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Plans are afoot to build a monster battery cell production facility in the UK, but it’s not going to another Tesla Gigafactory. Startup Britishvolt expects construction of its 30-GWh GigaPlant to start in Wales next year.Continue ReadingCategory: Autom… Continue reading Pininfarina-designed battery production plant planned for Wales
It was just two months ago that the Tesla Model S officially broke through the 400-mile barrier, and if EV makers weren’t gunning for it before (they were), they only started aiming harder after the news. Lucid Motors has put itself in position to leav… Continue reading Lucid Air’s 517-mile range leaves Tesla in the rear view
A couple of years ago, we first heard about a two-wheeled electric thing known as the JackRabbit. Whether you think of it as an ebike or an e-scooter, it’s now back in a new-and-improved form.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Ki… Continue reading JackRabbit 2.0 electric scooter has the soul of a tiny ebike
The start/stop nature of trash collection makes electric powertrains a good choice for refuse trucks, and Phoenix-based Republic Services is tapping into zero (local) emission vehicles in a big way. The second largest non-hazardous solid waste collecti… Continue reading Nikola takes out the trash with huge electric refuse truck order
Cadillac has unveiled its Lyriq show car, the first car based on GM’s next-gen modular EV platform and the harbinger of a new electric design language for the brand. Its nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum (NCMA) structural battery pack holds 100 kWh, for… Continue reading Cadillac launches pretty Lyriq EV, a clean-sheet, 300-mile luxury SUV
The Cobra may be best known as a “Shelby,” but it was British marque AC Cars that created it. Now that same marque is back with an innovative Cobra for the 21st century, a modern-day recreation powered by batteries. The Series 1 Electric looks exactly … Continue reading AC Cars wires the original Cobra into an all-electric roadster
High prices are undoubtedly a significant factor in the rate of electric car uptake, but a couple of new entrants to the US market could help shake up the status quo. Chinese company Kandi is set to bring two models stateside that will become the cheap… Continue reading Kandi’s $20,000 electric car is the cheapest the US has seen
Drawing a little inspiration from the vintage 70s Ducati scramblers and a little from the electric two-wheelers of today, German mobility startup BlackTea has taken to Indiegogo with an electrified moped built for all terrain. With a nice mix of urban-… Continue reading BlackTea’s electric adventure moped still looks pretty in the city
After being postponed due to COVID-19, the electric Hummer pickup debut is finally getting a date … or at least a timeframe: fall 2020. Sadly, that means we can expect another half-dozen or so teasers between now and then. Happily, today’s teaser giv… Continue reading e-Hummer flexes Bronco-like 4×4 and pickup muscles ahead of fall debut
No offense to Volkswagen’s ID. Buzz, a successful design in its own right, but when we close our eyes and imagine an all-electric Volkswagen Type 2 for the 21st century, it’s the new eBussy that we see. That was true before we knew it existed, and it’s… Continue reading Modular eBussy is the adorable German e-van and camper of our dreams