Cleantech & EV’s

After some fires, Hyundai will replace batteries in all Kona, Ioniq EVs, and Elec City buses. GM owners wonder if they’ll get the same thing, while most have faith in a software fix. As we broke the news last week, Hyundai has now officially announced that they are going to replace all their LG batteries in: 75,680 Kona EV electric cars 5,716 Ioniq electric cars 305 Elec City buses It would…

Xos Trucks to become publicly traded on Nasdaq through merger with NextGen Acquisition Corporation. EV charging industry association ChargeUp Europe gains its 12th member, ABL + reev. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click…

Fisker, Henrik Fisker’s latest electric vehicle startup, wants to build an electric vehicle with Foxconn, a massive Chinese company better known for being an Apple supplier. After the original Fisker Automotive went bankrupt, the assets of the defunct EV startup were purchased by a Chinese interest who relaunched the company and its Karma (now Revero) plug-in hybrid. A few years later, Henrik…

Well, this is surely one of the weirder news stories I’ve written recently: Honda apparently wants to stuff a mini drone into the tail of an electric motorcycle. But why? That’s not exactly clear. The somewhat vague use case in the patent doesn’t go into very much detail. But while Honda is a bit light on the “why,” they at least don’t hold back on the “how.” Based on the…