On January 12, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would hold an offshore wind energy auction for more than 488,000 acres in the New York Bight. It’s still under way, and bids have now collectively reached around $2 billion.
This is the first offshore wind lease sale in over three years, and is the first offshore wind energy…
Ford CEO calls out NIO and Tesla as the competition ‘it must beat,’ denies rumors of splitting ICE and EVs into separate businesses
February 24, 2022
Ford’s Chief Executive Officer, Jim Farley, recently spoke during a virtual auto tech conference held by Wolfe Research, in which he spoke about Ford’s plans for the future. During the webcast, the Ford CEO specifically named Tesla and NIO as its biggest competitors…
EVgo announces Toyota bZ4X customers will receive one year of free EV fast charging
February 24, 2022
US public charging network, EVgo, has announced a commercial agreement with Toyota Motor North America to provide upcoming bZ4X customers with one year of free charging on its network. Toyota is EVgo’s latest automotive partner as it looks to continue to expand its public…
Tesla Model Y convinces another police department to go electric, believes it will save $4,000 a year in maintenance alone
February 24, 2022
Tesla Model Y has convinced another police department, Sykesville Police, to go electric and the maintenance cost was the difference-maker.
Tesla vehicles have become the go-to EV for police departments around the world. Many have started adding Tesla Model 3s to their fleets, like the NYPD most recently, and now, the Model Y is starting to gaining momentum.
Last year, Fremont police and the…
Lightning eMotors completes Colorado facility expansion, doubles production capacity, and shares manufacturing video
February 24, 2022
Electric conversion and purpose-built EV specialists Lightning eMotors announced it has completed a 102,000 sq. foot expansion of its manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado. With the expansion, Lightning eMotors expects an output of 1,500 zero-emission vehicles and…
Faraday Future shares drive footage of its first production-intent FF 91 ahead of testing
February 24, 2022
Southern California EV startup Faraday Future unveiled a pre-production version of its long-fabled FF 91 EV. This EV marks the beginning of pre-production ahead of engineering validation and certification testing, as the vehicle approaches the start of production in Q3 of…
Paris’s great experiment will ban cars in much of the city, instead opting for bikes, scooters, legs
February 24, 2022
In a bid to clean up the city and reduce the chokehold of traffic congestion, Paris plans to ban cars from much of the historic part of the French capital.
The plan was announced by the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo, though its expected 2024 implementation represents a two-year delay from the creators’ original goal.
Vehicles banned under the new rules will include most private vehicles used for…
Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle brand LiveWire plans to sell 100,000 bikes by 2026
February 24, 2022
Harley-Davidson has set out future sales goals for its LiveWire sub-brand that manufacturers and sells its all-electric motorcycles, aiming for a towering 100,000 units by 2026.
The company plans to increase that growth rate even further to 190,000 total electric…
Tesla might be cracking on the yoke steering wheel and planning to offer an option for a regular round wheel
February 24, 2022
When Tesla introduced the controversial yoke steering wheel, CEO Elon Musk surprised many when he said that the automaker didn’t even plan to offer the option for a regular round steering wheel.
According to an update in the latest software, it looks like Tesla might be…
Time flies when you’re making revolutionary batteries capable of changing the world’s transportation landscape. Since launching in 2015, Gogoro has expanded from a local electric scooter producer to a worldwide leader in swappable battery technology.
Now the Taipei-based company has announced that it has produced its 1 millionth swappable battery pack.
Gogoro’s batteries are…
