USPS set to buy Canoo electric vans

  • January 24, 2024
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Electric van manufacturer Canoo announced a highly visible deal with the United States Postal Service (USPS), which will see the USPS acquire a handful of right-hand drive versions of the company’s LDV 190 delivery van. Canoo announced that the USPS will purchase six (6) battery-electric Canoo vehicles. In its official press release, the company said […]

The Hunter EV pickup looks ready to rival Toyota’s Tacoma

  • January 24, 2024
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Former NIO manufacturer JAC is launching its new Hunter EV pickup in April. The all-electric pickup will feature a dual electric motor drive train and over 310 miles (500 km) CLTC range. JAC helped NIO build its electric vehicles. Last month, NIO bought out two manufacturing plants and the included assets, paving the way for […]

Mars to deliver all those Twix and M&Ms via 300 electric heavy-duty trucks

  • January 24, 2024
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US behemoth food company Mars is looking to put 300 “heavy-duty” electric trucks into operation in Europe by 2030, in what it is calling the largest electrification of freight trucking in Europe ever. Running routes to and fro various company locations, this kind of trucking is primed for electrification, and a company the scale of […]

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Half a million access cheaper HRT as chemists lament ‘broken’ supply chain

  • January 24, 2024
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More than 500,000 women in England have accessed cheaper hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) since the introduction of the Women’s Health Strategy on April 1 last year, the UK government has announced.  The HRT prescription prepayment certificates (PPC) reduced prescription costs to £19.30 per year as part of a wider scheme of government initiatives to bolster support […]

Stellantis slams Italy for not backing EVs, putting Fiat at risk

  • January 24, 2024
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Fiat’s new 2024 500e (source: Stellantis) EVs drivers in Italy are a rare breed. And Stellantis’s CEO Carlos Tarvares says the government needs to step in and do more, a lot more, to promote EVs in a country with only 4% EV adoption rate, reports Automotive News Europe. Italy has some of the oldest, most […]

Tesla next-gen electric cars are coming in 2025, supplier sources say

  • January 24, 2024
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Tesla’s next-gen electric cars, including the long-awaited “$25,000 model”, are coming in 2025, according to a new report based on sources from the automaker’s supply chain. With a plan to build 20 million vehicles per year by the end of the decade, Tesla is going to need to expand its vehicle lineup quickly. It needs […]

U.S. crude oil rises 1% after winter storm hits domestic production

  • January 24, 2024
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Oil field workers on a rig in Tioga, North Dakota. Ken Cedeno | Corbis | Getty Images U.S. crude oil prices rose about 1% Wednesday after domestic production fell substantially in the wake of severe winter storms this month. The West Texas Intermediate futures contract for March gained 72 cents, or 0.97%, to settle at […]