October 2022

The Kia Niro EV creeps upward in price. Federal EV infrastructure money is going toward states that resisted EV infrastructure. Tesla is working on smaller, more affordable EVs. And the debut version of the GMC Sierra EV is most definitely not a simple, affordable work truck. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM […]

Amid the growing interest in battery electric vehicles, the industry still faces numerous challenges to gain wider adoption in the market. Join this session at our Fall Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by Chroma, where we will address the battery-specific issues manufacturers are encountering today. This free webinar has been rescheduled for today: Friday,

Tesla earlier this week officially confirmed that it is developing a next-generation vehicle platform focused around affordability and potentially at about half the cost of the platform that underpins the top-selling Model Y and Model 3. “This is the primary focus of our new vehicle development team, obviously,” said Musk, suggesting… Source: Green Car Reports

Charging infrastructure provider Loop Global has completed a $40-million Series A funding round co-led by Fifth Wall Climate and Agility Ventures, and secured $20 million in senior secured credit from Keystone National Group. Loop will use the funds to expand its US operations and to expand beyond the 15+ countries it already supports. Loop Global

Aptera is different. While other EV-makers aspire to become “the next Tesla” by building high-performance vehicles that look just like the ICE vehicles drivers are used to, Aptera is focusing on building the most efficient and greenest vehicles possible. Critics may say that consumers won’t buy an unusual three-wheeled aerodynamic vehicle (Aptera might dispute that—it

After a decade of talking about renting EVs, major car rental companies (including Hertz) are now starting to place serious orders. This is excellent news, because offering EVs to rental car customers could have a multiplier effect—who’d want to go back to their gas-burner after driving electric for a week? The latest rental giant to

Umicore has opened a plant in Nysa, Poland to produce cathode active material for EVs. Construction of the gigafactory started in 2019, and production for car company and battery cell customers in Europe began this July. “Nysa’s annual production capacity is set to reach 20 GWh by the end of 2023 and 40 GWh in

According to estimates, Tesla has delivered 500,000 Model Y this year and could deliver 760,000 before 2022 comes to a close. Source: InsideEVs – Articles Read More

Electric car charging is getting quicker due to new technologies, and it may be just the beginning. Source: InsideEVs – Articles Read More