Today’s Green Deals are headlined by Jackery’s Sustainable Power Flash Sale that is only running for a few days with up to $2,500 being taken off its power stations – there’s even some hangover St. Paddy’s Day extra savings and a free gift offer on select purchases. In a rare occurence directly from Jackery, we spotted the brand’s popular Explorer 100 Plus Portable Power Station dropping to $90, among other notable offers. Heybike has also switched to its Limited Spring Sale, with some short-term discounted bundle sale offers being led by the Mars 2.0 Fat Tire e-bike that is back down at its $899 low for the next few days. We also have Autel’s MaxiCharger AC Lite Home Level 2 EV Charger down at a limited-supply $455 Amazon low, as well as EGO’s Nexus Escape 400W Inverter Kit that helps you get more usage out of your batteries, returning to its $249 low. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals are in the links at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Anker SOLIX Spring Sale offers, Tenways’ $895 in e-bike savings, and more. Read more…
Siemens slashes its worldwide EV charging workforce by 35%
Siemens announced today that it’s cutting around 6,000 jobs worldwide, and 450 of them will be in its EV charging business. Read more…
Dodge Charger EV gets a new ‘Bludicrous’ color and up to $12,500 in discounts
The world’s first electric muscle car, as Dodge calls it, is now arriving at dealerships in a new “Bludicrous” color. Dodge also launched a new virtual experience that lets you create the Charger you’ve been dreaming of right on your phone. To sweeten the deal, Dodge is offering hefty discounts of up to $12,500 on the new Charger Daytona EV. Read more…
100+ US-made wind turbines are headed to 2 RWE Texas projects
GE Vernova is going to supply more than 100 US-made wind turbines to renewables developer RWE for 308 megawatts (MW) of wind projects in west Texas. Read more…
Xiaomi EV hits 200,000 delivery milestone, adjusts yearly target upwards
Xiaomi EV is celebrating the delivery of its 200,000th vehicle, a Magenta Red SU7, to a young couple. This huge milestone highlights the rapid growth of Xiaomi’s electric vehicle division. What’s even more impressive is the speed at which those deliveries are happening. The first 100,000 units took 229 days, but the next 100,000 were delivered in just 119 days.… Read more…
General Motors And Nvidia Team Up To Build Self-Driving Cars
The automaker is teaming up with the chip giant to build next-generation vehicles, factories and robots. Read more…
Micromeritics and Fraunhofer ICT collaborate on electrochemistry training
Micromeritics Instrument, which supplies analytical instrumentation for the characterization of particles, powders and porous materials, is collaborating with the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) on education and training for scientists and engineers. The partnership aims to accelerate the development of novel materials critical for clean technology applications, including thermochemical heat storage systems, electrolysis, fuel… Read more…
Hyundai offering Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 buyers a free home charger
Hyundai is further expanding an offer of free home chargers or public-charging credits to buyers of the 2024 and 2025 Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 lineups. This perk was previously offered to owners of the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N performance variant, and then later the entire 2025 Ioniq 5 mode line, but Hyundai confirmed Tuesday that it’s now available to… Read more…
America’s Best And Worst EV Charging Networks: These Fail Half The Time
Rivian and Tesla have the most reliable charging networks in America. Others have plenty of room for improvement. Read more…
Hyundai will give you a free ChargePoint home EV charger if you buy or lease these EVs
Buy or lease a new Hyundai EV, and you can get a free home charger or a $400 charging credit. Hyundai is offering a free ChargePoint Home Flex Level 2 EV charger with the purchase or lease of select EVs, including the new 2025 IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6. Here’s how you can get yours. Read more…
Nio and CATL to build world’s largest battery swap network
The world of electric cars is about to go through a rapid change, thanks to a major partnership between Nio and CATL. These two companies are joining efforts to build the largest battery swap network ever seen. This means drivers of electric vehicles will have more options and faster ways to keep their cars running, at least in China. Nio… Read more…
Tesla’s Conservative Appeal Is Up. But It Might Not Matter
Elon Musk’s pollical posturing may have improved its standing with conservatives, but that likely won’t be enough to pick up sales from the others it lost. Read more…
Researchers enhance BMS to track battery vibrations and limit degradation
Research at the Battery and Power Electronics Research Group at Teesside University has found that embedding accelerometers to track vibration intensity and frequency into battery management systems (BMS) can detect early signs of battery degradation allow parameters to be adjusted accordingly. The research team, led by Professor Maher Al-Greer, Doctor Imran Bashir, and Khursheed Sabeel,… Read more…
Volt Carbon Technologies and Charge CCCV test two battery technologies
Volt Carbon Technologies and Charge CCCV (C4V) have announced successful test results from Volt’s lithium metal electrolyte paired with C4V’s advanced biomineralized lithium mixed metals phosphate (BMLMP) cathodes, and Volt’s dry separated graphite paired with C4V’s Green Anode technology. The combination of Volt’s lithium metal electrolyte and C4V’s BMLMP cathodes achieved enhanced energy density that… Read more…
Vianode receives $300-million letter of interest for North American synthetic graphite plant
Norwegian battery materials company Vianode has received a letter of interest (LOI) from Euler Hermes, the German export credit agency, indicating that it is eligible in principle for a loan guarantee of up to $300 million for the planned development of a large-scale synthetic graphite plant. Vianode’s North American facility is designed to have an… Read more…
BYD’s New ‘Megawatt’ EV Charging Is So Fast It Makes Gas Irrelevant
Vehicles built on this platform will be able to add 249 miles of range in just five minutes, marking a turning point for electric cars. Read more…
Mercedes-Benz EQS Review: Lessons From The Future
Driving an EQS is an experience full of a-ha moments and utter confusion. I don’t think we’re going back, either.
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Voi presents new electric scooter and two e-bikes
Swedish electric scooter hire company Voi has unveiled three new electric vehicles to expand its micromobility offering in Europe. The new vehicles are set to increase the fleet by around 40 per cent. Read more…
X Games ban electric motorcycles
Starting this summer, only petrol motorcycles will be allowed to compete in the motocross competition at the X Games – after the first electric motorcycles competed very successfully last year. This decision has been met with criticism in the industry. Read more…
California EV carpool lane access ending in 2025
California electric vehicle drivers could lose single-occupancy carpool lane access later this year, Automotive News reported Monday. The federal law that allows California to grant this perk, one of the earliest such EV ownership incentives, is set to expire Sept. 30, according to the report. California lawmakers reportedly want to extend the… Read more…