This week’s Tuesday Green Deals are being led by Anker’s freshly launched Summer Power Sale with up to 49% power station discounts – plus, our exclusive bonus 5% savings code. You’ll also find ECOVACS’ Ultramarine P1 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner back at its $299 low, two new Greenworks 2,200 and Read more
As EVs rapidly improve in every key area, it’s getting harder and harder to imagine a future for gasoline engines. They just can’t keep up.
Tesla is opening the doors of its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg to outside startups through a new “Cell Giga Challenge,” inviting them to pilot technologies inside its live battery cell production line. The program comes as Tesla ramps 4680 cell output at Grünheide toward a planned 18 GWh of annual capacity, one Read more
A private seller in Littleton, Colorado has listed a brand-new 2027 Rivian R2 Performance on Cars.com for $79,900 — roughly $20,000 over what Rivian charges for the same vehicle. The listing went up July 1, just weeks after Rivian started delivering the R2 to its first customers, and it comes Read more
Ford is recalling nearly 43,000 Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles. This time, it’s due to a faulty differential unit that may fracture, resulting in a loss of drive power.
A scientist who worked on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is now building a rival of his own — in Europe, not Silicon Valley. Rémi Cadène, co-founder and CEO of Paris-based startup UMA, unveiled plans for a lightweight humanoid robot called Northstar and says the company is already talking to 50 Read more
When it comes to EV charging hardware, one size definitely does not fit all. Choosing a charger with the right form factor and power level for the intended application is the key to a cost-effective deployment. Heliox, a Siemens business, has introduced a new compact DC fast charger with 60 Read more
TDK has introduced the E13 EM series (ordering code B8280*F*), a line of surface-mount gate drive transformers for IGBT and FET gate drivers and isolated DC-DC converters for automotive 500 V battery systems. The parts provide isolation in traction inverters and DC-DC converters on electrified vehicle platforms. The series uses Read more
Versinetic, an EV charge point solutions provider, has launched an interactive audit tool and technical guide designed to help makers of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) self-assess their products against the UK’s charging standards. The tool is aimed at EVSE manufacturers, firmware engineers and hardware developers, and covers hardware architecture, Read more
South Korean steel manufacturer POSCO is leading a consortium that includes automaker Hyundai, auto parts supplier SL, electric motor developer Polepair Electric, and several Korean universities and research institutes. The consortium aims to develop electrical steel sheets with 6.5% silicon content for more efficient EV drive motors. Electrical steel is Read more