After securing another major partnership, Factorial is closing in on bringing its “groundbreaking” all-solid-state EV battery platform to global markets.
After posting its first annual loss in company history, Jeep maker Stellantis is scrambling to turn things around. To reduce EV costs and enable more affordable vehicles, Stellantis may tap into China’s wealth of resources, marking new territory for a Western automaker.
Victor Nechita, who served as Tesla’s vehicle program manager for the Cybercab, has announced he is leaving the company. The departure comes just days after the first Cybercab production unit rolled off the assembly line at Giga Texas, adding to an accelerating exodus of senior program managers at the automaker.
Elon Musk sent a pre-recorded video message to Tesla’s 10,700 workers at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg in Grünheide, warning that the planned expansion of the plant will not happen if IG Metall gains influence in the upcoming works council election.
The threat comes days before the critical vote and amid an escalating conflict between Tesla management and Germany’s most powerful industrial union.
Subaru invited us out on a (rare) rainy California day to experience its new EV and see just what it can do off-road. But beyond it’s off-road abilities, how does it stack up to the rest of the market today?
British equipment experts JCB have developed a fully electric articulated boom lift that delivers the reach, maneuverability, and all-day productivity contractors expect, but without the emissions, noise, or fuel bills of diesel. Meet the A45E Articulated Boom Access Platform.
Just when you thought the micromobility world couldn’t get any stranger, Kawasaki decided to build an electric horse.
And no, this isn’t just another vaporware concept destined for a trade show floor and then the archives. Kawasaki Heavy Industries says it has officially launched development toward commercialization of its four-legged off-road personal mobility vehicle known as CORLEO.
For the last few years, one of the coolest bits of e-bike tech I’ve seen didn’t involve more power, bigger batteries, or new motor designs. It involved getting rid of the charger cable altogether.
Last summer, I covered Dutch startup Tiler’s newly developed wireless charging tile that lets an e-bike charge directly through its kickstand. You roll the bike into place, lower the stand onto the tile, and the battery starts charging automatically via an integrated magnetic coil. There are no plugs to deal with, no dangling wires, and no forgetting to bring your charger to work.
Hyundai looks to tap into a new market with its first midsize pickup. The pickup, potentially the IONIQ T7, may even share a body-on-frame platform with a rugged new 4WD SUV.
A new study shows that used Tesla prices have climbed 4.3% since the federal EV tax credit expired on September 30, while nearly every other used electric vehicle has dropped an average of 3.6%. Used EV market share has plunged 20% over the same period.
The data, from iSeeCars’ analysis of over 1.7 million used cars, paints a stark picture of a two-tier EV market emerging in the wake of the credit’s elimination, one where Tesla holds pricing power and everyone else scrambles to compensate.
However, it appears to be a correction after Tesla’s used car prices were in free fall last year.
After Chicago residents began posting images of Waymo vehicles being unloaded on the city’s streets, the autonomous rideshare company confirmed it is exploring expanding its network to the Second City. However, an obstacle currently stands in the way of that deployment.
After sales fell for a fifth straight month in January, BYD launched a New Year promotion offering 0% interest for 3 years and daily payments starting at less than $5.
A new study of more than 5,000 home sales showed homes with solar panels installed sold for 5-10% more than comparable homes without solar. If you’re doing the math, “(that’s) an eye-popping $39,500 to $79,000 boost.”
A federal judge has ruled that Tesla must face a class-action lawsuit alleging the automaker systematically discriminated against American workers by preferring H-1B visa holders for engineering positions, even as it laid off more than 6,000 US employees in 2024.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said the plaintiff had offered “just enough facts” for the case to proceed, though he expressed skepticism about the strength of the claims.
As the internet’s resident e-bike guy, a lot of interesting things tend to come across my desk. Many of them get passed over; there’s only 24 hours in the day, after all. But when something is interesting enough, or in this case, quirky enough, it gets a second look. And this quirky little $199 Walmart e-bike definitely got another look this morning.
