Drive Electric Week kicks off this Saturday with over 200 online and in-person events celebrating electric vehicles. Events will be held for the next two weekends, from September 23 through October 1, in the US & Canada… and one in Mexico City.
Drive Electric Week is an annual event organized by Plug In America, the Electric Auto Association, EVHybridNoire, Drive Electric USA, and the…
Here’s what Europe’s largest floating solar farm is going to look like
September 21, 2023
Renewable energy producer Q Energy is now building Europe’s largest floating solar farm on a brownfield site in northwestern France.
The floating solar farm is called Les Ilots Blandin, and it’s going to be sited on a former quarry (pictured) in Haute-Marne, north of…
NIO launches its own Android-based phone for $890 with a new version to follow each year
September 21, 2023
After a year and a half of ambiguous updates and a swirling rumor mill, EV automaker NIO has officially launched its first-ever phone. The company shared extensive details of the new Android-based smartphone in China today, during its 2023 Innovation Day presentation that…
Jaguar signs deal with Tesla for Supercharger access, will adopt NACS
September 21, 2023
Jaguar announced that it has signed a deal with Tesla to get access to the Supercharger network. The British automaker also agreed to adopt the Tesla-designed NACS connector in North America.
The NACS domino effect has been in full force for the past few months.
After Ford and GM announced that they will be adopting Tesla’s newly opened and renamed connector standard, NACS, other automakers…
VinFast (VFS) reports surprising Q2 revenue surge and profit growth on rising EV deliveries
September 21, 2023
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast (VFS) released its Q2 earnings Thursday, its first report since going public, showing 303% revenue growth from the first quarter.
VinFast revenue rises in Q2 on higher deliveries
The growth comes amid VinFast’s EV deliveries rising over…
Dubai announces new e-scooter race with world's fastest standing electric scooters
September 21, 2023
Dubai has just announced the creation of a new electric scooter racing event that will feature the fastest electric racing scooters in the world. The Dubai Electric Scooter Cup is intended to become the preeminent international electric scooter race.
So just how fast are we…
As electric bicycles surge in popularity, many parents are considering them as viable transportation alternatives for their teenagers. From getting to school or practice on their own to riding around with friends, e-bikes are a great way to give teenagers freedom without tossing them the family car keys.
Electric bicycles offer an eco-friendly solution, merging traditional cycling with an added…
Gear in this story
September 21, 2023
Nikon’s new Zf blends a body and control layout from the F-series film SLRs of the past with modern Nikon Z8 and Z9 DNA to produce a 24MP Z-mount full-frame mirrorless camera. But how does this blend of past and present hold up in the real world?
DPReview’s Richard…
The little Instax Pal is Fujifilm’s first all-digital Instax-branded camera, which transmits digital images for printing via an app instead of directly onto instant film.
Credit: Theano Nikitas
The Instax Pal camera is a super small 4.9MP digital camera that comes…
Autonomous Systems Help NASA’s Perseverance Do More Science on Mars
September 21, 2023
In about a third of the time it would have taken other NASA Mars rovers, Perseverance recently navigated its way through a field of boulders more than 1,700 feet wide (about a half-kilometer). While planners map out the rover’s general routes, Perseverance managed the finer points of navigating the field, nicknamed “Snowdrift Peak,” on its own, courtesy of AutoNav, the self-driving system…
