Twitter users tell Musk to plant trees
Elon Musk offers prize money to reinvent trees: Elon Musk has decided to address the challenge of how to remove and capture existing CO2 from the atmosphere with prize money.
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Tesla fashionistas commission a facelift
Italy’s luxury design house ARES has converted the Tesla Model S into a two-door convertible, commissioned by a private client. The price remains undisclosed but ARES said they would gladly undertake further conversions of this kind upon request.
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Formula One could take to the skies with H2
At CES 2021, French startup MACA presented the Carcopter, a concept for a hydrogen-powered Formula 1 flying car. Yes, you read that right and the founders want to establish an entire air race around it.
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Toyota fined for violating US Clean Air Act
The US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Justice filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota for “systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements”.
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The tiny car trio has been recalled
The electric microcar trio formed of the Mitsubishi I-Miev, Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot Ion is exhibiting problems. PSA is calling almost 40,000 units to return to workshops worldwide, a German specialist portal reports.
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When EVs had their a-ha moment in Norway
Norway has not always been the promised land for EV enthusiasts. In fact, it took the oil-producing nation a while to become a fan of electric driving. Incentives played a role of course but before the money came a push in popularity from an unlikely source.
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Trouble in the Berlin Tesla showroom
Unknown persons demolished the Berlin Tesla showroom in the Treptow district of Bohnsdorf last Sunday. Several window panes and glass doors were broken in the attack. Eight vandalised cars were found by the emergency services at the scene.
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ICEing has yet to exhaust itself
ICEing is still a thing – at least in the world of trolls and this one probably wanted to be particularly “thoughtful”. In what the driver probably thought was a humorous moment, the pick-up truck that blocked a Tesla Supercharger bore a sign saying “I identify as a Prius”.
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Battery recalls hit Volkswagen
Volkswagen is launching a recall for its e-Up small electric car. Due to faulty battery cells, there is a risk of a short circuit or fire. No incidents have been reported so far, but the decision was taken as a precautionary measure – which is not too dramatic since the number of vehicles involved is […]
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Complaints in Canberra on use of electric scooters
There have been a number of negative experiences with electric scooters in the Australian capital Canberra, which were introduced for hire there in August. A report has now surfaced citing the dangers of electric scooter use in the city.
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Mercedes recalls passenger and delivery e-vans
Just a few months after its market launch, the Mercedes-Benz electric passenger van, the EQV is already subject to a recall: 302 EQVs produced between 21 February and 27 October 2020 will have to go back to the factory. According to our updates, the e-Sprinter and e-Vito electric delivery vehicles are also affected by recalls.
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Back to the Future, today
Which car would Doc Brown and Marty McFly most likely drive today if there were a modern sequel to the cult film series ‘Back to the Future’ from the 1980s? A former Rimac designer has an electric answer.
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Ford to improve scooter AI
Ford plans to equip electric kick- scooters from its micromobility subsidiary Spin with driver assistance systems in cooperation with Drover AI. Together, they aim to bring Level 2 automation to electric scooters.
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Tesla is taking heat from the competition
Darren Palmer, chief developer of the electric car division at Ford, is dishing out towards Tesla. Without mentioning the competitor by name, Palmer extolled the virtues of the all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E with some sly remarks aimed at the competition.
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Italian snow groomer says goodbye to fossil fuel
The South Tyrolean snow groomer manufacturer Prinoth has revealed a prototype of a purely battery-electric snow groomer model called Husky eMotion for the ski slopes.
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Electric MAN to receive post stamp
The electric delivery van from MAN Truck & Bus has received a special honour in Austria: Austrian Post has immortalised the MAN eTGE on a stamp. The occasion was the anniversary of the 2,000th electric vehicle that Austrian Post put into service at the beginning of December.
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Greenpeace sent secret shoppers to try to buy a VW ID.3
Volkswagen is doing too little to promote sales of electric cars, says Greenpeace. The organisation just published a paper following probing conversations it had at 50 dealerships in Germany during a mystery shopping spree.
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An over-electrified Christmas Tesla
For many people across the world, this is the time to bring out the Christmas lights. In Canada, police found that a Tesla Model 3 driver took it too far. The officer pointed out the fairy lights to be a potential distraction. The next problem was that they were fastened with nothing but duct tape.
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Hyundai’s AI-controlled mini-car is just awesome (video)
Hyundai presented its smallest electric car to date in October and now shows what the tiny thing can really do. The AI-supported children’s EV is currently doing rounds at a hospital in Barcelona and is working what looks like magic.
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Nissan Leaf powers the whole tree
Nissan is using its Leaf to power Christmas trees in a number of shopping malls in the Philippines in the run-up to Christmas. With this Christmas stunt, the Japanese manufacturer is demonstrating the Leaf’s bidirectional charging technology.
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WiTricity & MIT sue Momentum Dynamics over patents
The e-mobility industry is keeping the courts busy. In the US, WiTricity has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Momentum Dynamics. The wireless charging specialist seeks compensation and a halt of sales. MIT is the co-plaintiff.
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Turning a mountain bike into a snowmobile
A new DIY conversion kit turns mountain bikes into electric snowmobiles, switching out tyres for a kevlar/rubber track and a 1.2 kW hub motor. Silent and fully electric, the Envo runs on 17.5 Ah battery.
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Santa’s helper to run emission-free
An all-electric Citroën ë-Dispatch aka Citroën ë-Jumpy will help London Christmas Tree Rental to deliver its trees for Christmas. As part of the initiative, the electric vehicle will travel more than 2,000 miles and save more than 428 kg of CO2 compared to an equivalent diesel van.
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Tesla in taxi trouble in Holland
The Dutch cab company Bios-Groep that uses around 70 Tesla cabs at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has now had enough of the electric car manufacturer’s persistent technical defects and poor service. The company is going to court and is demanding 1.3 million euros in damages from Tesla.
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Hindenburg Research appears betting against Kandi
Short-seller Hindenburg Research continues to look for more “victims” in the e-mobility world. This time, they have chosen to go after China’s Kandi, which has just become active on the US market this year.
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Elon Musk on the crash course
Mark Frohnmayer, the founder of Arcimoto, a US American manufacturer of three-wheeled electric vehicles, claims in a recently published interview that Tesla CEO Elon Musk drove one of his cars into a wall in the fall of 2019. Musk were foolhardy but not injured.
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UK newspapers print false “study” from PR firm
A new “study” claiming that electric cars are harmful to the climate has appeared as major British media outlets took the ‘fake science’ up without due scrutiny.
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Nine hours for 130 miles in a Porsche
A couple from Kent said it took more than nine hours to drive 130 miles home from Bournemouth as they struggled to find a working charger. Most were either broken, occupied or too slow to provide a meaningful charge on the powerful EV.
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The sound of scooters
Electric scooter sharing company Tier will add sound to its vehicles to alert blind and partially sighted people of their approach. The company has partnered with national charity Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) to design the feature and roll it out across its fleet in 2021.
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Royal Household not amused over common charging
A couple living in a property belonging to the Royal Household have said they are facing eviction over electric car charging. Having been forced to spend more time at home in lockdown, they used a common socket without permission.
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