VinFast becomes the latest victim of ‘recall’ with early unit defect

VinFast is recalling potentially 999 units of its VF8 all-electric vehicle that just recently started being delivered to customers in the U.S. as the display will blank and not show “critical safety information,” such as the speedometer or warning lights. The Vietnamese company said, “On certain 2023 MY VF 8 Variant MPVs, the MHU screen […]

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Uber plans to launch EVs in a market that Tesla is eyeing for its next factory

Uber announced today that it has plans to launch a fleet of 25,000 electric vehicles in India, a country where Tesla could soon end up as years of speculation of the electric automaker building a new production facility there could culminate in the company’s newest location by the end of the year. Uber is using […]

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Volvo receives its largest order for EV trucks ever

Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell up to 1,000 electric trucks to Holcim, a building solution provider, marking the largest deal the Swedish automaker has signed to date. Volvo will deliver the first 130 trucks this year and next, with the total number of deliveries reaching “up to 1,000” units, the […]

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Chinese battery maker aims to mass produce 1,000-kilometer cell next year

Chinese battery maker Gotion High Tech unveiled its new L600 LMFP Astroinno battery today at its annual technology conference and claims it will be capable of 1,000 kilometers, or over 621 miles of range, and will be mass-produced next year. 1,000 kilometers of range is well above the norm by today’s standards, as many EV […]

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Is your rooftop solar performing as well as it should? Data says, probably not

rooftop solar Western AustraliaSome 75% of residential rooftop solar systems are not passing on the full extent of electricity bill savings they are capable of delivering. Why – and what can be done?

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Ford CEO Jim Farley pledges to keep Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

During a conversation with The Wall Street Journal, Ford CEO Jim Farley explained that Ford would not be following in the footsteps of Tesla and other automakers like Rivian. Instead of ditching CarPlay in favor of an in-house solution, Ford will be keeping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration features on its vehicles. The integration—or lack […]

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Fisker delivers first Ocean all-electric SUV

Fisker announced today that it delivered the first Ocean all-electric SUV unit to a customer in Denmark. The first Fisker customer to take delivery of the Ocean SUV had the unique opportunity to have the vehicle handed over to them by CEO and Chairman Henrik Fisker, who said he was “super excited to be in […]

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Mercedes-Benz is pushing back its internal electrification goals: report

Mercedes-Benz has reportedly decided to delay an interim goal for its electrification strategy. Nearly two years ago, the carmaker stated that it was looking to have its electric cars and plug-in hybrids account for half of the company’s sales by 2025. The milestone has now been pushed back by at least a year, as per […]

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Spender calls on federal Labor to set up “one stop shop” for electrification

Independent MP calls on Albanese government to get out of slow lane on electrification, and make it easy for households and businesses to quit fossil fuels.

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Stellantis signs battery deal for nickel & cobalt sulphate

Stellantis signed a battery supply deal for nickel and cobalt sulfate with Alliance Nickel Ltd. The mineral supply deal may help Stellantis’ electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States meet the battery requirements for EV tax incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Alliance Nickel Ltd. and Stellantis entered into a binding offtake agreement for […]

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