Last Summer, Tesla landed a $5 million contract with the City of Baltimore for a fleet of electric vehicles for the local government. However, Mayor Brandon Scott decided to pause that investment in September after the City “decided to go in a different direction.” This is according to John Riggin, Read more
Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has introduced a straight boom for its EC18 Electric mini-excavator. The EC18 is a 1.8-ton battery-electric compact excavator sized for use in indoor demolition. The new optional straight boom offers a 10% higher pin height than the standard boom configuration. The excavator has a 48 V, Read more
Jolt, an Australian EV charger manufacturer that offers drivers free, advertiser-supported charging, and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, a federal Crown Corporation of Canada that is charged with financially supporting revenue-generating infrastructure projects, have announced a C$194-million loan agreement that will support the expansion of Jolt’s charging network. The loan will Read more
EV subsidies in Canada were about to end. Tesla then filed for over half of the remaining rebates in hours, leaving dealers furious.
In what could either be a sign of the times or perhaps the start of a terrible decision-making chain, that famous $2,000 electric mini-truck I bought from China several years ago has somehow gotten even cheaper. more…
Is Hyundai about to drop another EV? A newly filed trademark for the name “Insteroid,” suggests a more powerful version of the Inster EV, Hyundai’s affordable electric crossover SUV, could be on the way. Here’s what we know so far. more…
When developing Battery Energy Storage Systems for EV charger infrastructure support, high efficiency and bi-directional buck-boost technologies offer flexible, low-cost, and reliable solutions. Join this session at next week’s Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by Unico, where we will dive into the challenges and details that UNICO successfully overcame Read more
Forums and subreddits are full of angry messages from EV owners who were stranded because their ICCU went bust. But how bad is it?
Oregon police are investigating a shooting incident involving a Tesla store. A Tesla store in Tigard, a city southwest of Portland, was vandalized around 2:00 am on Thursday, March 6. “The damage was discovered by employees who arrived for work this morning (3/6/25) at the dealership on SW Cascade Avenue. Read more
Busbars are familiar components in just about any type of electrical equipment, and naturally they can be found in EVs and EV charging hardware. Not all busbars are alike—different requirements, dimensions and geometries have to be considered in the manufacturing process. WAFIOS develops specialist machinery for the wire and tube Read more