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The PV5 is already a hit, but now you can buy Kia’s electric van with three rows of seating and enough room for seven. more…

When most people think about how a bicycle frame is built, they probably imagine sparks flying from a welding torch. That’s certainly how the vast majority of aluminum bike frames are made. But one British e-bike company is taking a very different approach, and it has more in common with Read more

Real-world data and expert battery testing show that even heavily used EVs often lose range gradually rather than suddenly failing.

Tesla has responded to the skeptics of its Robotaxi program by launching a massive expansion of the unsupervised program in its initial rollout city of Austin. The company’s geofence, the enabled area of operation for rides, now covers the entire Austin Metropolitan area, an incredible move just days after media Read more

UK-based battery optimization software developer Eatron Technologies and NEXTY Electronics, an electronics trading company within Toyota Tsusho, are moving to full-scale commercial implementation of several of their projects with Japanese OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. The companies, which have been working in partnership for three years, said they have recently Read more

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has launched the first of four 38,000-ton multi-purpose heavy-lift vessels at its Qidong Marine Engineering facility. The ship was built for Chinese-Polish joint venture shipping company Chipolbrok. The company is taking delivery of the four vessels for its fleet serving global heavy-lift and oversized cargo routes. Read more

The US subsidiary of Japan-based TMEIC has launched a mobile charging solution designed to enable terminals to transition rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes from diesel to battery-electric power quickly. TMEIC’S E-Tanker includes a mobile lithium-ion battery charging unit, high-energy battery blocks and a charging station, all orchestrated by the company’s intelligent Read more

A modular approach to solving EV charging’s installation bottleneck. At the moment, the big bad bottleneck for commercial EV deployment is charging infrastructure. However, the problems don’t generally have to do with the hardware or software—EVSE manufacturers offer a wide selection of AC and DC chargers, functionality and reliability are steadily Read more

EVelution Energy has received a non-binding Letter of Interest from Finnvera, Finland’s official export credit agency, indicating willingness to support up to $70 million in export credit financing for equipment and services associated with the company’s cobalt processing facility in Yuma County, Arizona. The Finnvera support is tied specifically to Read more

The Dolphin G DM-i is set to go on sale any day now as BYD’s first car custom-designed for overseas markets, including Europe. Ahead of its global launch later this month, the plug-in hatch was spotted in public, revealing the interior for the first time. more…