Slate Auto, which counts Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt among its main investors, has announced the pricing of its upcoming Slate Truck. It will start at $24,950, excluding taxes, title, license, registration, governmental fees, destination charges, documentation fees, and any optional equipment. You can pre-order one from the official website by locking in your delivery window… Read more…
Electrify America opens new public EV charging station in Santa Barbara with 20 350 kW chargers
Electrify America opens a new Santa Barbara EV charging station with 20 350 kW chargers and a 1.9 MW battery energy storage system for reliable power. Read more…
Hyundai and Kia test the ‘world’s first’ in-car sanitization tech in the PV5
Hyundai and Kia have a new idea to keep your interior germ-free. The Korean automakers revealed “the world’s first in-vehicle sanitization technology,” after a successful test in the PV5. Read more…
Tesla Is Giving Away Free Supercharging. Here’s How To Win.
Tesla is gamifying charging and will reward the winners with free Supercharging for the life of the car. Here’s how to win. Read More…
CATL teams with Galbot to scale humanoid robots in battery factories
CATL signed a strategic cooperation deal with Galbot to jointly drive the scaled deployment of embodied-intelligence robots. Read more…
FPT’s new eBS 37 EVO battery pack earns certification under the EU Batteries Regulation
FPT’s eBS 37 EVO battery pack earns EU Batteries Regulation certification, showcasing advanced NMC 811 design and manufacturing quality. Read more…
Xiaomi uses Nurburgring lessons in production cars
Tech giant Xiaomi is changing how companies test smart software for electric cars. We all saw what happened when the company took its new performance model, the YU7 GT, to the famous Nurburgring track in Germany, and instead of putting a professional driver behind the wheel, they let the vehicle drive itself. The YU7 GT completed the entire loop with… Read more…
Zijin invests in proprietary battery-electric mining dump trucks
Chinese mining giant Zijin Mining is advancing electrification of its vehicle fleets. The company now deploys battery-electric dump trucks at multiple sites and even develops some of the vehicles in-house. Read more…
EV incentives unveiled in Bangladesh as BYD eyes expansion
Bangladesh has just announced a sweeping package of tax incentives aimed at accelerating EV adoption. It includes tax breaks for importers, manufacturers and buyers of BEVs and PHEVs – as well as machinery imports and charging stations. Read more…
$6.5bn electric bus push for New South Wales
The state government of New South Wales, Australia, has announced a major spending programme for electric buses and associated infrastructure. The latest state budget allocates $6.5bn AUD over ten years to purchase 1,700 new electric buses and build 17 charging depots. Read more…
Zenobe secures €243 million for electrified public transport in Australasia
Fleet electrification firm Zenobe has secured a $400m AUD financing facility to support the deployment of electric commercial vehicles in Australia and New Zealand. The company describes it as the region’s “first integrated, multi-site heavy vehicle fleet electrification financing platform.” Read more…
Slate Truck Vs. Chevy Bolt Vs. Nissan Leaf: Which Affordable EV Actually Wins?
How does America’s cheapest electric truck compare to other affordable models? Read More…
Toyota scrapped the flagship Lexus EV, but a successor just got the green light
Toyota will not move forward with the Lexus LF-ZC. While the flagship EV has been canceled, the next-gen technology that it was set to use, including new batteries, a dedicated platform, and gigacasting, is ready. A company executive confirmed that a successor is in the works. Read more…
CATL chairman flags long road to solid-state battery mass production
CATL’s chairman said solid-state batteries must still clear three main hurdles before mass production. Read more…
Stuttgart welcomes four electric bin lorries
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has handed over the first five of a total of ten eEconic vehicles to the Stuttgart waste management authority. The electric refuse vehicles are stationed at a newly established depot in Stuttgart-Wangen. According to the partners, the EVs are working well in Stuttgart despite the challenging topography. Read more…
Rivian drops entry-level R1T and R1S as focus shifts to R2
Rivian has quietly removed the lowest-priced versions of its flagship R1T pickup and R1S SUV from its online configurator. It signals a shift toward higher-margin vehicles ahead of the launch of the R2 crossover. Read more…
The Peaq Is Peak Skoda. Too Bad America Can’t Buy It
The Peaq is a big, sensible, seven-seat electric SUV with serious space and range and a very reasonable price. Read More…
At $24,950, The Slate Truck Will Test What America Really Wants
The Slate will be both the country’s cheapest new electric vehicle and its lowest-priced pickup. But will it be an automatic slam dunk? Read More…
Why The Slate Truck Will Use LFP Batteries After All
Slate initially planned to use NMC cells for its bare-bones, affordable EV. Then it changed course. Read More…
China’s NEV retail sales fall 10% in first three weeks of June
China’s NEV retail sales totaled 583,000 units in the first 21 days of June, down 10% year-on-year, but up 11% from the same period last month. Read more…
