Senate Committee ‘Concerned’ That Air Force Isn’t Using Electric Helicopters
Senate Committee ‘Concerned’ That Air Force Isn’t Using Electric Helicopters Jake Smith on July 31, 2023 The Senate Appropriations Committee said it was “concerned” that …
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Electric Car Fires Pose Serious Risk To Shipping Industry, NYC Ports and Workers
NEWARK, NJ – This year, Port Newark became fully aware of the dangers of shipping cars with lithium-ion batteries when a container ship caught fire …
Major Automaker Pushes Back Electric Vehicle Production Target — Despite Biden Admin Subsidies
Major Automaker Pushes Back Electric Vehicle Production Target — Despite Biden Admin Subsidies Will Kessler on July 28, 2023 Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that …
It Turns Out The Driving Range Of Electric Vehicles Is Even Worse Than Advertised
It Turns Out The Driving Range Of Electric Vehicles Is Even Worse Than Advertised Peter Machera on July 27, 2023 Electric vehicle manufacturers have exaggerating …
Pacific Gas and Electric says can meet California power demand this summer
(Reuters) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on Friday said it is prepared to meet increased electricity demand in California this summer with new …
Murphy Demands 35% of Vehicles Sold in New Jersey to be Electric
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is accelerating his gasoline-powered car ban by announcing new rules that will force car manufacturers to build …
Biden Official Behind Gas Stove Crackdown Admits She Has No Clue What It Takes To Install An Electric Stove
Biden Official Behind Gas Stove Crackdown Admits She Has No Clue What It Takes To Install An Electric Stove Arjun Singh on July 18, 2023 …
Major Automaker Slashes Prices As It Struggles To Unload Electric Vehicles
Major Automaker Slashes Prices As It Struggles To Unload Electric Vehicles John Hugh DeMastri on July 18, 2023 Ford cut the price of the electric …
Fisker to sell limited edition electric SUVs in India by fourth quarter
(Reuters) – U.S. startup Fisker said on Monday it would produce 100 limited edition electric sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for the Indian market and expects …
Toshiba, General Electric to build offshore wind equipment supply chain in Japan-Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Toshiba plans to establish a domestic supply chain for offshore wind power equipment together with U.S. manufacturer General Electric, Nikkei reported …
Supreme Court’s Embrace Of This Legal Theory Means Biden’s Sweeping Electric Vehicle Plans Could Be Unconstitutional
Supreme Court’s Embrace Of This Legal Theory Means Biden’s Sweeping Electric Vehicle Plans Could Be Unconstitutional Katelynn Richardson on July 12, 2023 The Environmental Protection …
Mercedes sales rise in Q2 on top-end, electric vehicles
BERLIN (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz Group sales in the second quarter rose 6% year-on-year – a total of 515,700 vehicles – on the back of demand …
GOP Lawmakers Take Aim At The Pentagon’s Electric Vehicle Overhaul
GOP Lawmakers Take Aim At The Pentagon’s Electric Vehicle Overhaul Nick Pope on July 10, 2023 Numerous House Republicans are using the National Defense Authorization …
Hacker placed racist message on Maryland electric construction sign
BROOKEVILLE, MD – Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police’s 4th District station swiftly responded to a hate/bias incident involving an electronic sign board …
Factbox-Chinese electric vehicle investment plans in Thailand
(Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are pouring into Thailand, having committed to invest $1.44 billion in production facilities in Southeast Asia’s biggest automaking hub …
Stellantis unveils new platform underpinning move to electric vehicles
MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis on Wednesday unveiled its new ‘STLA Medium’ vehicle platform, the first of four new electric-centric bases that will underpin all future …
Volvo Cars June sales up 33% as fully electric car sales quadruple
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Sweden-based Volvo Cars on Wednesday reported a 33% year-on-year rise in June sales to 66,379 cars, helped by a spike for fully electric …
Taxpayers Shelled Out Millions To Boost Electric Vehicle Maker That Just Went Belly Up
Taxpayers Shelled Out Millions To Boost Electric Vehicle Maker That Just Went Belly Up Will Kessler on June 27, 2023 Electric Vehicle maker Lordstown Motors …
Electric Vehicle Startup Files For Bankruptcy, Sues Investment Partner
Electric Vehicle Startup Files For Bankruptcy, Sues Investment Partner Will Kessler on June 27, 2023 Electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp. (LMC) filed for Chapter …
Spain offers income tax rebate for electric car buyers
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain will reimburse up to 15% of income tax to people who buy an electric vehicle (EV) before the end of the year …
Biden Admin Hands Out $1.7 Billion For Electric Buses Despite Their Propensity To Burst Into Flames
Biden Admin Hands Out $1.7 Billion For Electric Buses Despite Their Propensity To Burst Into Flames Nick Pope on June 26, 2023 The Biden administration …
Lithium producers warn global supplies may not meet electric vehicle demand
By Ernest Scheyder LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Lithium producers are growing anxious that delays in mine permitting, staffing shortages and inflation may hinder their ability …
Renault names Luca de Meo as new head of Ampere electric vehicle unit
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault appointed on Monday its group chief executive Luca de Meo as the future chairman and CEO of Ampere, the …
‘Ridiculous’: Biden And Musk Are At War Over Electric Vehicle Charging Tech
‘Ridiculous’: Biden And Musk Are At War Over Electric Vehicle Charging Tech Nick Pope on June 16, 2023 The growing dominance of Elon Musk’s electric …
Audi chief sets sights on China in electric car catch-up
