Americans crave electric SUVs—but automakers dream of a slow and orderly transition to e-mobility. Unfortunately for us Yanks, this means that new EV models tend to be launched first in China and/or Europe. Ford has revealed a new all-electric Explorer, which will be engineered and built in Germany, as part of a strategy to “reinvent… Read more »
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China’s BYD delivering EVs in Germany
Chinese EVs continue to roll onto the streets of Europe. Xpeng started delivering EVs to Norway in 2020, and today Nordic drivers can choose models from MG, BYD, NIO and Golden Dragon. Now BYD, the world’s largest seller of EVs, is delivering cars to Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, following a 2021 launch in Norway… Read more »
FREYR and Nidec finalize battery manufacturing JV, release results of cell testing
In September, FREYR Battery and Japanese electric motor producer Nidec announced plans to establish a downstream joint venture to produce battery modules and packs. Now the new JV, Nidec Energy, has been officially established. Mass production is expected to commence in 2025, and the goal is to manufacture more than 8 GWh per year of… Read more »
Volkswagen’s charging network now spans 27 countries
Volkswagen’s charging and energy brand Elli now offers access to 400,000 public charging points operated by more than 800 providers in 27 countries across Europe. The company says its network has doubled in size over the past 18 months, most recently by the addition of 24,000 Vattenfall charging stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and… Read more »
Can an EV go through a car wash? Common Google searches reveal the level of cluelessness about EVs
The greatest obstacle to EV adoption may not be range anxiety, unreliable public charging, or even the high upfront costs, but rather the lack of consumer awareness about EVs. Like most electric drivers, I regularly field ridiculous questions both on the road and online, and some of the things people say to me reveal the… Read more »
FREYR Battery to use Aleees technology to produce LFP active cathode material
Cell manufacturer FREYR Battery has entered into an agreement with Aleees, a Taiwan-based LFP cathode battery material producer. The agreement gives FREYR a worldwide license to produce and sell LFP cathode material based on Aleees’s technology, and to build production facilities using Aleees’s industrial expertise. Aleees offers complete LFP cathode battery material manufacturing technology and… Read more »
Universal Tesla Supercharger access is gradually creeping across Europe
Tesla is gradually expanding its pilot program to open up its Superchargers to non-Tesla EVs. With the recent addition of Italy, the program now covers most of Western Europe. The pilot began in November 2021 with 10 Supercharger stations in the Netherlands. Since then, the program has been expanded to Norway, France, the UK, Spain, Sweden,… Read more »
FREYR and Nidec sign cell supply agreement, form JV to develop battery modules and packs
FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY), a developer of battery cell production capacity, and Nidec, a Japanese firm that’s known for its small precision motors, have finalized an expanded sales agreement. FREYR will supply 38 GWh of battery cells to Nidec between 2025 and 2030 from FREYR’s Giga Arctic facility in Mo i Rana, Norway, which is… Read more »
World Rallycross racing championship goes electric
EVs have firmly established themselves in the racing world—Formula E has been delivering thrills for eight seasons now, and the more rough-and-tumble Extreme E is midway through its second season. Electric racers, both 4-wheeled and 2-wheeled, have distinguished themselves at the yearly Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Teslas have been shaking up the street racing subculture…. Read more »
News flash: EV buyers prefer rebates to tax credits
A new survey has confirmed something that Charged and other EV media have been saying for years: the US federal EV tax credit is about as inefficient a way to encourage EV adoption as could be imagined. Providing a “cash on the hood” rebate instead could have resulted in more EV sales at a lower… Read more »