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Hybrids like the Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sportage are proving mighty popular as gas prices remain over $4 a gallon.

Dutch maritime technology company Wattlab has launched WEstack, a standardized battery system for inland shipping that the Rotterdam-based company says can be installed on a vessel within a single working day. The goal is to remove cost and installation complexity as barriers to battery adoption on cargo vessels—a sector where Read more

ChargePoint and Powers Parts have announced a partnership that combines ChargePoint’s hardware, software and telematics platform with Powers Parts’ distribution network and relationships across the transit sector. Through the partnership, transit agencies operating E2 and ZX5 Phoenix electric buses can purchase ChargePoint hardware, software and services directly through Powers Parts, Read more

Siemens has announced new 3D electrical design capabilities for its Capital software, connecting wiring design and physical harness routing in a shared model-based environment alongside its Designcenter product engineering software and Teamcenter PLM platform. The update lets electrical and mechanical engineers work concurrently in the same 3D context rather than Read more

German battery manufacturer EAS Batteries has begun selling the UHP-601300-LFP-22, a 22 Ah large-format cylindrical LFP cell that uses Asahi Kasei’s Acetolyte electrolyte—an acetonitrile-based formulation that raises the cell’s continuous discharge power to 2,550 W/kg at 880 A (40 C), a 60% improvement over the same cell running conventional electrolyte Read more

Hyundai’s electric SUV continues winning over buyers after setting another sales record in May. The IONIQ 5 isn’t the only Hyundai EV that saw higher demand last month, with IONIQ 9 sales jumping nearly 300%. more…

It now goes farther, charges faster, and responds more sharply, but the design remains mostly untouched.

Covenant Logistics, one of the largest trucking companies in the US with a fleet of over 2,600 tractors, completed a two-week evaluation of the Tesla Semi in California — including a loaded run over the notorious Grapevine pass on I-5. The company’s VP of Sustainability and Innovation, Matt McLelland, said Read more

The Mercedes-Benz CLA EV 350 has an EPA-estimated driving range of 312 miles, but in the real world, it drove close to 400 miles on a single charge. more…

Tesla has been granted a new patent for a miniature camera cleaning system with a built-in wiper designed to keep vehicle cameras clear for autonomous driving. The patent addresses one of the most frustrating and well-known issues with Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system — dirty cameras that constantly trigger alerts telling Read more