Tesla owners who press Activate on Emergency Drive Away may be on the hook for a service bill even if their car never leaves the Supercharger stall. Yaro, who posts about Tesla service cases on X as @Tutrifour, said a customer called after tapping Activate while still plugged into a Read more
ConnectDER makes a line of meter socket adapters (MSAs), also known as meter collars, for solar, battery storage and EV charging installations. These adapters connect directly to the existing meter socket outside a home, potentially eliminating the need to upgrade a building’s service panel or increase service capacity. ConnectDER’s devices Read more
Eli Electric Vehicles is getting ready to reveal a new version of its tiny electric microcar, and this one could expand its usefulness beyond the slow lane. more…
For years, the conventional wisdom surrounding electric motorcycles has been fairly straightforward: Build an electric motorcycle that’s just as good as a gasoline-powered motorcycle, make it affordable enough, and eventually riders will switch. It’s essentially the same playbook that electric cars have followed. Make the electric version competitive enough, and Read more
Elon Musk is pushing back on one of the biggest worries hanging over SpaceX stock. In a reply on X on Sunday, Musk said the company’s capital expenditure efficiency is severely underestimated. He was responding to a Milk Road Stocks post citing analyst Kyle Reidhead, who estimates SpaceX will need Read more
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a national battery strategy and launched the Battery Manufacturing Accelerator (BattMan), a consortium intended to strengthen domestic battery manufacturing and supply chains. The strategy sets DOE’s priorities: building a fully integrated domestic battery supply chain by 2030, achieving US leadership in battery Read more
Legendary truck brand Peterbilt is lowering procurement barriers for state and municipal fleets looking to electrify their assets by adding its growing lineup of medium- and heavy-duty battery electric trucks to its cooperative purchasing Agreement with Sourcewell. more…
Say what you will about America’s police forces, but they are loyal – often to each other, and always to their preferred brand of pursuit vehicle. And if the thin blue line of Chevy faithful won’t embrace the 750 hp electric Silverado because it’s powered by batteries, that can really only Read more
Five years ago, I did something that seemed pretty ridiculous at the time. I bought a $2,000 electric mini-truck from China, had it shipped across the oceans to the US, and put it to work on my parents’ property in Florida. more…
The R2 gets the headlines. But with $1.6 billion in revenue this year and rivals retreating, Rivian’s commercial van is taking over.