In their recent meeting, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and the European Commission’s Executive Vice President and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis agreed to settle differences over Europe’s tariffs on China-made electric vehicle (EV) imports. According to the Ministry of Commerce, Dombrovskis agreed to continue negotiating price commitments on EV Read more
Despite its small size, Volvo’s cheapest EV continued its dominant run last month in Europe. The Volvo EX30 was Europe’s second-best-selling EV, behind only the Tesla Model Y, as sales continued surging. more…
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This fairly loaded, front-wheel-drive EV model gets up to 319 miles of range and boasts impressive tech features. Ask away.
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we interview Alpitronic CEO Mike Doucleff, we discuss a Tesla Semi update, GM going NACS, and more. more…
Chicago-based NanoGraf will build a $175 million factory to produce 2,500 tons of silicon anode material to support up to 1.5 million EVs per year. more…
Texas-headquartered power conversion technology company Ideal Power, developer of the B-TRAN bidirectional semiconductor power switch, is collaborating with its third global automaker on the use of B-TRAN-enabled contactors to potentially replace electromechanical contactors in the automaker’s EVs. Contactors play a critical role in isolating the battery, inverter and onboard charger Read more
Australian mining company Renascor Resources has completed equipment trials for its planned purified spherical graphite (PSG) manufacturing facility in South Australia. The trials produced graphite of the quality required for lithium-ion battery anodes across all targeted product specifications up to 99.99% carbon—compared with the anode industry standard of 99.95% carbon. Read more
Lightyear, yes, Lightyear (remember them?), is reemerging from the ashes of a failed solar electric vehicle venture and has just secured 10 million euros to boost its operation of developing and providing other OEMs with advanced solar systems. This isn’t the Lightyear you remember, but it is fighting on in Read more
After 40 years, Volkswagen is no longer building Polo models in Europe. VW has ended Polo production in Europe as it shifts focus to smaller, more affordable EVs. more…