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California offers additional $14,000 in low-income EV incentives
Jun 24, 2024 · Low-income residents of California can take advantage of the DCAP when they purchase or lease a new or used clean vehicle. CARB says DCAP’s coverage includes pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as well as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
ElectricBrands files for insolvency under self-administration
Feb 2, 2024 · ElectricBrands states that it has filed an application for insolvency under self-administration with the Darmstadt Local Court and is seeking to reorganise the company by taking this step.
Tesla is likely planning four versions of the 4680 battery cells
Oct 7, 2024 · The 4680 cylindrical cell with dry-coated electrodes was presented at Battery Day in 2020.The first Tesla production vehicles with 4680 cylindrical cells are now also available in the USA, albeit still with cathodes coated using the conventional wet process – the Cybertruck, for example, is said to have a hybrid variant with a dry-coated anode and wet-coated cathode.
Smart develops new electric two-seater called #2 - electrive.com
Apr 9, 2024 · Following the end of production of the electric Fortwo, Smart has begun developing a successor based on a new platform called Electric Compact Architecture (ECA), Dirk Adelmann, CEO of Smart Europe, said in an interview with Automotive News Europe.However, the manager did not reveal when such a model could launch. The major challenge with the project – as with …
Tesla’s 4680 cells production is no longer a bottleneck
Jan 25, 2024 · Tesla says it has several weeks’ worth of finished 4680 cells in stock, the manufacturer said in a call following the release of its annual report.. “To date, 4680 production is ahead of the ramp, with weeks of finished cells in inventory.
Fully electric ambulances made by Ford enter UK emergency services
Jan 15, 2024 · The new zero-emission vehicles are bespoke ambulances made by Ford. LAS said the manufacturer is the first original equipment manufacturer to provide the NHS with a base vehicle that enabled specialist converters, WAS, to build a …
Lilium officially files for insolvency - electrive.com
Oct 29, 2024 · None of these e-VTOL startups appear to have understood that with current battery technology, you're lucky to be able to keep the thing in the air for about 15 minutes MAXIMUM.If I can work that out from first principles at home with a calculator, on what basis did they burn through over a billion Euros and employ 1,000 people ?Insanity is my thinking.
ElectricBrands presents camper variant of the XBUS
Jul 7, 2022 · Almost exactly one year after an ElectricBrands debuted the Xbus, the company presented a camper version based on the light electric vehicle. There is also news about the Microlino clone Karo, which ElectricBrands plans to launch later this year as ‘Evetta’.
First drive in the Kia EV6: Range upgrade for the long-distance pro
Dec 19, 2024 · Higher energy content with the same weight. While Kia has not made any changes to the drive systems – we’ll leave the GT out of the equation here – the energy required for propulsion is now supplied by the fourth generation of batteries, which have not become any heavier despite their higher energy density.