Li Auto will launch the next-generation Li L6 on July 16, delivering a revamp of one of its best-selling models. Read more…
Xiaomi EV says Sky Nomad is new series, offers first look at new SUV
Xiaomi EV said Sky Nomad is its second product series after the SU7/YU7 series, positioned as an “intelligent, transformable large-space SUV.” Read more…
CarbonScape secures a powerful partner to industrialize its sustainable graphite battery materials
CarbonScape partners with CATL to industrialize sustainable battery-grade graphite from forestry by-products, advancing cleaner EV battery materials. Read more…
New Jersey proposed autonomous law could exclude Tesla camera-only tech
Developers of electric cars and autonomous systems can’t seem to agree on how driverless vehicles should see the world. Tesla stands on one side of this debate, betting billions of dollars that digital cameras and artificial intelligence can fully replace human eyes. Almost every other major competitor chooses a different path, combining cameras with active radar and laser-based sensors. Tired… Read more…
Kia’s electric hatch gains AWD and nearly 350 miles of range
Kia launched the new all-wheel drive (AWD) EV4 variant in Europe, but it’s not quite the range-topping GT model. Read more…
Volkswagen put 100 sheep to work under 31,000 solar panels
Volkswagen has traded lawnmowers for sheep at the massive solar farm that helps power one of its factories in Poland, and the animals are doing more than just keeping the grass short. Read more…
ChargePoint and Optimus partner to roll out 200 EV charging ports in the Eastern US
ChargePoint partners with Optimus Energy Solutions to deploy 200+ EV charging ports in the Southeastern US, expanding fast, reliable public charging. Read more…
Geely Aegis “Gold Brick” battery breakthrough delivers over 1000 kW charging
EV manufacturers used to focus almost entirely on maximum driving range, wanting to prove that electric cars could travel long distances on a single charge. Today, the battery landscape is shifting dramatically. Car manufacturers are now fighting over how quickly a vehicle can recharge its battery pack – no one really wants to spend half an hour sitting at a… Read more…
BYD’s PHEV Pickup Just Landed In The U.K. But Americans Still Can’t Have It
The Shark pickup was already on sale in China, Mexico, South America, and Australia, leaving the U.S. as the odd one out. Read More…
You Think Your Electric Lawnmower is Eco Friendly? Volkswagen Just Replaced Its Lawnmowers With Sheep
Volkswagen replaced the mechanical lawnmowers at its factory in Poland with a flock of 100 sheep. Read More…
CUBOS acquires TotalEnergies’ commercial EV charging business in Germany
CUBOS acquires TotalEnergies’ commercial EV charging business in Germany, adding 6,000 points and expanding its B2B charging platform. Read more…
China is bringing buttons back to cars, ending trend led by Tesla
China will require automakers to include physical buttons for safety-related functions, pushing back on the proliferation of using screens for everything in modern cars. Read more…
Ford admits its $30K midsize EV pickup is actually ‘small’
Ford’s midsize EV pickup, due out next year, will be smaller than expected. For the first time, Ford referred to it as an “all-new, affordable small electric pickup” built on the UEV platform. Read more…
Sunrun wants to pay you to turn your home into an AI data center
Sunrun wants to turn thousands of solar-powered homes into a giant distributed AI data center – and pay homeowners to help power the AI boom. Read more…
What I saw inside Lectron’s EV charger factory in China
Whether you know the Lectron name or not, there’s a good chance you’ve used one of its EV charging adapters. The company makes many of the J1772/CCS-to-NACS and NACS-to-J1772/CCS adapters that EV drivers rely on. Now, Lectron has launched the NEXUS, its second-gen Level 2 home EV charger. I recently toured Lectron’s factory in China to see how the company has become a go-to supplier for both EV drivers and automakers like Ford, GM, and Mercedes-Benz. Read more…
This New CATL Battery For Delivery Vans Can Recharge In 7 Minutes
It also has a low-temperature sodium-ion version that barely loses range even in -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Read More…
Nio hits 150,000 cumulative deliveries in Shanghai, its home city
As of the end of June, Nio Inc had delivered 1.19 million vehicles in China, with Shanghai accounting for more than one-tenth of that figure. Read more…
Virtual validation of eMobility control units: challenges and solutions in the SIL context
By Dr. Ing. Thomas Paradowski, Team Lead SIL E-Mobility at dSPACE. In a short period of time, the electrification of the drivetrain has fundamentally changed mobility and brought about a new generation of networked, safety-relevant control unit architectures. For function developers, this not only means additional complexity, but also stricter requirements for verifiability, deterministic behavior,… Read more » Read more…
Leapmotor launches first electric van in China
Leapmotor is launching its first van in China. The seven-seater D99 will be available as a pure electric model and as a range-extender vehicle, starting at a price equivalent to just over €32,000. It is not yet known whether the D99 will be offered outside China in future. Read more…
The EU Wants To Use Satellites To Automatically Prevent Your Car From Speeding: Report
If the satellite-based detection system realizes your car is speeding, regulators want it to automatically reduce your car’s power output. Read More…
