Toyota has sent a letter to bZ4X owners, offering a choice between a loaner and incentive package or full repurchase of vehicles, as the company continues to struggle with (literally) keeping the wheels on their first electric car effort.
Notably, the car’s electric drive systems are not affected by the recall – the battery and drive motor are working perfectly fine.
Toyota announced the…
The new Netflix hit, “The Gray Man,” features several new Audi EV models, but Audi is not stopping there. The German automaker is rolling out extensive plans to expand its US EV market position.
If you watched Netflix’s latest hit thriller, “The Gray Man,” you…
Tesla has applied to patent a new multi-band GPS antenna that it believes will be more precise for self-driving and navigation applications.
The automaker describes the new device in the abstract of the new patent application:
A multi-band antenna system is provided. The…
Porsche hasn’t been coy about its electric bicycle ambitions over the last few years, but now the company is jumping in with both feet as it starts two new electric bicycle companies to expand its reach in the e-bike market.
Both are joint ventures founded in tandem by the automaker Porsche and the Dutch company Ponooc Investment B.V. this week.
The first of the two new companies will be known…
Tesla has finally started taking Model S and Model X orders in Europe again after closing them last year due to a slower than anticipated production ramp following the design refresh.
The automaker shut down Model S and Model X production in January 2021 to update its two…
Volvo Group announces large-scale battery factory in Sweden to support electric truck production
August 3, 2022
The Volvo Group announces that it has started working on having a large-scale battery factory in Sweden to support its expansion of electric trucks, electric buses, and electric construction equipment production.
The Volvo Group is not to be confused with Volvo Cars, which…
GM to expand its Super Cruise network, adding hundreds of thousands of miles of ‘hands-free’ roads
August 3, 2022
General Motors (GM) has announced a massive expansion to its Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance network. The expansion will double the size of the current Super Cruise network to over 400,000 miles of compatible roadways and will soon be available to over 20 GM models.
Super Cruise is a hands-free driver assistance feature introduced by GM for its marques years ago. It uses adaptive…
Electric mobility company NIU has just launched one of the sleekest looking light electric motorbikes we’ve seen in years. But before you get too excited, we should note that the new NIU SQi is first launching in the company’s domestic market of China.
A company…
Faraday Future is no stranger to financial struggles. After a series of unfortunate events, the EV start-up is pushing back the release of its production model, the FF 91. But, recent Faraday Future news suggests it may have found a short-term solution.
Last week, Electrek…
The 900 megawatt (MW) Nant de France pumped storage power plant in Valais, Switzerland, came online in July after 14 years of challenging construction and testing. The gigantic “water battery” is capable of storing enough hydroelectric energy to power as many as 900,000 homes.
Gigantic Swiss ‘water battery’
The Nant de Drance “water battery” has a storage capacity of 20 million kWh of…
