LG Energy Solution and Seoul National University have found a set of operating conditions that suppresses gas generation in lithium manganese-rich (LMR) cells, one of the obstacles to using the chemistry in large-format EV batteries. The joint research, carried out with Jongwoo Lim’s team in Seoul National University’s Department of Read more
Electric car sales continue to rise around the globe, driven to newer heights by a wholly unnecessary oil conflict. Only a few backwards-thinking countries are resisting the rise… and one of those backwards-thinking countries is now seeing the light, but it’s for a unique reason. more…
Volvo is pulling the EX40 from its US lineup, leaving the $60,000 EX60 as the brand’s most affordable EV, at least for now. more…
The Boring Company has closed a $3 billion Series D funding round led by the United Arab Emirates, valuing Elon Musk’s tunneling venture at $23 billion. That’s roughly four times its 2022 valuation of about $5.7 billion. And most of the case for it sits in tunnels the company hasn’t Read more
There are electric scooters, there are fast electric scooters, and then there are machines like the Nanrobot LS7+ that make you wonder whether we’ve stretched the definition of “scooter” about as far as it can possibly go. more…
Plus, EVs have gotten cheaper to buy, and there are hundreds of new models to choose from.
Volvo’s first mass-market EV is being retired stateside, but a revised version lives on in Europe and other markets.
New parts and training will give independent garages more ways to fix motors in EVs and hybrid cars.
More than 400 additional charging stalls are planned at Regency shopping centers, expanding a partnership that dates back to 2020.
Elon Musk pushed back overnight against media framing of a fatal Tesla crash in Midtown Manhattan, telling a user on X that “it wasn’t the car” and that the vehicle’s Autopilot system had nothing to do with the wreck. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Wednesday, when a 2024 Read more