A new electric SUV is primed to take on BYD and Tesla in China. GM’s joint venture, SAIC-GM-Wuling, unveiled the first teaser images of its new Starlight S electric SUV Monday. Check out the first images below. GM’s Wuling previews new electric SUV The new electric SUV is the second model under the Wuling Silver … Continue reading “GM’s Wuling teases new Starlight S electric SUV to compete with BYD, Tesla”
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Photo: Tesla As the US prepares for brutal heat, we found out how high temperatures affect EV range from battery range experts Recurrent. Thanks to a heat dome over the US Midwest and Northeast, the National Weather Service says millions of people are facing “dangerously hot conditions” over the next five days. Heat index temperatures … Continue reading “Here’s how scorching heat affects your EV’s range”
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Workers at GM’s Ultium battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio have voted to ratify their UAW contract deal with GM, earning big pay increases as they are brought under the national UAW/GM master agreement. Soon after GM’s Ultium plant opened, workers had noted high turnover at the plant, as workers found they could move to other … Continue reading “GM Ultium battery plant ratifies UAW contract deal with big pay increase”
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Image: Tesla Octopus Energy and Tesla’s new partnership means Octopus can install Powerwalls and give its customers with Powerwalls better price tariffs. Octopus Energy is becoming a certified Tesla Powerwall installer in the UK and Spain. Octopus Energy customers with Tesla Powerwalls in the UK and Spain will be given access to new price tariffs … Continue reading “Octopus Energy is bringing Tesla Powerwall perks to its customers”
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A previously announced joint venture between China’s Leapmotor and Stellantis has begun building EVs in Europe ahead of local deliveries targeted this fall. Leapmotor’s entry into local production and sales overseas begins with a small EV called the T03. Today’s latest update on the production of Leapomotor BEVs in Europe comes just over a month … Continue reading “China’s Leapmotor has commenced EV production in Europe at a Stellantis plant”
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EV automaker Polestar has announced several expansion plans for 2024 and 2025 as its portfolio of all-electric offerings continues to grow and hit new customers. In addition to expanding its own retail footprint, Polestar is deploying new non-agency sales models and has announced seven new markets it will begin selling to next year. Polestar ($PSNY) … Continue reading “Polestar (PSNY) is expanding its retail and sales footprint, will enter seven new markets in 2025”
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EVSE installation specialist Qmerit has launched a new suite of residential electrification installation and integration services. The new PowerHouse by Qmerit service is designed to streamline the complex process of deploying residential electrification equipment such as bidirectional EV chargers (which enable vehicle-to-home emergency power), solar panels, energy storage, load centers, heat pumps and other related … Continue reading “PowerHouse by Qmerit provides bundled home electrification solutions, including bidirectional EV charging”
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Americans aren’t very enthusiastic about EVs, with cost, range anxiety, and charging among the main concerns, according to a new consumer poll by the Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). Researchers polled 6,265 U.S. adults between March 26 and April 10, 2024, with … Continue reading “Price is keeping many Americans away from EVs, polling suggests”
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Average used EV prices fell below average prices for used gasoline cars in February, and have continued to decrease since then, according to iSeeCars. Used EV prices stabilized in 2023, after roughly two years of surges, but they’ve fallen significantly so far this year, iSeeCars found in an analysis released earlier this month. That trend … Continue reading “Used EV prices have plummeted, now stand below ICE prices”
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If a proposed new bill eventually becomes law, higher-speed electric bicycles may soon have a tougher row to hoe in California. Electric bicycle speeds in the state, which uses a similar three-class system as most of the US, are limited to either 20 mph (32 km/h) for Class 1 and 2 electric bicycles or 28 … Continue reading “Proposed California bill seeks to rein in fast electric bicycle speeds”