Amprius Technologies has received a competitively bid, $3 million contract award from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium in collaboration with the US Department of Energy for low-cost, fast-charging silicon nanowire battery technology development. The contract includes a 50 per cent cost-share by Amprius Technologies. The 30-month contract began in April and will target the […] More…
Volta Trucks confirms it’s bringing its electric trucks to the US beginning in mid-2023
Commercial EV manufacturer Volta Trucks has shared a roadmap outlining plans to bring its all-electric Zero trucks to the United States next year. Its strategy will include the 16-ton Volta Zero truck to begin, followed by Class 5 and 6 variants. Additionally, Volta Trucks is searching for a manufacturing partner on US soil to begin building the Zero trucks before year’s end.. More…
World’s Top 5 EV Automotive Groups Ranked By Sales: Q1 2022
The top five automotive groups account for over half of the total plug-in car sales. More…
Intis and Slovenian Post want to charge e-Crafter inductively
Slovenian state-owned postal company Pošta Slovenije wants to demonstrate inductive charging of an electric transporter in a real-life environment together with German specialist Intis. As part of the Edison Winci project, Intis will retrofit a Pošta Slovenije VW e-Crafter for wireless charging. As part of the project, Intis will also provide the corresponding ground unit, […] More…
Gridserve opens rapid charging hub on UK’s busiest motorway
Gridserve and Moto have just unveiled the latest High Power Electric Super Hub on the UK’s busiest motorway. The company says the latest electric vehicles can now add the 117 miles of range required to drive around London’s Orbital Motorway in less than 15 minutes charging time. The new site at Moto Thurrock is located […] More…
Air Mobility Initiative to drive electric aviation in Germany
To advance the development of electric air transport, a number of companies, universities and research institutions as well as municipalities and organisations have joined forces to form the Air Mobility Initiative (AMI). The initiative, which is funded by the Free State of Bavaria and the Federal Republic of Germany, wants to set up a series […] More…
DPD UK orders 1000 Ford E-transit vans
The parcel delivery company DPD is expanding its fleet in the UK by 1,000 Ford E-Transit to a total of over 2,500 electric vehicles. The first of the 1,000 Ford E-Transits ordered are to be delivered to DPD later this month. DPD UK says it has opted for the 3.5-tonne version with 135 kW engine […] More…
More Details On EV Battery Production Forecasts For The Future
There are new battery gigafactories (not just Tesla) in the works across the globe. More…
Entire US Volvo lineup for 2023 is mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or EV
The entire 2023 Volvo lineup in the United States will be mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or all-electric, the automaker confirmed Wednesday in a press release. Volvo sees it as a step toward offering only pure electric vehicles by 2030 and being carbon-neutral by 2040. With the XC40 and XC90 crossover SUVs and V60 Cross Country station wagon getting… More…
New electric pump drive for low-voltage systems
Omni Powertrain Technologies has released details about its new electrohydraulic pump combination. The unit was developed for low-voltage mobile applications, and is said to be ideally suited to the needs of hybrid equipment builders facing spatial constraints. The system includes a Flo-Torq gear pump packaged with an axial flux motor and controller from Omni’s Magelec […] More…
Lexus Finalized 800-Volt Architecture, But Not All EVs Will Get It
Lexus chief engineer Takashi Watanabe says that only EVs with 100-kWh or larger batteries are candidates for 800 volts. More…
Tesla looks to expand German gigafactory
Tesla is planning to massively expand its property in Grünheide, according to a media report. The additional area is apparently to be used for additional storage space and a goods station. Should it get that far, there would still be some hurdles. As the local medium RBB reports, citing circles of authorities, Tesla wants to […] More…
Battery giant and Tesla supplier CATL falls on limited profits due to higher material costs
CATL, the largest EV battery manufacturer and a major supplier for Tesla, saw its stock fall after reporting limited profits due to higher battery material costs. More…
Bosch’s eMobility order volume exceeds ten billion euros
Bosch recorded an order volume of over ten billion euros in the field of electromobility for the first time in 2021. In addition, the supplier announces its intention to offer further hydrogen components in the future: The company is also now entering the development of components for electrolysers. The company is locating the electrolysis components […] More…
Industry initiative aims to build Spanish eMobility industry with funding
The partners of the Future: Fast Forward initiative led by the Volkswagen Group and the Seat brand have now applied for the “Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation” programme (abbreviation in Spanish: PERTE) – with the aim of making Spain a hub for electric vehicles in Europe. With 62 companies from various sectors in […] More…
Volkswagen already sold out of electric cars for 2022
Volkswagen is “basically sold out” of electric cars for this year in Europe and the USA, according to Group CEO Herbert Diess, as persistent bottlenecks in the supply chain are affecting global production. In the first quarter, the Wolfsburg-based group handed over 99,100 BEVs to customers worldwide across all brands. In Western Europe alone, the […] More…
Porsche Taycan rounds up its records
The all-electric Porsche Taycan has set another Guinness World Record, this time for the most consecutive doughnuts (spins) in an electric car on ice. Stunt driver Terry Grant managed 69 doughnuts in a row in Sweden in a production Porsche Taycan 4 Cross Turismo with winter tires. According to Guinness, the record attempt took place […] More…
Former Hyundai R&D President Biermann Drives An Ioniq 6 Prototype
With experience previously running BMW M, Biermann takes a lot of credit for Hyundai’s transformation. More…
Check out this solar electric RV that is both a camper and an electric boat… and an e-bike
Electric campers have a certain charm to them, being able to explore the open road powered by the free sun rays beaming above you. But what if you could combine that freedom with the versatility of an electric boat and an electric bike? That’s exactly what Aigars Lauzis sought to capture when he designed the BeTriton electric camper. More…
Here are 3 vital insights installers shared about the state of solar in 2021
US Department of Energy-funded solar marketplace EnergySage and nonprofit accreditation body The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) just released the results of the 2021 Solar Installer Survey, which polled more than 500 residential and commercial solar installers across 43 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. Here’s what they said. More…
