Tag: Electric vehicles
Honda Sidles Up To Nissan, Promises New Prelude Hybrid Next Year
Honda is exploring a new partnership with Nissan and Mitsubishi to prepare itself for the electric car future.
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Bboxx & Radiant Yacu Partner To Launch Insurance Package For Electric Motorcycles In Rwanda
A first-of-its-kind offering, Bboxx Protect, offers extensive protection to electric motorbike users and significant savings of over 40%. The electric motorcycle sector in East Africa is starting to flourish. Kenya is the largest market for motorcycles, with over 2 million internal combustion motorcycles on the road, and we are now … [continued]
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Detroit Diesel Gets $285 Million Investment To Boost Electric Powertrains
Detroit Diesel is putting the finishing touches on a new purpose-built electric powertrain for Class 8 tractors.
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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions
In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]
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Solaris to Deliver First EU Battery Passport–Compliant Buses
Berlin’s BVG transit system has received the world’s first series-produced electric bus with a battery passport: the Solaris Urbino 18 electric. In a press statement, Solaris said the deliveries put BVG three years ahead of EU regulations, which will require a battery passport in all electric vehicles starting in 2027. … [continued]
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BYD Continues To Go After Europeans’ Hearts, & Enters Estonia
Earlier this year, I noted that BYD was really going after Europeans’ hearts by sponsoring the Euros, a massive football (soccer) tournament in Europe that is similar to the World Cup and goes well beyond the normal football fanbase. BYD branding was all over that tournament, and while it may … [continued]
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Trump Transition Team Plans To Take A Sledgehammer To Biden Era EV Policies
The transition team for the incoming administration proposes tearing up the carefully crafted EV incentives to please oil companies.
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Accelerating Electrification: Freight Trucks Will Dominate In The US
Key Takeaways: Transportation is the highest emissions segment in United States Of rail, water, and road, only freight trucking can readily decarbonize Electric trucks are cost-effective and rapidly advancing The United States has unintentionally made itself into the country with the hardest to decarbonize transportation sector, and it matters. Transportation … [continued]
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Stellantis & CATL’s New JV Will Invest Up To €4B To Build Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant In Spain
Stellantis and CATL recently announced a strategic agreement for a joint venture that could see up to €4.1 billion invested in the construction of a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate battery plant. The facility, which they say will be constructed in multiple phases in Zaragoza, Spain, is intended to eventually … [continued]
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40 New Electric Trucks from Volvo Hit the Road with DB Schenker
DB Schenker, one of the largest logistics service providers in the world, has just added 40 electric trucks from Volvo to its fleet in Germany. These are 20-ton trucks and can be used for urban or regional services. The model is the Volvo FM Electric, and it provides 490 kW … [continued]
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