If you’ve ever wanted to own a genuine piece of electric vehicle vaporware history, now might be your chance. One of the most interesting artifacts from SONDORS’ more ambitious days has just surfaced for sale on eBay: the company’s three-wheeled electric car prototype.
And amusingly, the asking price is $10,000 – exactly what SONDORS originally hoped to charge for the finished car.
The…
Climate XChange is giving away more EVs than ever before in its 11th Annual EV Raffle
September 21, 2026
What would you choose with up to $120,000 to spend on a fully customized EV – a Lucid Air, Rivian R1S, Porsche Macan Electric, BMW i7, or perhaps two EVs instead of one?
Climate XChange’s 11th Annual EV Raffle is now open, and the grand prize winner can choose any…
XPeng shops its self-driving tech to automakers — Tesla found no takers
September 20, 2026
XPeng is trying to turn its self-driving and smart-cockpit systems into a licensing business, courting automakers, suppliers, and software firms well beyond its existing Volkswagen deal, according to a Reuters report.
It’s the exact playbook Tesla has been pitching for…
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz set a new Guinness World Record for “the most countries visited in a continuous journey” by an EV, covering nearly 100,000 km across 92 countries.
VW ID. Buzz receives Guinness World Record for an EV
After 445 days of travel, crossing 92 countries and covering 99,767 km, or about 62,000 miles, Volkswagen’s electric van earned its place in the Guinness World…
144 Tesla Megapacks power Australia’s first 8-hour grid battery
September 20, 2026
Australia just switched on its longest-duration grid battery, and it runs on 144 Tesla Megapacks.
RWE’s Limondale battery in New South Wales can discharge for a full eight hours — four times longer than the two-hour batteries that dominate the Australian grid. It’s the…
Royal Enfield's Flying Flea electric motorcycle finally goes global, revealing its Western price
September 19, 2026
Royal Enfield’s new Flying Flea electric motorcycle has officially spread its wings beyond India, with the retro-inspired C6 now launching in Europe and the UK. And perhaps just as importantly, we finally know what Western riders can expect to pay for it.
The Flying Flea…
Lucid and Bolt to deploy 25,000 autonomous EVs across Europe
September 19, 2026
Lucid and Bolt announced a partnership today to build and deploy autonomous vehicles across Europe, with the ride-hailing platform aiming to put at least 25,000 self-driving Lucid EVs on its network.
It’s the second big autonomous-fleet deal Lucid has signed in just over a year. And it rides on a vehicle platform the company delayed six weeks ago.
What the deal covers
Bolt is Europe’s largest…
Solid-state battery maker Factorial secures another big partnership
September 19, 2026
Solid-state battery specialist Factorial Energy is teaming up with Mitsui Kinzoku, one of the few companies producing sulfide-based solid electrolytes, to scale up the promising new technology.
Factorial Energy finds a new solid-state battery partner
US-based Factorial…
Tesla's new 'Accordion' Supercharger could speed up its slow buildout
September 18, 2026
Tesla deployed its first “Accordion” Supercharger, a pre-assembled charging unit that ships 16 stalls on a single truck and installs 20% cheaper than a conventional site.
Tesla’s charging team says the goal is now to pre-assemble every Supercharger in a factory. It’s…
Volkswagen's new electric hot hatch delivers more power than the Golf GTI [Images]
September 18, 2026
Volkswagen revealed the new ID.3 GTI, a new electric hot hatch that’s more powerful than the Golf GTI. It’s VW’s most powerful GTI ever.
Meet the new Volkswagen ID.3 GTI EV hot hatch
To celebrate the GTI’s 50th anniversary, Volkswagen introduced the most powerful series-production model ever to wear the iconic badge.
Following the ID. Polo, the ID.3 is Volkswagen’s second EV to get the…
