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Walmart’s decision to buy 4,500 electric delivery vans from Canoo may prove to be essential for the EV startup’s survival, but it does come with strings attached. According to a securities filing on July 13 seen by Automotive News, the deal includes a provision preventing Canoo from selling its electric vehicles to rival Amazon. Actually, Walmart

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has launched its first all-electric pickup under a new electric outdoors lifestyle vehicle brand called Radar Auto. The Radar RD6 midsize pickup is the brand’s first model of a coming lineup that will include trucks, SUVs, and even ATVs. All Radar Auto models, including the RD6 pickup, will be based on

Problems at Volkswagen Group’s Cariad software division could delay key new electric cars from Audi, Porsche and Bentley. According to Automobilwoche, which cites unnamed sources, Audi’s new flagship—developed under the Artemis project—will not launch until 2027, three years later than initially planned. The sources also said that Bentley‘s plan to sell only battery-powered cars by

Northvolt announced earlier this month the signing of a $1.1 billion convertible note to finance its expansion of EV battery cell and cathode material production in Europe. Among the investors once again we can see the Volkswagen Group, but the list is pretty long: “AMF, AP funds 1-4 (via the co-owned company 4 to 1

Volvo reports another significant decrease of its car sales in the US. In June the company has delivered 8,434 cars (down 31.2% year-over-year), while year-to-date it’s 50,585 (down 20.7%). Anders Gustafsson, Senior Vice President, Volvo Car Americas and President and CEO, Volvo Car USA explained shortly: “Demand for our cars remains strong but inventory challenges

New registration car numbers indicate that Tesla has strengthened its position in the all-electric car segment, as well as among premium/luxury brands in the US. According to the latest registration data from Experian (via Automotive News), for the first five months of 2022, new Tesla registrations increased by 66% year-over-year to 179,574. Registration data lag

Chinese EV startup Human Horizons has revealed more details on its second product, the HiPhi Z electric GT, which it describes as an “ultra-futuristic digital GT.” With the HiPhi Z, which was first shown in November 2021, Human Horizons says it’s out to redefine traditional grand tourers, as the EV “looks, feels, and drives like

Rivian has just announced its electric vehicle production and sales results for the second quarter of 2022. During the period, the company produced at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, 4,401 BEVs, which is 72% more than in Q1. Sales amounted to 4,467. It means that Q2 was better than the previous two quarters combined

Now that Tesla has begun delivering Model Y EVs from its new factory in Texas, people are understandably curious to see how the Austin-made electric crossover compares with its Fremont-made counterpart. One of the latest videos on this topic comes from YouTube influencer Gjeebs, who put side by side a Texas-made Model Y Standard Range

Jaguar completely changed course under its new CEO Thierry Bolloré and it even abandoned the already quite advanced work on the new XJ electric sedan. Bolloré deemed the direction Jaguar was headed in wrong and he essentially wants the brand to start again in a more upmarket position. Its first models, according to Autocar, will

During the second quarter of this year, Nissan delivered 172,612 cars, which is 38.4% less than a year ago. A worrying sign is that the decrease in sales accelerated compared to the first quarter. Unfortunately, also the all-electric Nissan LEAF noted a significant decrease in deliveries. Last quarter, 3,251 LEAFs were delivered, which is 32.3%

Volkswagen’s car sales in the US further weakened, after an already weak first quarter, which most likely is related to some serious supply challenges and limited availability of new vehicles. The company reports 78,281 vehicle deliveries in Q2, which is 34% less than a year ago. At the same time, Volkswagen ID.4 deliveries decreased 71%

Which electric car is the cheapest? What sort of range should I expect from a certain car? The list of possible questions related to electric cars goes on and on. Luckily, we’ve assembled most of the vital details for every electric car sold in the U.S. today. In the images and tables below, you’ll find

Omvos, a Los Angeles-based company, calls itself an innovator in the e-scooter industry. Its most recent two-wheeler, although having a cutesy toy appearance, is marketed as a high-performance machine for the contemporary metropolitan commuter. Omvos is calling it the Vida-a-gogo—pretty interesting, if you ask me. Why don’t we take a closer look? The Vida-a-gogo is

In 2020, Hyundai Motor Group unveiled the Prophecy concept EV which everyone immediately noticed had embraced an alternative, almost opposite, design language from the angular 45 concept. The latter model went on to serve as the blueprint for the Ioniq 5, whereas the Prophecy has morphed into the Ioniq 6 you see before you. While much of

