FD Long Beach

Formula Drift is always just as much about the driving and battles as it is about connecting with old friends and enjoying the general loud and smoky ambience. Between the car show, the fellow media folk and the crowd, every ...

LA decides to electrify the municipal fleet with over 10,000 EVs

The city council of the US city of Los Angeles in the state of California has passed a motion to electrify the city’s vehicle fleet. The ‘Electric Vehicle Master Plan’ envisions converting more than 10,000 vehicles and developing the ...

California’s Antelope Valley boasts all-electric fleet

The Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) in California has become the first transit authority in North America to reach the goal of an all-electric fleet. AVTA operates 87 electric buses – 57 from BYD, 20 from Motor Coach Industries ...

ZeroAvia says airports will become hydrogen hubs

ZeroAvia, a company that specialises in hydrogen flights, has announced a new partnership with ZEV Station to develop green hydrogen refuelling infrastructure. The companies will work together on developing a regional airport to showcase the feasibility of hydrogen-powered commercial ...

Three steps forward, two steps back – Tesla raises prices, loses rebates

Tesla’s two most popular EVs are no longer eligible for California’s biggest plug-in rebate. A representative for the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) confirmed to Carsdirect that the Model 3 and Model Y have been excluded from the ...

California OKs $1.4 Billion Plan For Car Chargers, Hydrogen Refueling

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a three-year $1.4 billion plan to help California achieve its electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling goals. The CEC said the plan, approved on Monday, will support California Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive ...

California wants to give every car owner R5,800 to help them pay for petrol

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to give $400 to every car owner to offset record-high gasoline prices has prompted criticism that it undercuts the state’s aggressive climate goals. Under the $11 billion plan unveiled Wednesday, every owner of a registered car in California – ...

California groundbreaking set for largest wildlife crossing

LOS ANGELES — Groundbreaking is set for next month on what’s billed as the world’s largest wildlife crossing — a bridge over a major Southern California highway that will provide more room to roam for mountain lions and other ...

SK Group affiliate acquires EverCharge

SK E&S, an energy company affiliated with South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group (SK Innovation), is entering the US electric vehicle charging market. SK E&S has acquired US EV charging solution provider EverCharge. This is the first time a Korean ...

Rivian R1T Electric Pickup Truck Caught Testing! Un-Camouflaged in Silverado California

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Moreno Valley electrifies school buses

In California, USA, 42 electric school buses and an EV charging infrastructure will be deployed with a project from InCharge Energy, Creative Bus Sales and IC Bus. The project has now been approved by the Moreno Valley Unified School ...

PG&E & Ford testing vehicle-to-grid tech with F-150

In California, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Ford have announced a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) collaboration. In the pilot project, PG&E and Ford will test the F-150 Lightning and its Intelligent Backup Power bidirectional charging capabilities in powering customer’s homes ...

California regains right to set own emissions standards

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially restored California’s right to set its own emissions limits and standards for the sale of zero-emission vehicles. In doing so, the agency is reversing a decision made by then-President Donald Trump ...

Rocsys to build autonomous charging system at the Port of Oakland

Robotic charging specialist Rocsys has signed an order of agreement with marine terminal operator SSA Marine to supply ROC-1 autonomous charging systems. The systems will autonomously charge part of the electric yard tractor fleet of SSA Marine at the ...

THE VERDICT: Tesla Powerwall and Solar Review After 6 Months!

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Gasoline, Dust & Desert Heat: The Paradise Roadshow

Located a few leaps away from both the beach and Los Angeles, Palm Springs has always acted as a sort of secret desert oasis for anyone seeking to escape the chaos and expectations of their city. The area hosts many ...

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