For the past few years, the glamorous WasteExpo trade show has featured presentations and discussions of battery-electric trucks. Transport Dive reports that this year, there were several models on display, and one available for test drives. Manufacturers of electric refuse trucks at the show included Peterbilt, Battle Motors and Rubicon. Various cities around the world
Tesla (TSLA) has sold back Maxwell Technology’s ultracapacitor business and brand after acquiring it just over two years ago. Back in 2019, Tesla announced the acquisition of Maxwell Technology, a San Diego-based ultracapacitor and battery company, for over $200 million. While the company was mostly known for its ultracapacitor business, it had just developed a dry electrode
Each year, Green Car Reports chooses a new car, or a family of cars, a the best green car introduced in that model year. In 2011, our very first award, we picked the first-ever modern electric car to be sold in high volumes. Six years later, we’ve picked the spiritual successor to that car, one
Support us to support the tech that can tackle the climate crisis – LIKE, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE In these dark times, here’s a ray of sunshine, as Robert delivers some much needed optimism about the technologies we will need to get us out of the nightmare we are sleep-walking into. Including ‘the plan from Stellantis’, your
In-Charge Energy, a provider of turnkey infrastructure services for commercial fleets, has been named a preferred provider for GM’s newly-announced Ultium Charge 360 fleet charging solution. “Electrifying fleets play a key role in GM’s vision to get ‘Everybody In’ on an all-electric future. GM is working with In-Charge to support fleet customers as they move
Tesla has dropped the price of their FSD Computer/Hardware 3.0 upgrade to $1,000, from the previous price point of $1,500. This applies to vehicles that still have Hardware 2.0/2.5 computers and want to try the new Tesla FSD subscription service rolled out this weekend. The move comes after significant criticism from Tesla forums and from
Superpedestrian’s new Pedestrian Defense system, enabled by Navmatic’s Super Fusion technology, can detect and correct sidewalk riding and other unsafe rider behaviors Watch video of Pedestrian Defense in action: here Cambridge, MA — Superpedestrian, the MIT spin-off engineering firm behind LINK, “The Volvo of E-Scooters,” today unveiled a breakthrough active safety system dubbed “Pedestrian Defense.” The new system doesn’t
Rivian was part of the history made today as Blue Origin launched its first crewed craft, the New Shepard, briefly to space. The flight passed the Kármán line – 100 kilometers above the Earth’s surface – which is seen as the boundary between our atmosphere and outer space. To get to the launch pad, Blue Origin’s founder Jeff
By Joey Klender Posted on July 20, 2021 Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 combined for the ideal one-two punch in the global EV sales charts through 2021 so far. A new list of the top 12 electric cars in the world was released earlier this week, and it shows Tesla’s lead in the sector
There’s a second, more affordable electric truck coming to the GMC brand after the Hummer EV models. Volvo’s first EV-exclusive design has a price tag. And the Lightyear One solar car is coming from the factory that built the Fisker Karma. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GMC has confirmed that a full-size,
UCAP Power, a San Diego-based developer of ultracapacitor-based power solutions, has purchased the Korean-based ultracapacitor business of Maxwell Technologies, along with other related assets, including the Maxwell brand. Maxwell Technologies is probably best known for being acquired by Tesla in 2019, which many believed had less to do with its pioneering work with supercapacitors (aka
After unveiling the ID.6 in Shanghai this past spring, Volkswagen has officially begun delivering the all-electric mid-size SUV to Chinese customers. The first version of the SUV to see deliveries is the Volkswagen ID.6 CROZZ, a result of a joint venture with state-owned automotive manufacturer FAW Group. Volkswagen Group is a legacy automaker with plenty
Southern California Edison has opened its Charge Ready program to businesses, government agencies and other nonresidential customers. The initiative has a budget of $436 million and a goal of adding some 38,000 new EV chargers throughout SCE’s service area over the next five years. Under the Charge Ready program, SCE installs and maintains the supporting
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Porsche is planning an electric Macan, expected to debut in 2023, but before the crossover SUV goes electric, the gas model is getting an update for 2022 that includes more power, firmer suspensions, and tweaked looks inside and out. Every 2022 Porsche Macan gets more power. The $56,250 Macan base model continues with a 2.0-liter
