A fire that started in a parking lot in the Fechenheim district in Frankfurt, Germany destroyed 10 Tesla Model Y EVs and damaged another five earlier this week in what seems to be an act of social resistance from an anonymous group that sees the American car manufacturer as one of its “most prominent enemies,”…
New passenger car registrations in the Netherlands increased in June by 38 percent year-over-year to 41,366, but even such a high growth rate is no match for plug-in car sales. According to EV Volumes‘ data, shared by Jose Pontes, 18,792 new plug-in cars were registered last month, which is roughly 86 percent more than a…
In November 2021, Tesla started letting other EV users charge their cars at the Supercharger for non-Tesla EVs. Since then, folks have been curious about what changes are coming to the Supercharger’s charge adapter. And this year, in various places around the world, people have noticed a special adapter called CCS1 on the Supercharger. Up…
The U.K. government on Wednesday said it would delay a ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by five years—irritating both automakers and environmental groups. In 2018, the U.K. introduced a Road to Zero program that would require 50% plug-in vehicles by 2030 and 100% by 2040. Then in 2019 it moved…
While the battery EVs have become a significant market player, they are just a fragment of the broader EV story. Fuel cells and hydrogen-fueled vehicles are also emerging as strong contenders. New Delhi: India is perfectly poised to meet the growing demand for reliable EV solutions in countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, and nations in…
Dozens of ancient gold-foil figures depicting images of Norse gods have been unearthed in Norway, archaeologists said, marking at least the third discovery of treasures in the country in recent weeks. According to the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, a total of 35 gold pieces have been found at the site of a pagan…
The new Scania battery-electric bus platform, one part of the company’s complete e-mobility solutions covering vehicles, services, and systems made its debut at Busworld. With the introduction of low-entry 4×2 buses, the sustainably sourced and built batteries offer a vast energy storage capacity of up to 520 kWh and have been developed specifically for heavy…
Franco-Italian automaker Stellantis plans to invest €1.5 billion to acquire approximately 20% of Chinese EV startup Leapmotor, making Stellantis a significant shareholder. The deal also outlines the formation of Leapmotor International, a 51/49 Stellantis-led joint venture that has exclusive rights for the export and sale, as well as manufacturing, of Leapmotor products outside Greater China. This…
In October, new passenger car registrations in the United Kingdom increased by 14 percent year-over-year to 153,529, which marks the 15th month of consecutive growth. After ten months of 2023, the total number of new registrations amounted to 1,605,437 (up almost 20 percent year-over-year). The plug-in electric car expansion is even faster, which means that…
EV charging provider ChargePoint announced the first large scale deployment of its new Express Plus Power Link 2000 DC fast charging platform. The Power Link system, capable of delivering charging speeds up to 500kW, debuted on Wednesday as the charging hardware and software driving the fastest public charging network in North America: Mercedes-Benz HPC NA….
