Dongfeng’s humanoid robot will enter factories in October to handle sorting and quality inspection, with small-batch trial production to begin at the end of the year. Read more…
Huawei-backed Luxeed adds smaller-battery version of RX, lowering entry pre-sales price
Luxeed adds a new 81-kWh entry-level version of the RX SUV, with the starting pre-sales price cut by 10% from before. Read more…
Nio’s third-gen ES8 hits 150,000 deliveries on first anniversary of launch
The latest 10,000 units took 30 days, matching the pace of the previous 10,000. Read more…
Epicland X9 to launch on September 24 as first model from Dongfeng-Huawei brand
The Epicland X9 SUV measures 5,301 mm in length and starts at 299,800 yuan ($44,400) in pre-sales. Read more…
Toyota plans China-made extended-range EVs in 2027 to broaden lineup, report says
Toyota plans to begin EREV production in China in April 2027 and raise output to about 400,000 units in 2028, Nikkei Asia reported. Read more…
BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao Formula S and S GT go on sale in China
For the past couple of years, Fang Cheng Bao was the brand you associated with squared-off, boulder-crawling plug-in beasts – a sub-brand built specifically to pull wealthy outdoor hobbyists away from their Land Cruisers and Defenders. Yet here we are, watching that off-road-centric outfit park a pair of sleek EVs right in the Xiaomi SU7 and Tesla Model 3’s front… Read more…
E-quipment highlight: 4,400 hp Wabtec FLXDrive electric locomotive [update]
After nearly a year of operation on a dedicated track line at the Jimblebar iron ore mine in Australia, BHP is proving that these 4,400 hp battery-electric powered heavy-haul locomotives are ready for prime time. Read more…
Climate XChange is giving away more EVs than ever before in its 11th Annual EV Raffle
What would you choose with up to $120,000 to spend on a fully customized EV – a Lucid Air, Rivian R1S, Porsche Macan Electric, BMW i7, or perhaps two EVs instead of one. Read more…
Here’s all the dumb oil wars that electric cars have nothing to do with
We’ve all heard about the Strait of Hormuz, currently closed to most ship traffic as a result of a now six month long war of choice that seems to have no real strategy attached. Read more…
Leapmotor’s latest innovation promises to kill the old lead-acid 12V battery
As you are sitting inside an EV that packs enough energy to power a suburban semi-detached house for three days straight, run by silicon microchips executing billions of calculations per second, there’s one major problem with it. When you stumble out to the driveway on a freezing morning, the entire rolling supercomputer is stone-cold dead. Why? Because a primitive, 15… Read more…
Swaptopus inches towards reality as CATL reveals new semi truck battery
In a move that challenges Orange Juicer and Buick Electra for the highly coveted Best Name in the EV Business title, a new venture between CATL and Octopus Energy called “Swaptopus” has been formed to build out a European battery swap network for commercial trucks. Read more…
‘The Trend Is Clear’: How EVs Are Closing In On Gas Car Prices
The average new EV costs only 9.4% more than a gas car, with incentives playing a shrinking role in that shift. Read More…
Hyundai’s Answer For The EV Slowdown: Building Thousands Of Robotaxis
Hyundai’s CEO said it plans to build “tens of thousands” of Ioniq 5 robotaxis for Waymo. Read More…
Is This An E-Bike Or A Moped? It Depends On Who You Ask
E-moto models are all the rage. But if you want the best e-bike experience, I recommend a more conventional design. Read More…
Forum Mobility expands California truck charging network
US electric fleet service provider Forum Mobility is building four truck charging sites in California, expanding its charging capacity by 30 megawatts. The company is leveraging a close partnership with Tesla, which will operate public ‘Megachargers’ at three of the four locations. Read more…
Lucid and Bolt plot electric Robotaxi service for Europe
Lucid and Bolt aim to jointly establish autonomous mobility services in Europe. To this end, Bolt plans to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous electric vehicles based on Lucid’s upcoming midsize platform across multiple European cities and countries. Read more…
Pakistan: Islamabad police force acquires 50 electric cars
Pakistani capital Islamabad has acquired 50 new electric cars for its police force. The new electric police car fleet has already entered operations and is being used across the city. Read more…
New self-loading tech for bulk cargo vessels cuts freight emissions in HALF
Moving millions of tons of coal, sugar, and other bulk cargo is serious business, and decarbonizing that business presents a number of unique challenges – especially when loading and unloading. That’s what makes the new MV Yampu so interesting: it’s the world’s first self-loading and unloading bulk cargo vessel. Read more…
It’s finally here: Porsche puts wireless EV charging into production [video]
Buried in a press release titled, “Even more colours and even greater convenience for the Cayenne Electric” was news that Porsche, for the first time, would be offering electrically wireless inductive charging on its impressively powerful Cayenne Electric SUV. Read more…
Waymo’s next destination is Singapore, here’s when it’s launching its robotaxi service
Waymo has now announced its next destination for its autonomous ride-hailing service: Singapore. This comes after its US expansion, of course, but also its announcements about landing in Tokyo, London, and Munich. In Singapore, Waymo plans to start offering its autonomous ride-hailing service in 2028. Ahead of that, in 2027 trained specialists will drive manually around the city-state, “adapting the… Read more…