By Cristina Amann INGOLSTADT, Germany (Reuters) -Audi has to speed up development of new models to meet a surge in demand for electric vehicles, especially …
French power company Engie launches new electric car charger brand
PARIS (Reuters) – French power company Engie said on Thursday it is launching a new brand called Vianeo which will form part of its push …
Tesla offers China-made electric vehicles for sale in Canada
(Reuters) – Tesla is listing China-made Model 3 and Model Y models for sale in Canada, the company’s website showed on Tuesday, confirming the electric …
Toyota, partners to start selling electric micro-vans by March 2024
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp and two allied automakers unveiled a micro-sized electric van targeted at Japan’s delivery industry on the sidelines of the …
Mercedes plans new electric van platform, 20% cost cuts by mid-decade
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz’s van unit said on Tuesday that it plans a new, scalable platform for its electric vans that will …
Electric car runs out of juice, causing delays on Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge
CALVERT COUNTY, MD – An incident on Sunday involving an electric car that ran out of power on the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge caused delays …
‘I Want You To Answer’: GOP Rep Presses Biden Energy Secretary On Military’s Electric Vehicle Overhaul
‘I Want You To Answer’: GOP Rep Presses Biden Energy Secretary On Military’s Electric Vehicle Overhaul Harold Hutchison on May 11, 2023 Republican Rep. Bill …
Indonesia tax cut drives electric car sales for Hyundai, Wuling
By Bernadette Christina and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Sales of electric cars in Indonesia jumped last month after the government launched tax incentives, auto …
Electric Vehicle Startups Keep Bleeding Cash
Electric Vehicle Startups Keep Bleeding Cash John Hugh DeMastri on May 8, 2023 American electric vehicle startup companies are burning through cash ahead of their …
Brazil’s ride-hailing app 99 aims to double electric cars within a year
By Andre Romani SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian ride-hailing app 99 is planning to more than double the number of electric cars serving its passengers …
Ford Is Losing Roughly $60,000 For Every Electric Vehicle Sold
Ford Is Losing Roughly $60,000 For Every Electric Vehicle Sold John Hugh DeMastri on May 3, 2023 Ford lost tens of thousands of dollars per …
Emerson Electric raises fiscal 2023 outlook on strong demand
(Reuters) – U.S. engineering and industrial software firm Emerson Electric Co on Wednesday raised its fiscal 2023 outlook and reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, on the …
Fisker partners with Ample for electric SUVs with swappable batteries
(Reuters) – Electric vehicle maker Fisker Inc said on Tuesday it would start delivering its sports utility vehicle Ocean with swappable batteries made by Ample …
BYD lowers starting price for Seagull electric hatchback
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese electric car maker BYD has set the starting price for its Seagull hatchback at 73,800 yuan ($10,658.89), about 6.3% lower than …
VW’s Skoda aims for six electric vehicle models by 2026
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech carmaker Skoda Auto, part of German group Volkswagen, wants to expand its electric vehicle range to six models by 2026, the …
Two men sentenced for planning to attack U.S. electric substations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two men were sentenced on Friday for conspiring to attack U.S. electric substations in a plot motivated by white supremacy and intended …
Factbox-Lithium key element for electric vehicle ramp up
(Reuters) – Chile, the world’s second largest lithium producer, said it plans to transfer control of the production of the mineral essential for electric vehicle …
Renault chooses banks for planned listing of electric car unit Ampere – source
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault has picked BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan among the investment banks slated to work on the planned listing …
With F-150 Lightning in Norway, you can ford a fjord in an electric Ford
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co will launch its popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck in Norway, the U.S. automaker said on Thursday, as it hopes …
Just 10 Electric Vehicles Will Qualify For Biden’s Signature Tax Credit
Just 10 Electric Vehicles Will Qualify For Biden’s Signature Tax Credit John Hugh DeMastri on April 17, 2023 Just eight electric vehicles and two plug-in …
Volkswagen to launch 1-billion euro electric vehicle R&D, procurement centre in China
BERLIN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Volkswagen is investing around 1 billion euros ($1.10 billion) in a new development and procurement centre for electric vehicles in Hefei, China, …
Nissan aims for 80% of model line-up to be electric by 2030 – exec
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Nissan Motor aims to have seven electric vehicle (EV) models by 2026 and 80% of its line-up to be electric …
VinFast ships 2nd batch of longer-range electric SUVs to North America
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s electric vehicle maker VinFast said on Monday it had shipped a second batch of 1,879 longer-range VF 8 sport utility vehicles …
Fox News Host Spars With Liberal Activist Over Biden’s New Electric Vehicle Rules
Fox News Host Spars With Liberal Activist Over Biden’s New Electric Vehicle Rules Harold Hutchison on April 13, 2023 Fox News host Harris Faulkner sparred …
Lack of electric vans opens door for Chinese, other EV makers
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – Legacy automakers got off to a late start with their commercial electric vans, opening the door for other electric …
Used U.S. electric vehicle sales jump as prices fall -group
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Used electric vehicle sales in the United States rose 32% in the first three months of 2023 as prices …