This zinc mine needed a truck no one made, so they made it themselves

  • June 21, 2026
  • 0 Comments

Zijin Mining couldn’t find an ultra-class electric haul truck that could get the job done at its Wulagen mine in Wuqia County, Xinjiang, so they designed their own: a 140-ton BEV haul truck with a huge, 770 kWh swappable battery pack. Then they built 290 of them. (!) Xinjiang Zijin Zinc is one of the largest […]

Tesla plans to sell modular AI data center hardware called ‘Megapod’

  • June 21, 2026
  • 0 Comments

Tesla wants to sell modular AI data center hardware, according to a new trademark application for a product called “Megapod.” The filing describes a complete, self-contained computing system for AI workloads — and it lands less than a year after Tesla killed Dojo, its only in-house AI training computer. What the ‘Megapod’ filing actually describes […]

From labs to logistics: China tests sodium batteries in HD trucks

  • June 21, 2026
  • 0 Comments

Made from more affordable and more abundant materials than li-ion, sodium batteries promise more abundant and more affordable electric vehicles – but will sodium batteries be practical for commercial trucks? Chinese truck brand FAW Jiefang is working to find out. Chinese heavy truck brand FAW Jiefang recently completed a full-condition, systematic test that ran for nearly […]

The wait is over: Royal Enfield’s first electric motorcycle begins deliveries

  • June 21, 2026
  • 0 Comments

Royal Enfield’s long-awaited entry into the electric motorcycle market has officially begun. The company’s dedicated EV sub-brand, Flying Flea, has started customer deliveries of its first electric motorcycle, the FF.C6, with initial handovers taking place in Bengaluru, India. The launch marks a significant milestone for Royal Enfield, a company that has built one of the […]

Tesla driver says it was on Autopilot before fatal Texas home crash

  • June 21, 2026
  • 0 Comments

A driver told Harris County investigators that his Tesla was on Autopilot before it left a residential road in Katy, Texas, crashed through the brick wall of a home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside. The crash happened around 8 p.m. Friday in the 21300 block of Rose Hollow Lane, according to the Harris County […]