Help for Keeping Fuel Costs Down on Your EV Electric vehicles (EVs) offer convenient charging opportunities at home, work and public stations. Increased availability of charging gives these cars a significant advantage over their gas-powered counterparts. As California officials recently noted, the state has more charging cables than gas pumps. However, your budget may require … Continue reading “What’s the Cost Difference Between Home Charging and Public Charging?”
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Who needs charging stations? Q&A Pando founder Aaron Li. During times of rapid technological development, many companies address the new technology by adapting the trappings of the old (Remember internet portals and online malls?). However, those who think “outside the box” (Remember that tired old phrase? It’s back!) are sometimes able to unlock major savings … Continue reading “Pando’s minimalist solution allows more EV charging in less space at less cost”
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In the pursuit of efficient and cost-effective power conversion, the industry is witnessing a paradigm shift towards the adoption of new technologies and innovative topologies. The increasing pressure to reduce system costs has led to the emergence of game-changing solutions, such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) power devices. These wide-bandgap semiconductors offer … Continue reading “GaN and SiC: revolutionary xEV power conversion saving cost and space (Webinar)”
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In-wheel motor maker Elaphe doesn’t see issues with durability or unsprung mass “Vehicle-level” integration of tech could bring 20% cheaper vehicles, 20% efficiency boost Elaphe is targeting 95% efficiency on a battery-to-wheel basis by 2030 If you took a quick look at the display stand for Slovenia’s Elaphe Propulsion Technologies at CES 2025 last month, … Continue reading “Here's how in-wheel motors could cut EV cost, boost range 20%”
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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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The potential high cost of EV battery replacements is a major worry for new-car shoppers, but that likely won’t be the case for long, according to battery-analysis firm Recurrent. Recurrent, which produces battery health reports for used EVs, predicts that plummeting new-battery prices will make replacing a battery pack cheaper than repairing a gasoline engine … Continue reading “Replacing an EV battery may cost less than fixing a gas engine by 2030”
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As part of Zero Motorcycles’ new approach to affordability, the California electric motorcycle maker is increasingly relying on strategic partnerships in the industry to help lower costs and leverage production experience. Now we’re getting word that one of the company’s key partners, Hero MotoCorp, is closing in on its first Zero-enabled electric motorcycle model. It’s … Continue reading “Zero Motorcycles and Hero nearing new lower cost electric motorcycle”
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In other words, PAO is “assuming the customer is obligated to pay the corporate utility the retail rate” for the power customers generate and use themselves — “and anything they do otherwise is stealing,” McCann said. In terms of assessing who owes whom, that’s little different from saying that a customer who uses less electricity by … Continue reading “California’s rooftop solar is a benefit, not a cost, to the state”
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It’s probably nothing. Just a playful post on social media from a random Volvo account celebrating an obscure concept car from the early aughts. It couldn’t possibly mean that Volvo is actually going to build the thing … right? The post in question went live on the Volvo Cars Heritage Facebook feed last week, and … Continue reading “QOTD: is Volvo planning a low cost, electric Robotaxi rival?”
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Lucid has given the first sneak peek at its upcoming midsize SUV. On Tuesday at the automaker’s technology and manufacturing day, Lucid revealed on Twitter (now known as X) a teaser image of a midsize SUV. Lucid said production is set for late 2026 and added that the crossover will cost less than $50,000. Lucid … Continue reading “Lucid midsize SUV to cost less than $50,000”