Detractors often like to bring up the potential situations where self-driving technologies could occasionally perform worse than human drivers, as a means of arguing against the deployment of these technologies. Obviously, this line of reasoning ignores the […]
The Canadian province of Alberta is partnering with the world’s leading all-electric bus firm, BYD, for the development of “smarter, safer transit buses,” according to an email sent to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession. The new framework […]
The Yadea Z3 electric motorcycle — an all-electric motorcycle with a ~75 mile range, and a starting price of only $3,388 — has been launched worldwide, according to a new press release from the company. The […]
Are the first Tesla Model S P100D deliveries going to begin next week? Have they already begun? A recent post on the Tesla Motors Club forum by “DavidP100DL” seems to suggest that they may have already […]
The BYD Heavy Industries Senior Vice President, Macy Neshati, has been appointed to serve on the Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) — one of the National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board committees — according to an […]
Electric vehicle owners who have ever been worried about potentially running out of charge in a remote location may be happy to hear that the OEM power solutions firm Phihong will be releasing a new portable 10 […]
As an adjunct to our earlier story that Orange EV has begun taking orders for its new Class 8 T-Series electric terminal trucks, it’s worth highlighting here that Orange EV has announced that organizations and businesses […]
The electric truck company Orange EV has begun accepting orders for the new T-Series all-electric terminal truck, according to recent reports. The new T-Series electric terminal trucks build on the company’s initial T-Series trucks (capable of […]
Taking a road trip in an all-electric vehicle is still something of challenge. How practical is it to do so? How should charging stops be planned? How reliable are charging station finder apps? How often are […]
The UK-based firm Adrian Flux has launched what is now the UK’s first insurance policy for driverless vehicles and technologies, according to a recent blog post from the insurance company. The company apparently intends for the launch […]
While the biggest changes that are part of the new Model S P100D are obviously in relation to battery pack capacity, range, and performance, it appears that there have been a number of other upgrades as […]
The lithium-ion battery company Electrovaya, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Litarion, has introduced a new, higher-energy-density 44Ah lithium-ion battery cell, the LITACELL LC-44, according to a new press release from the company. The new LITACELL […]
A 3-year, €2 million research project to improve electric vehicle ranges and the electromagnetic compatibility of associated systems is now being worked on by researchers at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, in collaboration with Volkswagen AG and AEM […]
One of the top companies out there currently in the field of Light, Detection, and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, Velodyne LiDAR, has received $150 million in new investment funding from Ford Motor Company and the Chinese tech […]
Tesla’s Vice President of North American sales, Ganesh Srivats, was recently quoted in an interview with Fast Company as saying that there was a drastic redesign of the company’s retail approach in the works — presumably […]
