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The American truck maker revealed three all-new medium-duty electric trucks powered by LFP batteries.

NASA bought three Canoo EVs to use as shuttles for astronauts. The space agency is now using a modified Mercedes-Benz Sprinter instead.

Tesla disclosed an interesting collaboration partner in an SEC filing, which looks like an indication of a potential project at Supercharger sites. Tesla said on Tuesday in the filing that it was entering an agreement with BOXABL to design and build a Micromenity structure. Simply put, this is a modular Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Tuesday at the xAI Hackathon that the company would be removing Safety Monitors from Robotaxis in Austin in just three weeks. This would meet Musk’s timeline from earlier this year, as he has said on several occasions that Tesla Robotaxis would have no supervision Read more

UK-based EV, fuel and business expense payment company Allstar has partnered with First Charge, UK bus operator First Bus’s commercial EV charging service, to expand depot charging access for electric vans and HGVs across 10 UK locations. The partnership offers depot charging speeds up to 360 kW, larger bays suitable Read more

South Korea battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has formed a strategic partnership with South 8 Technologies to jointly develop space-rated lithium-ion batteries optimized for extreme temperatures as low as -60° C. South 8 Technologies is a US startup company that has developed a liquefied gas (LiGas) electrolyte, which is designed Read more

Swedish high-pressure systems manufacturer Quintus Technologies has engineered its new series QIB 300 and QIB 600 Warm Isostatic Presses to validate processes for volume manufacturing of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs). Warm Isostatic Pressing delivers high-density, defect-free structures and higher conductivity than other methods, according to Quintus. The technology also allows for Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will remove “safety monitors” from the passenger seats of Tesla’s Robotaxi vehicles in “about three weeks,” which would mean we’d see completely driverless Teslas in the Austin area potentially by the end of the year – if that timeline sticks. more…

SpaceX is reportedly mulling an initial public offering, eyeing what would be the largest valuation at the time of availability of all time, a new report from Bloomberg said on Tuesday. It is one of many reports involving one of Elon Musk’s companies and a massive market move, as this is not Read more

VW’s retro-tastic minivan hasn’t been the sales success the company might have wanted, and a lot of that has to do with the van’s sky high price tag. Now, VW is asking: will a $10,000 discount be enough to create some buzz for the ID.Buzz? more…