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Over the next year, Mini will bring its first all-electric vehicle to production in England. BMW says that it is now investing millions in battery pack production in Germany in order to support the new Mini electric production. After several Mini electric concepts over the years, BMW finally confirmed production of an electric Mini to […]

Nio is ramping up its electric vehicle infrastructure effort in China and it is building battery swap stations. The startup even built one right next to a Tesla Supercharger – creating a little glimpse into the future. With only a handful of EV startups actually delivering vehicles, Nio is emerging as one of the most […]

We’ve seen a number of electrified classic projects from companies like Zelectric Motors, and usually they involve dropping a state-of-the-art electric powertrain into a meticulously reconditioned original or freshly built replica. But Los Angeles-based Icon does things a little differently, preserving the aged look and patina of a 1949 Mercury that’s been around the block […]

As solar cells get more efficient, powerful panels can fit on smaller areas. For those looking to use renewable energy for transportation, that means solar panels can now move from home rooftops used to power car chargers to cars themselves. In Korea on Wednesday, Hyundai and Kia revealed some production-bound examples of that concept—including a […]

Electric propulsion is taking over almost every segment of transportation and now it’s even getting into heavy machinery. Cummins and Hyundai partnered up to make a new small all-electric excavator. They unveiled the prototype this week. D. S. Kim, Senior Executive Vice President & CTO at Hyundai Construction Equipment (HCE) announced the new product. He […]

In Italy, there are scooters everywhere, in Amsterdam, people love their bikes, and Thailand has its tuk-tuks. Over in India, there are rickshaws by the thousands. These low cost people movers are now being converted to low cost electric vehicles by the thousands, with over 1.5 million battery-powered electric rickshaws already zipping silently around the […]

Recognising that Tesla is stealing their lunch, VW Group’s head Herbert Diess has bent the truth well beyond a breaking point in claiming that, by 2020, they will produce EVs that match Tesla’s characteristics but at half the price. VW has already recently revealed the real (and fairly sensible) figures on its most affordable 2020 […]

Honda may have more plans for electric vehicles than it has initially let on, as Honda’s head of R&D recently broke the news that the next-generation Acura NSX may pull from the NSX-inspired 1,000 horsepower fully electric beast that it took to the infamous Pike’s Peak challenge. That’s tasty. In the Pike’s Peak hill climb […]

Electric propulsion is slowly taking over almost every segment of transportation, but flight remains the most difficult to electrify. Now, easyJet CEO says that ‘electric flying is becoming a reality’ as they plan to test a nine-seater electric plane next year. Last year, electric plane startup Wright Electric stepped out of stealth mode with plans […]

Electric-vehicle IPO Electra Meccanica Vehicles (SOLO) saw its shares double after announcing more than 64,000 preorders for its EVs, representing $2.4 billion in potential sales. The Canada-based company, which went public via an IPO in August, said Monday that it had received 23,030 preorders for the $15,500 Solo single-passenger electric vehicle, as of Oct. 22. […]