Fully electric full-size pickups are one of the next big growth areas in the automotive market, for individuals and fleets alike. With a solution from the supplier and mobility technology company Magna, automakers might be able to produce more electric trucks—or a wider range of them—sooner. Called eBeam, and billed as “a...
California’s Canoo reveals an electric pickup truck that’s nearly as head-turning as the Tesla Cybertruck, but with some very different priorities. Rivian gives us a glimpse of how well its R1S electric SUV would work for car camping. And will the USPS get more electric mail-delivery trucks after all? This and more. Here at Green Car...
Last month, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced a 10-year, $6 billion dollar contract with Oshkosh Defense for new mail trucks, but only 10% will be electric. Now Congress is considering legislation that would make more of the fleet electric, Reuters reports. The USPS is in desperate need of new delivery vehicles to replace its aging fleet...
The Rivian R1S electric SUV is aimed at outdoor enthusiasts, a point CEO RJ Scaringe tried to drive home with a recent tweet. Scaringe posted a short video showing the flat-folding seats of the three-row SUV. With the seats folded, it makes for an "awesome car-camping setup," Scaringe said. He's 6'2", and said he can lie down in the back...
A new car sold today can last a decade or two before retiring. This “fleet turnover” poses a major challenge for climate policy.
The California electric vehicle startup Canoo on Wednesday announced its electric pickup, ahead of a reveal planned for Thursday. Canoo's truck takes the pickup truck tailpipe-emissions-free, like the Tesla Cybertruck or the Rivian R1T, but in a very, very different way. Simply put, the lean, techno-cute compact pickup design urban truck fans will...
Toyota is looking at some very large applications for its fuel-cell tech. Will LG Chem ramp up production of Tesla’s new battery format in the U.S.? And what does Volkswagen plan to do with its millions of battery packs after they’re in EVs? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. LG Chem is reportedly planning to build cells in...
In addition to selling hydrogen fuel-cell cars, Toyota hopes to become a supplier of fuel-cell tech to other companies. To that end, the automaker has developed a modular fuel-cell system for use in other types of vehicles, including buses, trains, and ships, as well as stationary generators. The goal is to grow the use of fuel cells by making a...
Volkswagen is just starting to ramp up production of electric cars based on its MEB platform, but the automaker is already thinking of how to recycle battery packs once those vehicles have reached the end of their lifecycles. VW announced on Tuesday that it will scale up a process for recovering raw materials from used EV batteries. The automaker...
LG Energy Solution, the battery division of LG Chem, plans to build battery cells for Tesla beginning in 2023, and is considering potential factory sites in the United States and Europe, Reuters reported Tuesday. The South Korean company has made sample batches of the 4680 large-format cylindrical cells, but has not yet attempted to mass produce...
