With more electric cars on the road, more chargers are needed. Rivian’s latest solution goes beyond just charging. As a first-of-its-kind, Rivian opened its new Charging Outpost for drivers to recharge and refresh before getting back on their adventure. On your next trip to Yosemite National Park, you may want to take a pit stop … Continue reading “Rivian opens its first EV Charging Outpost for more than a recharge”
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On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Podcast: Electrek Forumla Sun Chanllenge, Trump on electric vehicles, Lucid producing the most efficient EV ever, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a … Continue reading “Podcast: Electrek Forumla Sun, Trump on EVs, most efficient EV ever”
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Tesla has increased Model S and Model X prices by $2,000 across the board. Interesting move has sales are collapsing. As we recently reported, Tesla Model S/X sales are crashing and Tesla is hiding it. Tesla is the only major automaker that doesn’t break down its sales by model. It bundles all Model S, Model … Continue reading “Tesla increases Model S and Model X prices”
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In the latest addition to BYD’s seemingly ever-expanding EV lineup, the new Yuan Up model gets up to nearly 250 miles (401 km) CLTC range. Although the new model costs slightly more than the entry-level trim, starting prices are still under $14,000. BYD launches new Yuan Up EV Vitality Edition BYD launched the Yuan Up … Continue reading “BYD launches new Yuan Up electric SUV model with more range for under $14,000”
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Rivian is turning an old gas station into a charging hub Yosemite Outpost will also serve as a charging education point Station will have solar and be net zero, Rivian says Rivian has set up a so-called Yosemite Outpost for EV charging that will serve not only as a logistical stop for adventurers headed into … Continue reading “Rivian’s EV charging gateway to Yosemite used to be a gas station”
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Tesla is giving free hardware upgrades for people who order the Full Self-Driving package on Model 3 Performance and Model X to qualify the vehicle for the federal tax credit tax credit. Hardware options contribute to the MSRP limit for an electric vehicle to be eligible to the tax credit, but apparently, regulators haven’t caught … Continue reading “Tesla gives free hardware upgrades with Full Self-Driving to qualify for tax credit”
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In-wheel motors became a reality in a production electric pickup for the blink of an eye—in the Lordstown Endurance. But the technology, also known as wheel-hub motors, hasn’t yet been confirmed as production-bound for any other U.S. passenger vehicle or personal-use truck. That could change in the future. Based on some pictures recently published, Ford … Continue reading “Will in-wheel motor tech go big in electric pickups?”
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At tonight’s Republican National Convention speech, Donald Trump declared that he’ll “end the electric vehicle mandate.” The only problem is, there is no electric vehicle mandate. The regulations he’s talking about are probably the EPA regulations, which notably do not mandate electric vehicles at all. Those regulations were supported by Tesla – whose CEO just committed … Continue reading “After Musk commits $180m, Trump says he’ll end EV mandate that doesn’t exist”
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Photo: Cypress Creek Renewables Global electricity demand is rising at its fastest rate in two decades, but solar is on course to meet half of demand growth, says the IEA. Global electricity demand is forecast to grow by around 4% in 2024, up from 2.5% in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) newly released … Continue reading “Solar to meet half of global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025”
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Payment processing services provider Nayax has introduced its cloud-based EV CloudPay payment service for EV charging stations. By means of an on-site physical kiosk that can facilitate payments for multiple chargers, drivers can pay using any of more than 80 cashless and digital methods. As the kiosk is cloud-based, a single kiosk can facilitate payments … Continue reading “Nayax launches EV CloudPay service”