The parent company of the popular PlugShare electric vehicle app, California-based Recargo, has been acquired by EVgo for $25 million in cash. EVgo says it is the largest public fast charging network in the United States, powered by 100% renewable electricity. “At EVgo, we have a relentless commitment to growing the EV driver base and […]
Lucid Motors detailed its ‘Lucid Care’ service on Wednesday, revealing its mobile service fleet and also over-the-air software updates for its Lucid Air electric vehicle. Lucid Care will consist of mobile repair service vans that come to you for maintenance, servicing and most repairs. The company says each van will include its own coffee machine […]
Electrify America announced on Tuesday plans to more than double its current electric vehicle charging network in both the United States and Canada by the end of 2025. The company says it plans to have over 1,800 fast charging stations and 10,000 individual chargers installed by the end of 2025, including deployment of 150 and […]
As Apple’s upcoming autonomous electric vehicle (EV) comes closer and closer to fruition, the company is considering which companies should supply its components, and a new update signifies that it may have eyes on companies from Taiwan. Apple is considering working with Taiwanese manufacturers rather than those in China for its upcoming Apple Car batteries, […]
U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration have been supportive of electric vehicles (EVs), and in a recent move, the White House has pledged to end major tax breaks for oil companies. In a press conference promoting his “Build Back Better” proposal on Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden promised to end tax breaks for fossil […]
From left: Environment and Climate Change Minister Gary Crossman; Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland; Jon Brawn, treasurer of the New Brunswick Automobile Dealers’ Association; and Keith Cronkhite, president and CEO of NB Power. The province of New Brunswick in Canada announced on Thursday a new electric vehicle rebate program. Starting today, July […]
Thursday is Stellantis EV day 2021, and during the streamed event, the parent company of Dodge announced plans to move towards electrification. Dodge says it will debut what is calls the “world’s first full battery electric muscle car” on Thursday, in a video released by Stellantis. The electric vehicle (EV) is expected to launch in […]
Automotive publication Car and Driver has announced its 2021 Electric Vehicle of the Year winner, and that goes to Ford’s Mustang Mach-E. The Mustang Mach-E beat out the following EV finalists, which included Tesla’s Model 3, Model Y and Model S: TESLA MODEL 3 PERFORMANCE VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 POLESTAR 2 NISSAN LEAF PLUS TESLA MODEL Y […]
Last week, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Mayor Dean J. Trantalis announced that Elon Musk’s The Boring Company made a formal proposal to introduce underground loops to the city to help mitigate road traffic. Now, according to Trantalis, the city has officially accepted the proposal from The Boring Company, allowing them to build underground tunnels running from […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid is now considered the quickest production car with its outrageously-fast 0 to 60 mph time, but one competitor which boasts a faster electric vehicle (EV) at a 1/4 mile has just merged with a major luxury sports car company. Croatian EV startup Rimac has officially merged with Bugatti to form Bugatti-Rimac, […]
Porsche has announced a recall of all 43,000 units of its Taycan electric vehicles (EVs) across the globe over a confirmed issue involving sudden, unexpected power loss to the entire vehicle — reports Autoblog. The recall covers all Taycan units produced and delivered by June 2021. According to Porsche, each of the recalled cars will […]
General Motors announced a multi-million dollar strategic investment in and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to source locally extracted, low-cost lithium in a press release on Friday. At its Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, located in Imperial, California, CTR is working on a closed-loop process to […]
Automakers in China are releasing their sales numbers for Q2 this week, and new updates from Li Auto show that the company is reaching new all-time highs, even coming out of the global chip shortage. On Friday, Li Auto said that its June deliveries of the Li One hit a monthly high of 7,713 deliveries, […]
As the world moves towards renewable and zero-emission solutions, one Florida city is adding two electric police motorcycles to its fleet. Florida’s Largo Police Department added two new Zero electric motorcycles to its fleet, as the city considers wider transitions to renewable energy sources, according to Yahoo Finance. The city plans to build out an […]
Many analysts have increased their outlook on NIO recently, and while the Tesla-rivaling Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup still has a long way to go if it hopes to catch up to Tesla, its recent quarterly sales report is telling. According to a press release from NIO on Thursday, the company delivered 8,083 vehicles in […]
