Fisker Rolls Into Three New European Markets
Fisker Inc. (FSR) is expanding its reach as it expands into three new European markets. Fisker will begin delivering its electric vehicles to Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands next month. It will use the “lounge” showroom model it recently debuted…
Florida Residents Told to Move Electric Cars Before Idalia Hits
Florida residents were encouraged on Monday to move their electric vehicles away from areas that “may be impacted by storm surge”ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia’s arrival. “We saw a number of fires associated with EVs [electric vehicles] from Hurricane Ian….
Mercedes-Benz’s First EV Charging Hubs Will Open This Fall
Mercedes-Benz announced its first electric vehicle DC fast charging hubs will launch in the fourth quarter of 2023, with the first station locations coming to Atlanta, Georgia; Chengdu, China; and Mannheim, Germany. The so-called “Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging Network” will have 2,000 chargers…
Turkiye Plans To Export Togg Electric Car To Europe In First Quarter Of 2025
It is planned to export to Europe the first electric car produced by Türkiye – TOGG in the first quarter of 2025, the head of the Türkiye’s Automobile Initiative Group (TOGG), Gurcan Karakas said, Trend reports. “Currently, 100 cars are produced per…
Wallbox And Kia America Join Forces On Bidirectional EV Charging
Quasar 2 is a next-generation 11.5kW bidirectional charger that will enable EV owners to charge and discharge their electric vehicle to power their home, vehicle-to-home (“V2H”) or send energy back to the grid, vehicle-to-grid (“V2G”). A Kia EV9 can hold…
Electric Vehicle Leasing Is The Cheapest Option For New Car Buyers Across America
Leasing an electric vehicle (EV) is now the cheapest option for new car buyers across the United States – thousands of dollars cheaper per year than buying or leasing a gasoline-powered vehicle. This new economic dynamic is being driven by…
Hertz Is Selling EV Rentals All Wrong
Hertz got huge publicity announcing an order two years ago for 100,000 Teslas. Since then they’ve taken on other electric vehicles as well. The problem, though, is that people aren’t reserving them. I regularly search car rentals and find that…
Swedish EV Battery Maker Raises $1.2B To Expand to North America
Northvolt, a Swedish producer of lithium-ion batteries, has raised around $1.2 billion from BlackRock and various Canadian pension plans to build new factories in North America and Europe, according to report from Reuters. Tuesday’s announcement signals the first time Northvolt has…
US-built Electric Mini-truck AYRO Receives Street-legal Certification
The AYRO Vanish, an electric mini-truck designed and built in Texas, has just completed homologation to receive its street-legal status in the US and Canada. Homologation is the process that new vehicles undergo to test and verify that they meet…
Mercedes Electric 7-seat EQB Upgraded For 2024 w/fresh Facelift, New Tech
Mercedes-Benz upgraded the EQB electric SUV for the 2024 model year with a fresh makeover, including a newly designed modern grille and headlights up front. The updated 2024 Mercedes Benz EQB will arrive at US dealerships in the first half of 2024….
