Articles tagged "Misc"

Buying an electric car is not an easy task. Choosing between the brands and then different options and trying to work out which one offers the biggest bang for the buck can give anyone a headache. Then there is charging - are there any public...

Unexpected announcement came today from the state-owned company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). Its HiNa Battery GWh-scale production line in Fuyang, in Anhui province, just went live and the world's first commercial sodium-ion batteries...

Counterpoint just shared its report on the electric car market in Q3 of 2022, showing some interesting shifts. The sales were made of 74% of plug-in battery vehicles with the remaining 26% being the PHEV and EREV. After taking the lead in the EV...

It took CharIN (Charging Interface Initiative) a few weeks to respond to Tesla’s offer for its NACS charging solution to be adapted as the global standard. As a reminder, Tesla opened up its charging technology to any company wishing to use it and...

Adams Intelligence put a report together looking closely at the total capacity of electric car batteries deployed globally in the first half of this year. It’s a pretty good indicator of the market growth as it gives us a better look of the...

According to the latest study from BloombergNEF, the US is the world’s greatest polluter when it comes to transport emissions - 1.64 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide is expected to be produced by vehicles in North America this year alone. Until now,...

The US Government has just committed the country to a very ambitious plan - to stop selling gas and diesel powered commercial vehicles by 2040. That means in just over 17 years there will be no new school bus, truck, delivery van or a tractor...

Volvo just unveiled its electric flagship SUV - the EX90. The car, as has always been the case with the latest Volvos, is an absolute pinnacle of safety technology. Apart from it, the new SUV looks great, has great performance and offers fairly good...

Premium electric SUV market just got busy. Last year there was only the Audi e-tron and this year suddenly we are spoilt for choice. With Audi announcing its new Q8 e-tron, what better way to evaluate the newcomer than to pit it against its...

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) is based in Glasgow, Scotland, and the company has just unveiled what it claims is a future of hydrogen-powered long-haul transport. The vehicle has been designed in-house and it offers industry leading solutions when...

Four members of US Congress introduced the Affordable Electric Vehicles for America Act last month. The bill addresses the biggest gripe with the current legislation - requirement for cars and their components to be manufactured within the...

Lion Electric has sold over 700 electric heavy-duty vehicles in the US since it began its operations in 2010, those vehicles covered over 10 million miles so far. Its clients are Amazon, IKEA, First Student, LA USD, NAtional Express and ZUM. There...

If you think this is just another Chinese company, here today gone tomorrow - don’t be so sure. Jidu is a joint venture between two Chinese giants - Baidu and Geely. The cars are manufactured at one of Geely’s factories in Zhejiang and Robo 1 is the...

Lunchtime is approaching quickly and courtesy of Ken Block we now know how to spend it. The undisputed master of inner-city shenanigans, the king of tire smoke and overall one of the most skilled drivers ever, brought his entourage to Las Vegas this...

President Macron unveiled more targeted subsidies for electric cars. The revised scheme will focus on low-income families and offer them higher incentives to help with transition to electrified transport. Until now, France had a subsidy of €6,000...

StoreDot is advancing its extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology at a speed of light. The company has announced it concluded testing on the production-ready EV battery pack with its proprietary cell technology. During the test, the XFC EV...

Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) from Canada will unveil an electric car on October 19. The unusual story here is the fact that APMA is not a car manufacturer, neither it wants to dive into EV manufacturing. The organization simply...

September saw a global push for electric car sales and the trend was no different for the UK. The sales grew in comparison to last year, although the numbers are yet to recover to 2019 level before the COVID lockdowns. The UK market is quite...

Amazon decided to commit €1 billion to speed up its transition to net-zero carbon footprint before the end of 2027. The investment will be dedicated to purchase of electric long-haul trucks and delivery vans as well as to updating all of its package...

EV chargers offer better business than gas stations in cities, especially in city centers where land is extremely expensive. The proof is in the proverbial pudding - there are 320 public EV charging sites in Manhattan, compared to 29 gas stations....