Transport for London (TfL) has taken around 90 MetroDecker EV electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility off the roads as a precautionary measure after six electric buses of this type burst into flames at the Potters Bar bus garage in Hertfordshire, north of London. TfL says investigations into the cause of the fire are still […]
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Ionity has expanded its fast-charging offer at the Heidiland service area in Switzerland by two columns, but apparently installed them the wrong way round. As the new columns have not yet been put into operation, the error is likely to be rectified.
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Hyundai has issued a recall in the US and South Korea that affects the Ioniq 5 as well as the Kia EV6. An issue with the shift by wire system could lead to the vehicles rolling away when parked.
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Aerial views of Tesla factories have almost become a common sight since fans continue to send drones for a flyover. This time, however, there has been a serious incident that could have easily led to a major accident in Germany.
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More than 5,300 units of the all-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge produced between 8 September 2020 and 13 August 2021 are being recalled in the US.
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A Youtube clique called “The Real Life Guys” has modified a Tesla Model 3 so that it can also drive through rough terrain. Their solution? They simply fitted the vehicle with chains, although it is hardly “simple” to turn a Tesla into a tank.
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A study released earlier this week showed that over 27% of all EV charging stations in the San Francisco Bay area are non-functioning. Failures are manifold, and the shortcomings many.
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The fact that temperature affects charging performance is nothing new for electric car drivers. However, a footnote in a US press release from Toyota about the bZ4X electric model is quite unusual.
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The Californian electric car start-up Canoo is in financial difficulties that threaten its existence. The company has reported a loss of around US$125 million (€118.4 million) for the first quarter of 2022 and warns in its quarterly report “that there is significant doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern”.
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After Hyundai presented the concept of an electric car with robotic legs under the name Elevate at the beginning of 2019, which rescue services could use after natural disasters, for example, the South Korean manufacturer is now getting serious about the vehicle concept.
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Australia appears to have a growing number of faulty charging stations for electric cars. Most of these are due to a lack of spare parts or slow maintenance, but some are also broken due to flooding.
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Around 5,000 examples of the BMW X5 PHEV have to go back to the workshop due to a problem with the high-voltage batteries. The vehicles were already there in autumn 2020 for a battery check. However, some cell modules will now be replaced.
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Due to ambiguities in connection with the leakage of a liquid on Tesla’s Giga Berlin premises in Grünheide, the Grüne Liga (Green League) has submitted an application to the responsible district Oder-Spree to prohibit the operating licence for the plant.
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The all-electric Porsche Taycan has set another Guinness World Record, this time for the most consecutive doughnuts (spins) in an electric car on ice. Stunt driver Terry Grant managed 69 doughnuts in a row in Sweden in a production Porsche Taycan 4 Cross Turismo with winter tires.
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Electric scooter makers Ola, PureEV and Okinawa have recalled 6,656 vehicles in India “voluntarily”, according to a government source. Following incidents with light EVs catching fire in April, the government had advised the manufacturers to recall all defective batches immediately as a precaution or face a heavy penalty.
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Public transport operator RATP has taken 149 Bolloré electric buses from service in Paris as a precautionary measure after a bus burst into flames on Friday – the second time in a month.
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This is a trip down memory lane to first encounter the electric edition of BMW’s iconic Isetta. Micro Mobility Systems was the first to clone the bubble car, only to be taken over, with some hostility, by Artega and their version of the Microlino running as Karo. Now, there’s a third attempt to finally relaunch […]
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Hardly any other topic is currently as polarising as Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Tesla’s shares lost eleven per cent or 114 billion US dollars in value after the deal was announced. Henrik Fisker, head of the electric car manufacturer Fisker, and Musk rival for many years, immediately deleted his Twitter account.
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The German electric car manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has been able to win over an extremely prominent brand ambassador: Brazilian football player Neymar Jr.
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Scientists in Australia are working on printed solar panels that they hope will power an electric car on a journey of more than 15,000 kilometres.
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Hyundai recalls its Nexo fuel-cell SUV in the US due to a possible hydrogen leak. The recall stemmed from an incident in South Korea when a 2019 Nexo caught fire at a hydrogen refuelling station.
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A few days ago, a stock market service circulated the news that Tesla had bought the exploration company Lithium Corporation. Later it turned out that the announcement was apparently a deliberate hoax to increase the value of the lithium company’s share.
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Tesla will no longer supply Mobile Connector with the delivery of its electric cars in the USA, earning criticism from the Tesla community. The Mobile Connector, which enables slow charging without a special infrastructure at normal sockets will now be sold separately.
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The German premium manufacturers BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are clearly behind Chinese brands with the sale of electric cars in China.
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Nissan North America, along with partners Sierra Space and Teledyne Brown Engineering, will develop the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for NASA to support future lunar exploration. Details of the planned lunar rover are not yet given, but it is expected to be electric.
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In Brussels, almost all GO Sharing electric were recently stolen by young people who had figured out how to circumvent the rental system. According to the Brussels Times, the thieves even offered crash courses for their method online, stole the electric scooters for joyrides and drove until the battery was empty.
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A policy initiated by the Canadian city of Vancouver could mean that operators of gas stations and car parks will have to pay up to 10,000 dollars per year if they do not provide charging stations for electric vehicles. Currently, only two of the 66 petrol stations in Vancouver offer charging stations.
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Hindenburg Research is once again making serious allegations of fraud against an electric car start-up. This time, the US company Mullen Automotive has been targeted by the short seller. Hindenburg accuses Mullen of having deceived its investors.
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Electric car charging points on the Isle of Wight were hacked to show pornography. Unfortunately, the hacking also put the charge points out of commission, blocking EV drivers from charging their vehicles.
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Tesla has offered over-the-air updates for many years, but Volkswagen has been slow to get into the game. While the company just introduced the latest OTA for ID cars, VW now finds that many of the EVs to receive it, need a recall first for a hands-on update.
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