Cleantech & EV’s

Volvo’s first all-electric minivan is on its way. The Swedish automaker teased the electric EM90 minivan Thursday, claiming it’s like a “Scandinavian living room on the move.” We knew Volvo was working on an electric minivan after Qin Peiji, president of Volvo Cars Greater China, revealed the automaker’s EV plans during a slide presentation earlier this year. The presentation showed…

Electric car charging stations are becoming ubiquitous across many cities in the US. But with electric bikes vastly outnumbering electric cars, should we be considering charging stations for these more popular light EVs? In China, e-bike charging stations are already commonplace. Perhaps we can learn something from them. In fact, I didn’t know just how common these charging stations were in…

In a leaked email to Tesla employees, Elon Musk highlighted the need for high standards of quality and “single-digit micron” tolerance with the Cybertruck due to its straight edges. Today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he test-drove a production candidate Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas. Presumably, he also surveyed the Cybertruck production at the plant and the quality of the pickups…

Elon Musk has released a picture of a Tesla Cybertruck “production candidate,” which he says he tested today. The CEO called it Tesla’s “best product ever.” Last month, Tesla announced that it had “built the first Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas.” We were surprised by the announcement because, as Electrek previously reported, Tesla told suppliers to be ready for Cybertruck…