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Volvo is going on the offensive with 13 new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles coming by 2030. The upcoming models will feature a new design and revamped interior. more…

Our Thursday Green Deals this week are primarily focused on e-bikes and tools, starting with Tenways’ closeout End of Season Sale, with offers like the CGO600 Pro Lightweight Chain-Drive Commuter e-bike with the usual $118 FREE bundle alongside a FREE medium-size pannier bag at $1,599, among others. We also spotted Read more

A Drag Race Between A BMW i8, Audi E-Tron, And Tesla Model Y Shows How Far We’ve Come

Tesla and SpaceX are asking a federal judge to rule that their planned Terafab chip factory does not infringe a small Illinois company’s trademark, a request that arrives only after months of quiet negotiation broke down this summer. The dispute traces to May 18, when Tesla filed three U.S. trademark Read more

The Western Australian government is in the process of fully electrifying the Transperth network of buses. The federal and state governments will jointly invest A$250 million to replace diesel buses with locally built electric buses while upgrading depots with the needed charging infrastructure. Some 173 electric buses have already been Read more

DB HiTek has completed reliability qualification for its 1,200 V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET process on 8-inch (200 mm) wafers, and the South Korean foundry is preparing for volume production in 2027. It says it has established the world’s first complete 1,200 V 8-inch SiC foundry process flow, giving it Read more

Italian compounder LATI has collected the engineering thermoplastics it develops for electrified vehicles into a single technical brochure, spanning flame-retardant, high-temperature, thermally conductive, EMI-shielding, low-friction and recycled-content grades. The halogen-free flame-retardant (HFFR) compounds are built on polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyphthalamide (PPA) and polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) matrices, and LATI rates Read more

TUAL, a developer of charging solutions for commercial EVs, has rolled out its PowerUp Charger technology at three SP Energy Networks sites in the UK, following a successful pilot at Middlewich in Cheshire. SP Energy Networks, operator of a regional electrical transmission and distribution network, will use TUAL’s battery-buffered PowerUp Read more

Kia aims to sell 250,000 electric vans by 2030, with the PV7 and PV9 accounting for a larger share combined than the PV5. more…