The City of South Pasadena’s police fleet is going all electric The fleet will consist of 20 EVs with 10 Tesla Model Ys and 10 Model 3s The project will cost the city $1.85 million Even cop cars are going electric. On Monday, the South Pasadena Police Department in California announced it’s the first police fleet … Continue reading “First all-electric police fleet coming to California”
Ford is officially shifting gears to focus on smaller, more affordable electric cars. CEO Jim Farley emphasized Ford’s (not-so-secret) low-cost EV platform is progressing in Long Beach as former Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, and Apple execs aim to develop some of the world’s most efficient electric cars. With a focus on affordability, Ford’s EV platform opens … Continue reading “Ford’s low-cost EV platform could spawn electric Fiesta and Focus models”
Revel, the urban EV infrastructure provider, has signed its first lease in Los Angeles. Revel is planning to develop 42 fast charging stalls on a 19,000-square-foot lot next to the Crypto.com Arena and LA Convention Center. Revel’s new Downtown LA Charging Station is slated to open in 2026. Revel operates a network of fast charging … Continue reading “Revel to develop EV fast charging site with 42 stalls in Los Angeles”
Tesla has issued a ‘safety recall’ on 1.8 million electric vehicles, but the good news is that it is just a software fix – although an important one as it will prevent the hood from flying open while driving. Tesla was first made aware of a problem with its hood’s latch in China earlier this … Continue reading “Tesla pushes software fix to 1.8 million EVs to prevent hood from flying open”
Driving data was collected over 12 months in everyday use with this vehicle in order to obtain key figures on consumption and range.
Volkswagen’s reportedly having software issues with its next-gen EVs The software issues could lead to years-long delays for next-gen vehicles VW invested $5B in Rivian to get the startup automaker’s electrical architecture Volkswagen’s next-generation EV platform is being delayed due to software issues, reports Autoblog, citing German media outlets. Ongoing issues with the Volkswagen Group’s … Continue reading “Next-gen VW EVs reportedly delayed by software issues”
Ocean EV impressed in design and features, but software and tech details lagged OS 2.0 reportedly soothed some issues for this software-defined vehicle After June 2024 bankruptcy filing, owner support is a top concern The most daunting challenge Fisker Ocean owners may face doesn’t relate directly to how this stylish, well-equipped EV is built, or … Continue reading “Review, Postmortem: Fisker Ocean was a promising EV, may be frozen in beta”
Lime, the world’s largest shared electric vehicle company, has just unveiled its newest electric bikes and scooters. The new designs are known as the LimeGlider and LimeBike, and they were developed largely by taking in feedback from women and older riders to make the models more inclusive and easier to operate. “Building on Lime’s experience of … Continue reading “Lime launches new electric bikes and scooters designed for women”
Richards agreed that using this transferability mechanism isn’t as simple as it might sound, particularly for smaller-scale solar projects like those Evergrow has transacted for Black Bear Energy. “The concept of selling credits should be easy — you just sell them,” he said. “But people are finding it much harder to do that.” Making tax-credit transferability … Continue reading “The climate law is helping bring solar to more apartment buildings”
In what both companies claim to be a world’s first, Liebherr and Fortescue have announced plans to jointly develop a fully Autonomous Haulage Solution (AHS) for their massive, 264-ton BEV-converted electric haul trucks. The on-site validation of a fleet of the four zero emission Liebherr T 264 autonomous trucks equipped with AHS is already underway, … Continue reading “Liebherr and Fortescue partner on world’s first autonomous electric haul truck”
