Dead Tesla cars pile up at Chicago Superchargers in extreme cold

  • January 16, 2024
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A bunch of Tesla vehicles were unable to charge at Supercharger stations across Chicago amid an extreme cold wave. Cars have problems in extreme cold. That’s a fact, regardless of if the vehicle is electric or powered by an internal combustion engine. It’s very common for gas-powered cars not to start in the cold. As […]

A cheap Toyota EV? Not right now, the company says

  • January 16, 2024
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If you were waiting for a smaller, cheaper Toyota electric car, you may have to keep waiting. Toyota has no current plans to launch a cheap EV despite demand building. Toyota says no small, cheap EV is in the works Although many automakers, including VW, Stellantis, and Kia, have revealed plans to launch low-cost EVs […]

Volvo becomes first OEM to qualify four models for UK plug-in grant

  • January 16, 2024
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Source image via Volvo Trucks; expanded using Fotor AI. Volvo Trucks has become the first commercial truck OEM in the UK to qualify four different models for the Government’s £25,000 plug-in grant on new registrations. Following the approval of the FH Electric and FM Electric, along with the Volvo FL Electric 4×2 rigid and the […]

Mazda announces NACS adoption – its many EVs are going to flood Tesla Superchargers

  • January 16, 2024
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Mazda is the latest automaker to announce that it will adopt NACS, Tesla’s open-source charging standard. It’s going to Mazda’s very few EVs access to Tesla Superchargers. Virtually all automakers selling electric vehicles in North America have announced that they will adopt Tesla’s NACS connector in future electric vehicles to take advantage of the Supercharger […]

SIXT drops Tesla, buys 250,000 rental cars from Stellantis

  • January 16, 2024
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After dropping Tesla, global rental car giant SIXT says it will buy up to 250,000 vehicles from Stellantis for its fleets in North America and Europe. The multi-billion euro deal will see Stellantis delivering EVs, PHEVs (and gas cars, smh) to SIXT starting this quarter, and it will carry on over the next three years. […]

ZeroAvia is exploring cryo-compressed hydrogen to produce longer-range planes

  • January 16, 2024
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Hydrogen-electric plane aviation technology developer ZeroAvia is exploring a form of energy-dense fuel to develop aircraft that can refuel faster and potentially fly farther. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with hydrogen tech startup Verne to co-develop the plane integrations. Following a series of milestones in the past decade, ZeroAvia sits closer than […]

What EV sales slump? Commercial EV deployments are soaring!

  • January 16, 2024
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BEV trucks and buses at ACT Expo in Long Beach; image by the author. Despite all the doom, gloom, and wishful thinking from the anti-EV crowd, the numbers paint a narrative of swift expansion in the commercial EV and ZEV (Zero-Emission Vehicle) markets. CALSTART’s latest figures reveal a remarkable 250% growth in the zero-emission heavy […]

Northvolt secures a landmark $5 billion to make batteries

  • January 16, 2024
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Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt has raised an additional $5 billion, firmly locking in its position as one of Europe’s best-funded startups and recipient of the largest-ever green loan from the EU. The company is adding that cash to its pot of $13 billion in equity and debt to expand operations across the world. Northvolt […]