Today, Lucid has announced that it’s produced 3,386 vehicles and delivered 3,099 in the last quarter of 2024 (October to December). For the full year 2024, the company made 9,029 vehicles and delivered 10,241. Lucid will host a conference call to reveal its fourth quarter 2024 financial results on February 25. To bring some context to these numbers, note that… Read more…
Toyota Wants 2,000 People To Live In Its City For ‘Inventors’
Toyota’s Woven City, located at the base of Mount Fuji, aims to develop everything from AI to space rockets. And it’s taking applications. Read more…
Hitachi ZeroCarbon powers COBUS electric shuttle bus fleet with battery analytics
Hitachi ZeroCarbon, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Hitachi that provides technology for decarbonizing fleet vehicles, is supplying its battery management system to German airport shuttle bus manufacturer COBUS Industries. Hitachi will equip 100 e.COBUS Extended Range (ER) buses worldwide with its ZeroCarbon BatteryManager by 2025. BatteryManager will analyze the health and performance of the company’s… Read more…
Biden permanently bans oil drilling in nearly all federal waters
The White House announced today that President Joe Biden is banning new offshore oil and gas drilling along 625 million acres of US coastline, taking the total area of ocean he’s protected to 670 million acres. Read more…
Ferrari’s first EV spotted out in the wild teasing a bold new design [Video]
The first all-electric Ferrari is expected to make its first official appearance later this year. Ahead of its debut, Ferrari’s first EV was spotted testing with an updated design. Take a look at it below. Read more…
Tesla investigates Model S that caught fire while Supercharging
A Tesla Model S has caught fire while charging at a Supercharger station in France. Tesla is investigating the issue, and the station is temporarily closed. Read more…
Sony-Honda Afeela EV: A Built-In PlayStation 5 To Battle China’s Best
Before anyone asks: Yes, you can play Fortnite in the Afeela. And that’s only the start of this entertainment-packed EV experience. Read more…
Joby Aviation electric air taxi begins final phase of FAA certification program
Joby Aviation, a maker of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has announced that its new electric air taxi has entered Type Inspection Authorization, the final phase of Federal Aviation Administration certification, and has completed the first phase of the FAA testing program to receive TIA. The first tests took place in the cockpit… Read more…
Isuzu begins customer deliveries of its NRR-EV Class 5 electric truck
Red Bull North America has become the first customer for Isuzu’s new NRR-EV Class 5 electric box truck. The medium-duty trucks are now delivering cans of the neon-red sugar-and-caffeine concoction in Southern California. (We haven’t been able to learn how many units Red Bull bought, but a photo provided by the company shows six of… Read more…
See the self-driving Yangwang U9 jump over obstacles
BYD’s all-electric supercar Yangwang U9 is capable of impressive feats of performance – it recently lapped the Nürburgring in a little over 7 minutes and reached 375 km/h top speed. In the most recent promo video, however, BYD showcases the Disus X hydraulic suspension system’s capabilities. The video shows an unmanned Yangwang U9 going at 120 km/h and thanks to… Read more…
Ford sold more electric Mustangs in 2024 than gas-powered ones
The electric Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV outsold its gasoline coupe and convertible siblings in 2024. Ford recently released its Q4 and year-end sales results, which showed 51,745 Mach-E sales and 44,003 gasoline Mustang sales. Those represented a year over year increase of 26.9% from 2023 for the Mach-E, and a decrease of 9.5% for the gasoline… Read more…
Lucid Delivered A Record 10,241 Cars In 2024
The EV startup’s annual sales jumped 71% last year. And it beat analyst estimates. Does this put Lucid on the right track for 2025? Read more…
Next-Gen BMW M4 Coupe Will Be Exclusively Electric
The four-door M3 will live on with electric and combustion power, but the M4 will go electric-only starting in 2029. Read more…
Pebble unveils production-ready Flow design with key upgrades for 2025 deliveries
Just over a year after unveiling its flagship solar-electric travel trailer called the Flow, recreational mobility startup Pebble has revealed its updated production-intent design. We got a chance to do a walkthrough of the optimized trailer design, which features several upgrades and some truly intuitive features. Today’s unveiling also marks Pebble’s continuance of Flow pre-orders, but we now have a timeline for when initial deliveries will begin. Read more…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving computer failure is leaving customers in bad situations
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving computer failure leaves customers in bad situations without many important features and depletes battery packs faster for months. Read more…
BMW sold over 50,000 EVs in the US last year for the first time
BMW hit a major milestone after selling over 50,000 EVs in the US in 2024 for the first time. Despite higher electric vehicle sales for the full year, BMW’s feat may not be as big as it seems. Here’s why. Read more…
Save 57% during Bluetti New Year sale with new power station lows, MOD Easy SideCar Sahara at $3,499 low, Goal Zero, more
This week’s Green Deals are starting with Bluetti’s New Year sale that is seeing up to 57% discounts across a solid lineup of on-the-go and at-home power station setups, with the AC180 1,152Wh LiFePO4 Power Station hitting a new $455 low, among others. MOD’s new and improved Easy SideCar Sahara e-bike that is perfect for riders with furry companions is back down at its $3,499 low. We also have Goal Zero’s Yeti 500 and Yeti 700 Power Stations returning to their lowest rates of $337 and $450, as well as a one-day-only discount on the Greenworks 80V 10-inch Cordless Electric Pole Saw with a 14.5-foot reach at $230. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals can be found in the links at the bottom of the page, like the New Year savings from EcoFlow, Jackery, Rad Power, and more all collected within our Electrified Weekly coverage from over the weekend.. Read more…
Molabo brings 48 V electric drives to off-highway and industrial EVs
German firm Molabo is introducing its new ISCAD (Intelligent Stator Cage Drive) motor technology to the off-highway, industrial and commercial vehicle markets. According to Molabo, most electrified off-highway vehicles are built on high-voltage automotive platforms. Molabo’s ISCAD motors operate at just 48 V, and can deliver 25-200 kW peak power and up to 150 kW… Read more…
San Francisco’s curbside EV charging pilot program advances to a new phase
There’s a growing consensus that curbside charging is the solution to the challenge of drivers who have no option of installing chargers at their homes. San Francisco is evaluating curbside charging solutions from three EV charging providers, and Mayor London Breed recently announced the next phase of the program. San Francisco’s Curbside EV Charging Pilot… Read more…
Solar-powered Pebble Flow EV travel trailer makes glamping $109,000 affair
Pebble first showed its Flow electric travel trailer in 2023 The Pebble Flow is expected to enter production early this year The Pebble Flow costs $109,000 and comes with a 45-kwh LFP battery pack California-based startup Pebble on Monday unveiled a production-intent version of its Flow EV travel trailer, which it hopes to begin delivering to… Read more…
