The highly anticipated electric Honda N-VAN e will officially hit the market in October. Honda announced its new electric N-Van will start at $15,500 (2,439,800 yen) as it looks to ramp up EV sales. Honda has been teasing a new light electric van based on its gas-powered N-VAN since 2022. Last October, a prototype was … Continue reading “Honda is launching its new electric N-VAN e starting at $15,500”
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By all accounts, electric school buses offer an ideal use case for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Synop provides software that enables V2G for fleets, allowing local utilities to communicate with fleet operators and initiate V2G transactions. V2G pilots abound, but Synop is one of the few firms that can claim to be doing V2G on a … Continue reading “Synop is one of the few doing V2G projects commercially: Q&A with co-founder”
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The global fleet of internal-combustion vehicles will peak in 2025, but plug-in hybrids may determine whether this leads to decreased oil demand, according to new analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Sales of internal-combustion vehicles already peaked in 2017, and BNEF expects them to be 29% below that peak in 2027. While BNEF still … Continue reading “Will plug-in hybrids be plugged in, or will they add oil demand?”
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As Ford looks to grow its Model e EV business, the company believes its dealer network can be a significant asset. Ford announced Thursday it’s enabling all dealers to sell EVs, meaning 90% of Americans will live within 25 miles of a Ford dealership that sells electric vehicles. Ford introduced its Model e EV dealer … Continue reading “Ford enables all dealers to sell EVs, bringing +90% of Americans within reach”
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Porsche on Thursday announced an agreement in the U.S. with ChargePoint to include the network’s chargers in its My Porsche app starting in Q4 of this year. With the app and its coordinated Porsche Charging Service, the arrangement will bring the total number of supported chargers to more than 86,000, according to Porsche. That aggregated … Continue reading “Porsche app gives EV drivers access to 75% of compatible US chargers”
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Tesla appears to be behind the acquisition, or “acqui-hire”, of a company developing direct drive motors for robots as it is being liquidated by Koch Engineered Solutions. Besides the SolarCity acquisition, Tesla has avoided large acquisitions despite a significant cash position. However, the automaker is known to have made several smaller acquisitions, especially in the … Continue reading “Tesla jumps on talent of Koch company making direct drive for robots”
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The majority of EV purchasers eligible for a federal tax credit have gotten the credit as a point-of-sale rebate since that option was added at the beginning of the year, The Treasury Department said in a press release. As part of a revamp of the federal EV credit enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), … Continue reading “Feds: 90% of eligible EV purchases get tax credit at point of sale”
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With Tesla’s shareholder meeting still hours away, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared charts suggesting that shareholders have approved two controversial ballot measures. With Tesla’s shareholder meeting coming tomorrow, Tesla has been spending the last several weeks campaigning hard to get shareholders to vote. There are multiple shareholder proposals on the ballot, along with votes to … Continue reading “Tesla shareholder vote results: Musk says his ~$55B pay package is approved”
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Tesla tweeted news that it has two autonomous Optimus robots working at its factory, BYD announces a new, RWD hot hatch, EV sales are building towards future growth, and there’s a new, internationally recognized electric karting championship coming to the US. All this and more on today’s exciting episode of Quick Charge. And the best … Continue reading “Optimus gets to work, a new BYD, EV forecasts, and go karts | Quick Charge”
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As the race heats up to introduce more affordable electric cars, Ford is bringing on some of the best EV engineers to help it compete. Over the past few months, Ford has hired talent from Tesla, Rivian, Apple, and Lucid to help accelerate the development of affordable EVs. A bet on affordability Ford CEO Jim … Continue reading “Ford poaches ex-Tesla, Rivian, and Apple talent to develop affordable EVs”