I will start with this disclaimer. I absolutely love, love, love my electric vehicle (EV) and don’t foresee ever driving anything else going forward. After buying the car last summer, I documented fiv...
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Nikola Kicks Off Hydrogen Truck Tests With Pre-Super Bowl Beer Runs For Anheuser-Busch
A Nikola Tre fuel cell semi-truck on California’s 405 freeway. Anheuser-Busch Electric truckmaker Nikola Corp., which recently started delivering its first battery-powered semis, is showing off ...
Biden Opens Access To $5 Billion To Build National EV Charging Network
US President Joe Biden talks about manufacturing chargers for electric vehicles on Feb. 8, 2022. AFP via Getty Images The Biden Administration is opening up access to at least $5 billion in new federa...
Why Nissan is moving from the internal combustion engine in Europe
The chief operating officer of Nissan has spoken to CNBC about why his company has decided to move away from the development of new internal combustion engines in Europe once a tougher set of emission...
Tesla owns service centers: Pros and cons
Tesla is known for sparking an electric vehicle revolution. It’s also brought services to customers, like mobile repairs and over-the-air tune-ups, that were once reserved for only the most elit...
Amazon Makes a Big Bet on Rivian, But That’s Not Its Only EV Play
Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report moves an awful lot of stuff in a whole lot of different ways. The company has a fleet of planes that bring goods to its fleet of trucks so they can be...
Volvo Cars, Northvolt to build gigafactory in Gothenburg
A Volvo XC40 Recharge car on display at the 38th Thailand International Motor Expo 2021. Peerapon Boonyakiat /SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Volvo Cars and Northvolt said Friday they would b...
Brand Has 75% Share Of State’s EV Market
Tesla continues to dominate electric vehicles sales in the biggest U.S. market for them. Getty Images Billionaire Elon Musk moved Tesla’s headquarters and his residence to Texas, but California remain...
No Air In Your Tires? Not A Problem In The Future, Goodyear Says
Goodyear and other tire manufacturers are testing “non-pneumatic” tires with no air inside, tailored … [+] for battery-powered, autonomous vehicles in the future. Photo: Goodyear A t...
Electric vehicle fires are rare, but hard to fight — here’s why
Electric vehicles provide a path to better air quality, reduced fuel costs and comprise a growing new category for automakers. But with the transition to electric transportation comes a new challenge:...
One of planet’s largest electrolyzers up and running
Animaflora | iStock | Getty Images A 20 megawatt hydrogen electrolyzer described as “one of the world’s largest” has begun operations, energy major Shell said Friday. Located in Zhan...
Tesla stock drops 8% as investors digest new vehicle delays
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the Cybertruck at the TeslaDesign Studio in Hawthorne, Calif. The cracked window glass occurred during a demonstration on the strength of the glass. Robert Hanashiro | USA ...
EV manufacturing jumps in UK, overall production sinks to 65-year low
A Nissan Leaf on the forecourt of a dealership in Lincoln, U.K. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Car production in the U.K. slumped by 6.7% to just 859,575 units in 2021, new figures publish...
A Peak At The Efforts Of Two American Lithium Companies
A worker at the Controlled Thermal Resources (CRT) geothermal well drilling site cleans out a tank … [+] of excess cement and mud used in the drilling of the well, in Calipatria, California, Dec...
China’s Baidu, Geely put nearly $400 million into electric car venture Jidu
An outline of Jidu’s concept car is pictured here. Jidu is the electric car company set up by Chinese internet giant Baidu and automaker Geely. Jidu plans to begin mass production and deliveries...
Tesla (TSLA) earnings Q4 2021
Elon Musk, Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, DC, United States on March 9, 2020. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Tesla repor...
Bentley To Spend $3.4 Billion To Become All-Electric By 2030
British luxury carmaker Bentley is investing 2.5 billion pounds ($3.4 billion) to replace its three … [+] gas-powered models with battery electric cars by 2030. getty Bentley, the Volkswagen-own...
$7 Billion In New Investments For GM EV Plants In Michigan
Early conceptual rendering of Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, … [+] Tennessee. Construction on the approximately 2.8 million-square-foot facility will begin ...
Behind GM, Ford’s new EV strategy is old-time financing: Cash
The cab to a Ford all-electric F-150 Lightning truck prototype is seen on an automated guided vehicle (AGV) at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, September 16, 2021. Rebecca Cook...
Lucid’s 2030 EV Production Goals Bring It to Half Where Tesla Stands Now
Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report has a market cap that tops $1 trillion. That’s a rich valuation for a company that has a rough production rate of 1 million vehicles a year. General Mot...
How the U.S. fell way behind in lithium, ‘white gold’ for EVs
The United States has a lithium supply problem. Nearly every major automaker has announced a transition to electric vehicles, Tesla delivered almost one million cars in 2021, and a handful of new elec...
New Study Suggests Ongoing Issue With Selling Electric Vehicles
Many a sales plan has assumed the global market will shift towards electric vehicles, but a new … [+] study suggests this planning might be too aggressive. getty Approximately ten years ago, an ...
Rivian Shares Plunge Nearly 15% In Two Days After Amazon Signs Deal With Rival
Topline Shares of electric vehicle startup Rivian have fallen by around 15% in the last two days, hitting a new low after Amazon signed a deal to buy electric vans from rival automaker Stellantis and ...
Daimler’s concept car uses bio-based materials, has solar tech on roof
Fred De Noyelle /GODONG | The Image Bank Unreleased | Getty Images Daimler has released details of a concept electric vehicle which uses solar technology and bio-based materials, with the German autom...
Ford Stock Surges Another 11% As Company Aims To Challenge Tesla’s Electric Vehicle Dominance
Topline Shares of legacy automaker Ford continued to surge on Tuesday amid high demand for its upcoming electric pickup, extending a solid run after rising 140% last year and beating out the likes of ...
Tesla Says It Delivered Record 936,172 Electric Vehicles In 2021
A Model Y electric hatchback recharging at a Tesla supercharger station at the European Energy Forum campus in Berlin. © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Tesla, the fastest-growing U.S. automaker, reported r...