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The new EV will follow the EX60 as the second vehicle based on Volvo’s SPA3 platform, positioned as a smaller, more affordable option. more…

United Dairy Farmers (UDF), a regional convenience store and ice cream parlor chain, is installing Electric Era DC fast chargers at six locations in Greater Cincinnati and Columbus. The six locations were selected through Ohio’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. UDF worked with Electric Era, the Ohio Department of Read more

EV charging provider Plugit has conducted what it calls Finland’s first public Megawatt Charging System (MCS) charging session. MCS is a charging standard developed for heavy-duty vehicles. It enables electric trucks’ large batteries to be charged during a driver’s scheduled break. Plugit charged a Volvo FH Aero Electric truck at Read more

Power conversion developer Hillcrest Energy Technologies has announced peer-reviewed test results comparing its zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) inverter technology with a conventional hard-switched silicon carbide (SiC) inverter. Hillcrest says that in side-by-side testing, ZVS reduced motor-terminal voltage overshoot by more than 90%, from 50% above the DC-link voltage to 4% above it. Read more

Indian electric powertrain developer Ferrstron Powertrains has road-tested a prototype 150 kW, 400 Nm powertrain in a 2.3-ton multi-utility vehicle. The powertrain’s motor uses ferrite magnets instead of rare earth magnets. Ferrstron is developing electric powertrains for heavy-duty trucks and buses, high-speed trains and marine vessels, plus generators for direct-drive Read more

Volvo expects the EX60 to become one of its best-selling vehicles ever, with over 50,000 orders already in Europe. But as demand builds, Volvo is struggling to ramp up production. more…

The plug-in ES is refined, comfortable, and takes the stress out of long roadtrips.

Getting its first EV right wasn’t easy, but it was important.

Tesla has officially cancelled the Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand. Reservation holders are getting emails today telling them their orders are void and their deposits will be refunded. Australians started putting down A$150 to reserve the electric pickup in November 2019. That’s almost seven years of waiting for a Read more

Tesla’s proposed $10 billion “Project Crystal Sun” solar factory in Texas could get up to 35 years of local tax breaks on its equipment, according to the four agreements Fort Bend County commissioners approved on Thursday. The vote was 4-0. And Tesla still hasn’t committed to building the plant in Read more