Autonomous EV freight developer Einride announced another key milestone today, deploying full-time, commercial operations with longtime partner, GE Appliances. The autonomous trucks are navigating between GE’s manufacturing facility and warehouse, demonstrating a case for scaled commercialization in the electric freight industry. Today’s milestone is another notable achievement for a relatively young company like Einride, which […]

Tesla started listing new cars through a third-party platform, cars.com, and CEO Elon Musk didn’t even know about it. One of the main things that separates Tesla from other automakers is the fact that it sells directly to consumers. In the US, all legacy automakers go through third-party franchise dealerships for sale and service. Tesla […]

According to reporting from the Financial Times, Tesla and India’s long courtship ritual could finally be making real progress. Negotiations appear to be on a path that would make it possible for Tesla to sell its existing cars in the country while it works on plans for a local manufacturing facility. According to the report, […]

Hyundai has broken ground on a massive new EV factory in its home market of South Korea today. Full-scale construction of the plant will begin in earnest before 2023 is over, so Hyundai’s not wasting any time here. Once completed, the $1.5 billion facility will have the capacity to produce 200,000 electric cars per year […]

Exxon Mobil aims to become a leading producer of lithium for electric vehicle batteries through a drilling operation the oil giant is launching in Arkansas, the company announced Monday. Exxon earlier this year purchased 120,000 acres of a geological site in southern Arkansas called the Smackover Formation that is rich in lithium. The company will […]

Tesla has signed a deal with the EG Group, a massive gas station and convenience store operator, to sell its Supercharger hardware to be deployed as an EG-branded product. It’s the second of such deals that Tesla has made in just a few weeks. Last month, Tesla surprised many when it announced it reached a […]

Volvo’s first electric minivan, the EM90 (source: Volvo) Volvo officially released its first electric minivan this weekend, the EM90. Rather than just a means of getting from Point A to Point B, Volvo designed the EM90 to make you feel at home no matter where the road takes you. Volvo’s electric minivan has finally made […]