OCSiAl has been named a supplier to PowerCo, the battery manufacturing subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, for its Unified Cell battery platform. OCSiAl will supply single-wall carbon nanotubes to PowerCo’s facility in Salzgitter, Germany. OCSiAl markets the nanotubes under its TUBALL brand. Added to a graphite anode, they act as a Read more
Bidirectional EV charging, which enables vehicle-to-grid (V2G) features and other nifty stuff, is steadily moving from pilot projects to commercial deployments. The latest news comes from Volkswagen Group Sverige, which plans to deploy commercial bidirectional charging at its dealerships in Sweden. Volkswagen’s system enables EVs to supply electricity to homes Read more
Corvus Energy will supply its Orca Energy Storage System (ESS) for two new river cruise vessels being built for Scylla Shipping. The two orders bring Corvus battery systems to 15 Scylla ships. Both vessels—the Riviera Reflection and Harmonie—feature hybrid propulsion. The Orca system is a modular lithium-ion energy storage system. Read more
EVSE manufacturer Alpitronic has expanded its HYC1000 distributed megawatt charging system with the addition of the HP Dispenser, designed for electric passenger vehicles that support higher charging power. Through a single liquid-cooled CCS2 connector, the HP Dispenser delivers charging currents of more than 1,000 A and charging power of up Read more
The world could save 8.8 million lives through 2050 with a more ambitious path towards electification, according to a new study by the ICCT, the same organization which blew the whistle on VW’s Dieselgate scandal. And given the scale of death and how avoidable it is, any group that actively Read more
The world’s top-selling automaker said rising gas prices and stiff competition in China were hurting demand after sales crashed 30% from last May.
Tesla has finally released its Full Self-Driving v14 ‘Lite’ suite for older cars that equip the Hardware 3 or AI 3 chip, which have not been able to handle the newest versions of the company’s driver assistance software. Tesla officially started releasing the v14 Lite suite to owners in the Read more
Tesla released the Full Self-Driving v14 ‘Lite’ suite to owners of Hardware 3 or AI3 vehicles today, adding several new features to the vehicles that were once believed to be capable of unsupervised self-driving. Now, Tesla has released this modified suite to older Tesla vehicles, adding plenty of new features Read more
Trailers loaded with millions of dollars of Tesla car and home batteries have been stolen straight from loading docks at the company’s Nevada operations at least 11 times since December, according to sheriff’s records. Nine of the suspected cargo thefts happened in January alone, and a local detective investigating the Read more
Tesla has started rolling out FSD v14 “Lite” to its Hardware 3 (HW3) cars, the company’s AI chief Ashok Elluswamy confirmed today. The build, firmware version 2026.20.5.1, is going out first to early-access drivers. It’s the first major Full Self-Driving update for the roughly 4 million HW3 vehicles that had Read more