Maverick Corporation leads NYC curbside EV charging buildout with it’s electric, installing 600 chargers to support taxi fleets and city EV goals. Read more…
America’s Looser Fuel Economy Rules Will Boost Gas Consumption By Billions Of Gallons
The public health and environmental costs of the revised fuel economy standards could be colossal. Read More…
A ‘Roller Coaster Ride’: What Toyota Got Right (And Wrong) About EVs, According To An Executive
Toyota’s North American product planning boss is feeling vindicated right now. Read More…
BYD Will Put Solid-State Batteries In An EV Next Year: Executive
In a recent interview, BYD’s Stella Li said that the company will “have one model” with solid-state batteries next year. Read More…
The Tesla Roadster Reveal Just Got Delayed
Tesla has “made the difficult decision” to postpone the Roadster reveal by two weeks, citing weather concerns. Read More…
VW confirms ID. Tiguan is coming, shows it in testing
Just as expected since March, Volkswagen has today confirmed that the ID. Tiguan is coming. It will be fully unveiled in early October, and will be available alongside the Tiguan with combustion and hybrid powertrains. The ID. Tiguan is intended to be the successor to both the ID.4 and ID.5. As such, these will probably be retired after its release,… Read more…
GAC plans to buy 50% of FAW Toyota to coordinate operations at Toyota’s 2 China joint ventures
The deal would give GAC stakes in Toyota’s northern and southern China joint ventures, paving the way for closer cooperation. Read more…
The path to scalable BMS testing
Sponsored by dSPACE. Battery management systems (BMS) are moving beyond high-volume electric vehicles. They now power light electric vehicles, automated guided vehicles, mobile robots, forklifts, drones, power tools, stationary storage, and other applications. The common challenge is that even a smaller battery pack still needs a reliable battery management system, and that BMS must be… Read more » Read more…
China aims to bring solid-state batteries to the masses by 2030, new 5-year plan revealed
China revealed its 5-year plan to dominate the battery production industry with some ambitious goals. Perhaps the most intriguing bit involves solid-state batteries. The Chinese government will try to make them the norm by 2030. It all starts with optimizing production and making solid-state batteries economically viable, but the plan also includes improving the life cycle of these batteries. The… Read more…
Mercedes-Benz to assemble electric GLC in Thailand
The mid-size SUV will be the second model based on the MB.EA architecture to be built locally. It has an 85 kWh battery and a WLTP range of more than 600 kilometres. Read more…
Mahindra’s Charge_iN network expands and opens first EV station with HPCL
Charge_iN by Mahindra has reached 200 live EV charging points across India. Mahindra plans to scale Charge_iN to 250 stations across India with approximately 1000 charging points by December 2027. The company also opened its HP Auto Care Centre, in Sajgaon, Pune – Expressway as the first Charge_iN station to become operational under Mahindra’s collaboration with HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited) on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway. Read more…
Tesla charging bays vandalised in Australia just days after opening
Two different Tesla Supercharger sites have been vandalised in Ballarat, Victoria, as 28 charging bays have been rendered completely inoperable, one of them just days after opening. Local authorities and experts point to rising incidents of copper theft rather than anti-EV or anti-Musk sentiment. Read more…
America’s Clean Car Retreat Is Complete. The World Will Move On Without Us
U.S. regulators are trying to slow down the transition to EVs. But Europe and China aren’t going to wait up for us. Read More…
VW ID. ERA 8X EREV SUV opens for pre-sales in China, launch set for October 12
The 5-seat ID. ERA 8X is SAIC Volkswagen’s second extended-range model in the ID. ERA lineup, joining the 6-seat ID. ERA 9X in targeting China’s EREV market. Read more…
Pos Malaysia transitions to EVs for a third of its parcel deliveries
Malaysia’s national postal and parcel service provider, Pos Malaysia, has announced it now delivers one in three parcels using EVs. The company has deployed electric vehicles for delivery operations across the country, including Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. Read more…
Volkswagen strengthens ties with Gotion with three joint ventures
Volkswagen is moving even closer to its battery partner Gotion High-tech in Europe: The battery cell factory under construction by VW subsidiary PowerCo in Sagunto, Spain, will become a joint venture project. In return, Gotion is opening the door for Volkswagen on battery projects in Slovakia and Morocco. Whether the mega-deal will go ahead now depends on the relevant authorities. Read more…
China to bring solid-state batteries to mass production by 2030
China presents a new five-year plan for the battery industry. By 2030, solid-state batteries are to be used on a larger scale for the first time, while Beijing also targets sodium-ion batteries, fast charging, recycling, and industry consolidation. Read more…
Circle K opts for load management from FLEXeCHARGE
Fuel and charging infrastructure operator Circle K will now cooperate with software provider FLEXeCHARGE. As part of a new partnership, cloud-based load management will be implemented for 1,000 charging points across several European markets. Read more…
Gotion, VW plan $3.67 billion investment in European battery supply chain
The companies plan battery projects in Spain and Slovakia with combined annual capacity of 37.5 GWh, alongside a cathode materials project in Morocco. Read more…
Full Self Hauling: Volvo moves 3 million tonnes of Earth, autonomously
The deployed fleet of ultra heavy-duty trucks and mining equipment assets powered by Volvo Autonomous Solutions reached a major milestone last week, hauling their 3 millionth tonne of material out of the mines without a human driver. Read more…
