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…
Xiaomi EV June deliveries rise 36% as new YU7 variants lift sales
Xiaomi EV’s June deliveries rose 36.45% year-on-year and 6.04% from the previous month, marking the third consecutive month above the 30,000-unit mark. Read more…
Renault refreshes Master E-Tech with battery and comfort upgrades
Renault has updated the Master E-Tech Electric. The electric van now features a chemically redesigned 87kWh battery, new comfort and safety functions, as well as a range of additional variants for different applications. A new chassis-cab version with a 40kWh battery is also available for urban use. Read more…
Industry calls on EU to simplify state aid for cleantech factories
A coalition of industrial companies, investors, and associations is urging the EU Commission to revise its rules regarding state aid and cleantech production. In an open letter, the signatories advocate for predictable production subsidies to enable investments in battery factories and other climate-friendly technologies in Europe. Read more…
Asleep at the wheel: Tesla video sparks debate
A video from Canada appears to show a driver asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla – while in motion. The incident raises renewed questions about the use of driver assistance systems like Tesla’s ‘Full Self Driving’. Read more…
Tesla launches ‘Tesla Home’ with Opticaster AI to cut power bills
Tesla has launched Tesla Home, a home energy management platform powered by an AI engine called Opticaster that it says makes “hundreds of decisions” a day about when to store and use electricity to lower your bill. Read more…
Tesla leases 683,000 sq ft Austin building in Musk’s Texas sweep
Tesla has leased a 682,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Austin Hills Commerce Center, expanding Elon Musk’s already sprawling Central Texas real estate footprint. Read more…
Waymo goes driverless in Las Vegas, with Denver, San Diego, Tampa next
Waymo has activated fully driverless operations in Las Vegas, its riders will now see vehicles with no human at the wheel, and the Alphabet unit says Denver, San Diego, and Tampa are next in line. Read more…
