Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Transportation recently announced $31.7 million in grant funding to local governments, transit agencies and nonprofits for the purchase of 28 new electric transit vehicles. The Colorado Clean Transit Enterprise (CTE) will provide $15 million for the initiative, and the remaining $16.7 million will come from the Volkswagen… Read more »
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2024 Chevy Equinox EV: Is this the electric SUV for average Americans?
It took far too long to get here, but it may have been worth the wait. The 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, GM’s smallest and least expensive battery-electric vehicle, is finally rolling into dealerships across the country. Now we’ve driven it, and it’s good. You can view the electric Equinox as the anti-Tesla. Where the Silicon… Read more »
VW’s PowerCo to help produce QuantumScape solid-state battery cells
Volkswagen’s battery company PowerCo SE and US solid-state lithium metal battery developer QuantumScape have agreed to industrialize QuantumScape’s technology. QuantumScape’s platform is based on its solid-state ceramic separator, which enables the use of a pure lithium metal anode. Once certain technical milestones and royalty payments have been reached, QuantumScape will grant PowerCo a non-exclusive license… Read more »
Audi debuts all-new electric drive architecture
Audi has unveiled a new all-electric drive architecture that it says offers greater efficiency and noticeably improved performance over its current platforms. The new Premium Platform Electric platform, designed in partnership with fellow Volkswagen Group brand Porsche, is intended to be the foundation of Audi’s EV strategy going forward. In developing PPE, Audi completely redesigned… Read more »
Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast)
Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Three recent accounts stand out from the pack. These articles cover three different aspects of the tragic tale, but all are authoritative, fact-filled pieces written by journalists with first-hand knowledge of what’s going on in the Middle Kingdom, and I recommend that… Read more »
EcoG helps EVSE manufacturers streamline the process of bringing new products to market
Enabling the next phase of EV charging station manufacturing. We tech writers often refer to “ecosystems,” and biologists may shake their heads at our appropriation of the term, but the analogy is an apt one in many ways. A biological ecosystem has its charismatic megafauna (elephants, lions, whales), but it couldn’t function without its less-glamorous… Read more »
How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs
Q&A with HummingbirdEV CEO Rakesh Koneru. The commercial EV market is hot—a bit too hot for some. Over the past decade, we’ve seen dozens of startups come and go. Many of these built promising vehicles, but starved out while waiting for customers to place volume orders. California-based HummingbirdEV, which was founded in 2015, is taking… Read more »
EV lithium consumption rises 40% in 2023, led by Europe and Americas
Adamas Intelligence data shows that 408,214 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) were deployed globally in new passenger EV batteries last year, up by 40% from 2022. Europe and the Americas accounted for 40% of global deployment, rising by 38% to 163,423 tons in 2023. Across the three continents, Tesla took the top spot with… Read more »
EVs reach 90% market share in Norway as the overall auto market falters
The days of ICE vehicles in Norway are numbered. Some years ago, the government set a goal of 100% electric sales by 2025, and that goal is well within sight. In the month of February, plug-in vehicles took 92.1% of the market, up from 90.1% year-on-year. Battery EVs took a 90% share, as recent tax… Read more »
2023 EV registrations in Europe surpass two million units, setting new record
In 2023, Europe’s auto market achieved its best sales since the pandemic, spurred partly by strong demand for EVs. New passenger vehicle registrations totaled almost 13 million units, up 14% compared to 2022. Battery EVs set a new record, selling over two million units and taking 15.7% of total market share. (Diesel cars still sold… Read more »