It comes as no surprise that the price of electric cars is rising. It seems the price of just about everything is rising, and ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, it also seems it’s simply harder to get the things that we need and/or want, which leads to an increase in demand. As demand increases and

Hyundai has lifted the veils on its first dedicated electric sedan, the Ioniq 6, although labeling it a sedan does little justice to this rather unconventional automobile. We could say the Hyundai Prophecy did not fully come true, although the Korean automaker’s efforts to make the Ioniq 6 look as much as possible as the

A few years ago, the industry narrative was that all-electric vehicles would reach financial parity with their combustion-driven counterparts in 2025. The assumption was that this would gradually occur by way of ramping up battery production and leveraging economies of scale. However, reality had a different take, as the world is now confronting record-setting prices

Ford has announced the company is issuing a recall for certain 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks. The safety recall is specifically for vehicles with 20” or 22” all-season tires and is centered on the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). The TPMS light may not illuminate properly which can lead to customers not being provided

In the most recent episode, Bjørn Nyland range tested the Volkswagen ID.5 GTX with a 82 kWh battery. Actually, two cars were tested, as the first one happened to have a faulty battery module (lower usable capacity) and had to be returned. The Volkswagen ID.5 GTX with 21″ wheels was tested in dry conditions at

As the COVID-19 lockdowns come to an end, China is once again unlocking full speed of electrification. According to EV Volumes’ data, shared by Jose Pontes, some 403,029 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in May, which is 109% more than a year ago. The result represents also more than half of

The North Carolina-based M2S Bikes company offers some high-quality bikes. Mountains to Sea, the actual meaning of the M2S moniker, is exactly what the company seeks to offer when it comes to the capability of its two-wheelers. Of course, don’t expect these bikes to be able to run on water. With some rather remarkable specifications,

The Tesla Model Y version, produced on a limited scale at the Tesla Giga Texas plant, has not avoided price increases, which recently rolled through Tesla’s lineup. According to Reddit user phantom17373, the Made-in-Texas (MIT) Tesla Model Y now starts at $61,990, which is $2,000 more compared to the $59,990 reported in April. At the time,

Ford announced today the selection of its plant in Valencia, Spain as the preferred site to assemble electric vehicles based on a “next-generation electric vehicle architecture.” It means that Valencia most likely will become another manufacturing site for Ford passenger electric cars in Europe, after Cologne, Germany, which is set to start production in late

The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning’s bi-directional charging capability is a key selling point for the electric pickup as it allows it to power homes, other electric vehicles or simply double as a backup generator at worksites.  Fitted with the available Pro Power Onboard system that enables up to 9.6 kilowatts of exportable electricity, the F-150

The new SWITCH/MTN electric mountain bike from Serial 1, the electric bicycle company spun off from Harley-own Davidson’s internal e-bike development, has just been introduced. The news comes just weeks after the company introduced its BASH/MTN electric bike. In an article published by Electrek, Harley-Davidson’s Serial 1 described the SWITCH/MTN saying, “Extremely off-road capable, SWITCH/MTN

Audi has filed a lawsuit against Nio – one of China’s most renowned EV manufacturers. Audi filed the lawsuit in a Munich court last week. The German marque believes that two of Nio’s models, the ES6 and ES8, sound unnecessarily similar to two of Audi’s vehicles, the S6 and S8. Hence the lawsuit is not concerned

Hyundai reports that its global vehicle sales in May amounted to 324,039 units, which is 0.5% less than a year ago. During the first five months of 2022, the company sold 1,536,865 vehicles (down 8.2%). Despite business uncertainties around the world, the company is consistently increasing its plug-in electric car sales and expanding its EV lineup.

The GMC Hummer EV is one of the most expensive electric vehicles on sale in the United States at the moment, but that does not make it immune to inflationary pressures. General Motors has announced that all new reservations for the GMC Hummer EV pickup or SUV placed on or after June 18 will see

Last week, news broke that Ferrari was plotting a third assembly line in Maranello dedicated entirely to EV production. But this turned out to be little more than a preamble for the obligatory announcement that the company would eventually transition toward building electric vehicles. On Thursday, the Italian automaker told investors that all-electric and hybrid models