EVgo will plan and deploy EV charging and infrastructure solutions for GM fleet and BrightDrop customers LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2021 – EVgo Inc., (NASDAQ: EVGO), the nation’s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) and first powered by 100% renewable electricity, today announced that General Motors Company (GM) has named it a preferred provider
Volvo announced today U.S. prices for the upcoming C40 Recharge, which is the first model in the company’s history that will be sold only in an all-electric version. The older brother of the Volvo XC40 Recharge will start at an MSRP of $58,750 ($52,345 effectively, including DST and deducting $7,500 of federal tax credit), which
By Joey Klender Posted on July 19, 2021 Lucid Motors has announced what it will offer for owners in terms of vehicle service, as well as warranty details ahead of the initial deliveries of its first car, the Air. Lucid is expected to begin delivering the Air sedan in the premier Dream Edition sometime later
The Lucid Air will get special Pirelli performance tires for EVs. Rivian delays deliveries to September. We take a look at the tech-savvy 3-Series plug-in hybrid. And is the grid ready for big EV delivery fleets? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. BMW has been bolstering its plug-in hybrids with more electric range
Recurrent, a Seattle-based startup that provides independent reports on the condition of used EV batteries, has released the first two in a planned series of EV battery guides for consumers. The two public guides offer an analysis of overall battery performance over time in the Tesla Model 3 and the Chevrolet Bolt. Buyers of used
Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors has shared pricing on its upcoming P5 sedan, and it’s quite ambitious. The automaker has officially begun accepting pre-orders on the P5, and has shared that the pricing will begin at 160,000 yuan ($24,650), significantly lower than competitor Tesla’s Model 3, which starts at 250,900 yuan ($38,650) in China. XPeng
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Gothenburg, Sweden-based Heart Aerospace has raised $35 million in a Series A financing round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, United Airlines Ventures and Mesa Air Group. Heart Aerospace’s first aircraft will be the ES-19, a battery-electric 19-passenger regional airplane. Heart expects to begin deliveries for commercial use by 2026. The first-generation aircraft will have a
This weekend, Tesla started offering their long-awaited Full Self-Driving subscription package for $199/month. Along with the package, Tesla is offering a $1,500 hardware upgrade for early owners who have old hardware that is not capable of full self-driving tasks. The problem is, Tesla previously told those same owners that their cars were capable of full
Popular web video producer whose videos center around technology, Marques Brownlee, got to experience the Tesla Model S Plaid, and David Imel, a writer and researcher for Marques, helped Marques document and share the experience. Imel also rode with Marques. “Thanks, @MKBHD for making all the blood in my body rush straight into my face,”
While the overall passenger car market in France went down by 15% year-over-year in June to 119,509, the plug-in segment surged to a new all-time monthly record. In total, some 38,708 new plug-ins were registered last month (up 71% year-over-year), which is slightly above the previous record noted in December 2020. Passenger plug-ins (37,408) accounted
By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 18, 2021 It is no secret that Tesla’s main focus revolves around sustainability. Its mission is to accelerate the advent of sustainable energy, which is one of the reasons why every vehicle the company releases is designed to be a preferable alternative to cars powered by the internal combustion
Existing grid infrastructure appears ready to handle an influx of electric commercial trucks, according to a new study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Published in Nature Energy, the study looked at increased electric demand from trucks operating relatively short distances, as this appears to be the most feasible starting point for commercial-truck electrification,
Electrify America was established in 2016 with a budget of $2 billion to invest in EV infrastructure over 10 years. As of May, it had 600 public charging stations with 2,600 individual fast chargers in operation across the US, and it plans to have about 800 stations and 3,500 chargers up and running by the
As the SONDORS Metacycle quickly approaches its Q3 2021 shipping date, the manufacturer is sharing with us more detail about the electric motorcycle’s motor and drive modes. The Metacycle was first unveiled earlier this year and came with a previously unheard of price of just $5,000. Those five g’s buy riders an 80 mph (130