Packing up to 852 hp and a cutting-edge technology stack developed by Huawei, Chinese luxury brand Maextro just revealed its latest entry into the Mercedes-Maybach EQS and Rolls-Royce Spectre segment of ultra-luxe EVs. Meet the all-new Maextro S800. Despite a somewhat steady stream of new Chinese EVs that defy expectations and threaten to re-set the … Continue reading “Huawei Maextro set to challenge Maybach, Rolls-Royce in China with 852 hp”
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Volvo Penta will debut its latest modular and scalable battery energy storage system (BESS) platform for the off-grid construction and mining industries at the bauma equipment show – here’s what you can expect. Best-known for its marine engines and gensets, Volvo Penta is the power production arm of the Volvo Group, specializing in putting energy to … Continue reading “Volvo Penta set to show off its new BESS subsystem at bauma 2025”
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Report suggests GSA may be forced to pull the plug on thousands of EVs and chargers GSA’s biggest fleets are USPS, Dept. of Defense; 20% of its 2024 light-vehicle orders were EVs Could affect chargers at national parks, VA hospitals, other venues The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which manages all federal government buildings and … Continue reading “Feds purge EVs, chargers: Does Musk still believe EVs cost less to run?”
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Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD), a spinout from Cambridge University in the UK, has secured $32 million in Series C financing to expand its operations in the UK, North America, Taiwan and Europe. The investment was led by an unnamed strategic investor and included participation from British Patient Capital as well as existing investors Parkwalk, BGF, … Continue reading “Cambridge GaN Devices raises $32 million to expand power semiconductor production”
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The Polestar 3 electric SUV will get an upgraded chipset for its second model year, the automaker confirmed Thursday in a press release. Due to arrive in showrooms later in the 2025 calendar year, the 2026 Polestar 3 is the first of the brand’s EVs to receive the Nvidia Drive AGX Orin processor, a more … Continue reading “2026 Polestar 3 EV gets a more powerful brain; so will 2025 models”
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On his first day in office, Trump froze spending from the Inflation Reduction Act and 2021 infrastructure law, pausing the programs that have lent money to major automakers to build EV facilities and have backed the first new U.S. aluminum smelter in decades. Federal judges have ordered the administration to unfreeze those funds, though money … Continue reading “Chart: GOP districts to lose big if Trump halts clean energy factories”
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Tesla spent over a year investigating the issue at the behest of a non-U.S. regulatory agency In the U.S. Tesla’s latest recall affects the 2023 Model 3 and Model Y Tesla’s NHTSA recall filing leaves unanswered questions for global markets Tesla has acknowledged over 300,000 of its EVs could lose power steering. On Thursday, Tesla’s … Continue reading “Power steering could fail in over 370,000 Teslas, recall initiated”
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Photo by Kindel Media on Pexels.com The Trump administration is shutting down EV chargers at all federal government buildings and is also expected to sell off the General Services Administration‘s (GSA) newly bought EVs. GSA, which manages all federal government-owned buildings, also operates the federal buildings’ EV chargers. Federally owned EVs and federal employee-owned personal EVs … Continue reading “Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings”
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Saudi energy firm Aramco and mining and metals company Ma’aden have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia to potentially start lithium production by 2027. The proposed JV aims to extract lithium from high-concentration deposits and advance direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies to help meet growing demand domestically and globally. Lithium … Continue reading “Aramco forms Saudi lithium JV with Ma’aden”
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On Thursday, Faraday Future provided a status update on its FX sub-brand, which was announced in September 2024 and further detailed at CES 2025 in January. The company once again reaffirmed plans for an affordable EV called the FX 5 that will cost between $20,000 and $30,000 and a larger model called the FX 6 … Continue reading “Faraday Future aims for mainstream masses with $20,000 EV”