Lucid Motors (LCID) announced plans on Friday to trim 12% of its US workforce as it looks to improve profitability ahead of its next growth stage. Read more…
EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra X power station hits new $6,499 exclusive low, Anker SOLIX 72-hour flash sale, Bluetti member deals, more
We’ve got some massive savings closing out this week’s Green Deals, with our top three mentions all being on a collection of varying power stations. To start, our ongoing exclusive EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra X Power Station deal got increased savings to $1,800, landing it at a new $6,499 low. From there, we have an Anker SOLIX 72-hour flash sale that is taking up to $4,099 off a selection of popular power station bundles with solar panels and expansion batteries starting from $650, as well as Bluetti’s February Member Day Sale that is taking up to 53% off its power stations, offering bonus savings, and more. We also have the best price of the year on a Greenworks 8-tool combo kit, returning lows on Navee’s latest superscooter, a budget-friendly GoTrax e-scooter, and more waiting for you below. And don’t forget the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s EcoFlow 72-hour flash sale offers, and more. Read more…
Pennsylvania unlocks $100M to install EV chargers in communities
Pennsylvania is putting another $100 million in federal funding toward public EV chargers, this time targeting communities instead of highways. Read more…
Hyundai’s three-row EV is a hit in Korea
The Hyundai IONIQ 9 outsold Kia’s three-row electric SUV by more than five times in Korea, but in the US, sales have been harder to come by. Read more…
Transport for London awards oil giant TotalEnergies a contract to deploy 43 DC fast EV chargers
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded oil supermajor TotalEnergies a contract to deliver up to 43 DC fast EV chargers across London. The new chargers will offer charging speeds of 100 kW or 200 kW (“rapid” or “ultra-rapid,” in TfL’s terminology), and will be located near key routes used by high-mileage commercial users, or near… Read more…
Nayax to supply credit card readers to EV charger OEM Tritium
Israel-based payments platform provider Nayax will supply credit card readers to EV charger manufacturer Tritium. This will enable Tritium to deploy a single card-present payment solution across its network of chargers in more than 50 countries. Nayax is integrated with Tritium through its cloud-based protocols, allowing existing Tritium customers to retrofit Nayax devices and activate cashless… Read more…
A Hyundai Ioniq 5 prototype shows a button-less cockpit despite earlier promises
While most industries adopt touchscreens, and in most cases, that makes sense, in the car business there’s a significant push against the omission of physical buttons. And there’s a good reason why – burying essential controls like the A/C in menus on the infotainment screen raises safety and usability concerns. The dislike toward touchscreen controls is almost universal, so many… Read more…
Tesla has to pay historic $243 million judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says
A federal judge has rejected Tesla’s bid to overturn a $243 million jury verdict over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida, dealing a significant blow to the automaker’s legal strategy as it faces a growing wave of lawsuits tied to its driver-assistance technology. Read more…
The world’s largest lithium metal maker is now producing semi-solid-state EV batteries
The world’s largest producer of lithium metal, Ganfeng Lithium, has reportedly begun mass-producing semi-solid-state batteries with an impressive energy density of 650 Wh/kg. The lithium giant has supply deals with Tesla, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and several other major OEMs for key EV battery materials. Read more…
Audi RS5 becomes a plug-in hybrid
Audi has unveiled the new RS5 as the top model in the A5 series. Unlike its predecessor, the RS5 is no longer a coupé but is now available as a sedan or wagon. Under the hood, there’s also a new feature: a 470 kW plug-in hybrid powertrain. Read more…
Donut Lab Remains Defiant About Its Solid-State Battery, Saying Proof Is Coming Soon
The company claims to have the world’s first production solid-state EV battery. Doubt persists, but an independent test is coming soon. Lire la suite…
CATL wins MINDS award for Intelligent Cell Design project
Chinese battery giant CATL won the MINDS Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for its Intelligent Cell Design project. By using deep learning from more than 100,000 battery cases, 600 TB of test data and EV aftermarket data, CATL has built an intelligent cell design platform that can generate design suggestions instantly… Read more…
Porsche begins manufacturing Cayenne Electric and in-house battery modules
Porsche has started production of its Cayenne Electric model in Bratislava and has developed its own battery modules in-house. The Cayenne is being manufactured on a line that also produces combustion engine and hybrid drive models. The automaker said this flexible production enables it to react quickly to changes in demand. The batteries are manufactured… Read more…
Tesla Just Made The Cybetruck A Lot More Compelling
A new all-wheel drive base model has been introduced and the Cyberbeast is $15,000 cheaper. Lire la suite…
Toyota builds large recycling plant in Poland
Toyota has announced a new circular economy factory in Wałbrzych, Poland. The plant is designed to process around 20,000 end-of-life vehicles per year, recovering components and secondary raw materials – including traction batteries – for reuse and recycling. Read more…
Latvia earmarks €40 million for EV purchase subsidies
Latvia’s Ministry of Climate and Energy has developed a new subsidy program for the purchase of pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cell vehicles. It is intended to have a budget of 40 million euros but still requires approval from the government. Read more…
Chinese car brand Nio performs 165,898 battery swaps — IN A SINGLE DAY
While DC fast charging infrastructure and range anxiety dominate Western EV headlines, Nio’s battery-swap system in China reached a new milestone that proves battery swap tech can rival traditional refueling models at scale: Nio customers performed more than 165,000 battery swaps in single day. Read more…
Elon Musk kills first Tesla Cybertruck ($60k) that makes sense just 10 days after launch
Tesla just launched the most compelling version of the Cybertruck it has ever offered — a dual-motor all-wheel-drive model starting at $59,990, and CEO Elon Musk is already signaling that it won’t last.. Read more…
Tesla drops Cybertruck prices with a new $60,000 entry model
Tesla is making a big change to how much its famous truck costs. The company added a new version of the Cybertruck that starts at €51,000. This is now the lowest price we have seen for the vehicle since it launched. Along with this new model, Tesla also cut the price of its most expensive version, the Cyberbeast. The new… Read more…
United States Environmental Protection Agency plans Clean School Bus overhaul
The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a revision of the Clean School Bus Program, which has so far primarily promoted electric school buses in the US. The goal is ‘to provide school districts with increased choice and affordable options for school buses.’ The current funding round will not proceed in light of this change. Read more…
