Powered trailers offer a painless path to electrifying heavy-duty transport. Trucking firms are caught in a bit of a bind. They need to electrify before their competitors do, or risk being undercut on the all-important metric of cost per mile—however, electric trucks come with high upfront costs, and when it comes to long-haul Class 8… Read more »
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Cadillac Optiq: US luxury brand’s compact EV powerhouse
This largish “compact” crossover SUV is luxurious, quiet, and offers substantial range along with premium features, making it a truly competitive luxury EV—and shoppers are noticing. The conversion of GM’s luxury brand Cadillac to an all-electric product line has been a quietly seismic event over the last decade. The brand is finding (it says) newer,… Read more »
Honda launches ProZision lineup of electric ZTR lawnmowers
Honda Power Sports & Products, a subsidiary of American Honda Motor, has launched a new lineup of battery-powered, zero-turn-radius (ZTR) lawnmowers branded under the ProZision name. The ProZision range includes 54-inch and 60-inch manual models, as well as a 60-inch autonomous model. The lawnmowers further diversify the company’s outdoor power product portfolio for a variety… Read more »
Danfoss launches Editron 48-voltage electric motor to power hydraulic gear pumps in electric machinery
Danfoss Power Solutions has announced the Editron EM-PMI180, a new 48-volt synchronous reluctance-assisted permanent magnet motor engineered to power hydraulic gear pumps in compact electric machinery, such as boom lifts, scissor lifts, compact loaders, and excavators. The PMI180 is designed to replace larger, less efficient AC induction motors, which are commonly used to drive hydraulic… Read more »
Wärtsilä to supply electric propulsion system for two Danish ferries
Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has selected technology group Wärtsilä to deliver a fully integrated electric propulsion system including waterjets for two new high-speed catamaran ferries it is building for Danish ferry operator Molslinjen. The battery-electric vessels are being built at the Incat shipyard in Tasmania. The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard… Read more »
Layoffs and losses loom as GM kills its BrightDrop electric delivery van program
General Motors has ended production of BrightDrop electric delivery vans at its CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario, bringing an end to the automaker’s commercial EV program. The company announced the news alongside its third-quarter earnings. “The commercial electric van market has been developing much slower than expected and changes to the regulatory framework and fleet… Read more »
Vinfast launches two new electric bus models in Europe
Vietnamese auto OEM VinFast unveiled its EB 8 and EB 12 electric bus models at the recent Busworld Europe 2025 trade show, signaling the company’s expansion from the passenger vehicle market into the public transportation sector. (The company is already selling its VF 6 and VF 8 passenger EVs in Europe.) The full-size 12-meter EB… Read more »
Dürr Systems debuts two-sided simultaneous electrode coater for battery-cell OEMs
German engineering firm Dürr Systems has expanded its portfolio of two-sided simultaneous electrode coating machines with a new coater that uses Siemens technologies to support tension-controlled coating capabilities. The company’s product is tailored to customers’ requirements for a complete electrode coating process that supports integrated solvent recovery and onsite refining along with state-of-the-art roll presses,… Read more »
Lucid drops a few more details on future midsize models as the Gravity hits Europe
The first of three midsize EVs, an SUV, is set to go into production late next year, at a promised cost below $50,000. Looked at one way, the EV startup Lucid Motors faces huge challenges. For five years, it’s only sold about 10,000 cars a year, its cash burn is prodigious even by auto-startup standards,… Read more »
New air mobility corridor in Michigan will enable research into eVTOLs
A flight corridor for testing drones and electric aircraft will soon link the University of Michigan’s autonomy research and proving ground facilities in Ann Arbor to Michigan Central’s urban testbed and innovation district in Detroit. The roughly 40-mile research skyway will be the centerpiece of M-Air, a new public-private partnership U-M is launching to support… Read more »