The Trump administration has effectively frozen 165 new onshore wind farm developments in the US, leaving the projects on private land in limbo, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Combined, they represent around 30 gigawatts of electric generating capacity. more…
After reporting that US sales dropped for a fourth consecutive month in April from last year, Ford is bringing back employee pricing and free EV chargers in its latest push. more…
New Holland Construction released its first battery-powered mini excavator, the E15X, all the way back in 2023 – but enough of you called CNH to tell them your loads were just too big for the E15X. If that sounds like you, you’re in luck! New Holland is expanding its EV equipment Read more
Headlining this week’s starting Green Deals is a spotlight on the ENGWE EP-2 3.0 Fast Charging Long-Range Foldable Commuter e-bike that comes with a $214 FREE gear bundle at a new $949 low (with an extra savings code that we found works on the two other e-bikes in this sale). Read more
Canada-based industrial infrastructure platform company BMI is investing C$200 million ($146.2 million) to help develop Rock Tech‘s lithium converter facility in Red Rock, Ontario. Under the proposed investment partnership structure, Rock Tech will retain full control and responsibility for project development, engineering and operations, as well as all key technical, Read more
Way back in 2021, we ran a feature article on a company called Rocsys, which makes an automated EV charging system. The company originally saw automated vehicles as its main market, but it found customers in EV fleets that, it turns out, have several reasons for wishing to have their Read more
Sodium-ion batteries offer a number of advantages over lithium-ion cells. Sodium is 1,000 times more abundant in the Earth’s crust than lithium, and is far cheaper to obtain. Lithium-ion cells tend to achieve greater energy density, so sodium is considered less appropriate for EVs than for applications in which cost Read more
New Eagle has launched the OpenECU NX3, a vehicle control platform that combines Megawatt Charging System (MCS) and Combined Charging System (CCS) charging protocols with full vehicle supervisory control—powertrain, charging and auxiliary management—in a single ECU. New Eagle says it’s the first production-ready controller to integrate both charging standards alongside Read more
Caterpillar’s Battery Electric Power Unit (BEPU) is making its first public appearance at IFAT Munich, installed in a Doppstadt SWS 6 Spiral Shaft Separator. The prototype is the result of roughly a year of collaboration between Caterpillar, Cat dealer Zeppelin Power Systems and Doppstadt, whose SWS 6 processes scrap wood, Read more
Toyota is apparently flipping the script by putting “EV haters” in its new electric SUVs to turn skeptics into believers. more…