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Fisker Opens Fisker Lounge NYC, Invites Customers to Experience the All-Electric Fisker Ocean SUV

The Fisker Lounge NYC is located at 401 W. 14th Street in New York City’s Meatpacking District. The Lounge is Fisker’s first retail space on the east coast, following the debut earlier this year of the flagship Fisker Lounge at…

EVs and Hydrogen Set to Propel Europe’s Power Demand by 30% by 2035

Electric vehicles, renewable hydrogen and emerging technologies are poised to drive a 30% surge in European power demand by 2035. That’s according to a report from LSEG Power Research, which predicts that the electric vehicle sector will emerge as a…

Europe Must Democratise the Electric Car for the 80%

William Todts is the executive director of the clean mobility NGO Transport & Environment. Monique Goyens is the director general of BEUC, the European consumer organisation. Less than a month ago, Executive Vice-President Šefčovič and Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra committed to…

Scania to Launch Pay-per-use Electric Truck Joint Venture

Scania is to offer pay-per use electric trucks through a joint venture, as the Swedish truckmaker tries to encourage faltering demand for heavy-duty electric vehicles in Europe. Demand for electric trucks in Europe has remained lower than many truckmakers had…

Hero MotoCorp to Foray into Europe With EV Range Next Year

The world’s leading two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp on Tuesday said it will foray into the European market with its electric scooter range next year. The company plans to introduce the VIDA V1 electric scooter range in Spain, France and the…

Mazda Revives Rotary Engine To Extend EV Range, But EU Ban Looms

Mazda, the automaker with the longest and richest history of using the Wankel rotary engine announced on June 22, 2023 that it resumed mass production of rotary engines for a new variant of the MX-30 compact crossover. Mazda provided little…

BYD Plans to Build Rivals for European Electric Cars in Their Own Backyard

BYD only started selling cars in Europe this year, but already it’s looking to build a factory on the continent. Reuters reports the decision has already been made to build the factory in Hungary. Citing German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung…

Elli Launches pan-European Charging Solution for Electric Fleets

Volkswagen Group brand Elli is launching an intelligent solution across Europe for electric vehicle fleets. With Elli Fleet Charging, companies in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria are now able to manage and cost-optimize their fleet charging. After a market introduction…

Driving Toyota’s EV Faux-Manual Transmission Simulator

The manual transmission has all but faded into obscurity here in America, and the transition to electric vehicles devoid of multi-speed gearboxes at all promises to (eventually) put a final nail in the coffin. There is a glimmer of hope,…

Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Skycharger Partner on EV Charging Funding For Fuel Retailers, Fleets

Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Skycharger announced that they are partnering on a new venture called the EVerse Fully Hosted program, the aim of which is to provide fuel retailers and fleets with new financing and service options for EV charging infrastructure….