A cross between a surfboard and a Jet Ski, the eFoil can go as fast as 25 miles per hour — but only for 90 minutes at a time.
California’s Lucid Motors has revealed pricing and production details for its Air sedan, ahead of its arrival in spring 2021. And with it, Lucid has released a set of production-car photos. Like the original Tesla Model S, for which Lucid CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson was chief engineer, the Lucid Air pushes the practical and performance...
Uber steps up its plans to take its ride-hailing all electric. GM cuts some cords with a technology first within the battery pack of its upcoming EVs. And India could add charging to tens of thousands of gas stations. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Amid a legal battle over the classification of its workers, the ride-hailing giant Uber...
The Indian government may install electric-car charging stations at 69,000 state-controlled gas stations, the Hindustan Times reported Sunday. In a meeting on charging infrastructure, power minister R.K. Singh suggested that India's oil ministry mandate the installation of charging stations alongside gas pumps at "company-owned, company-operated...
Uber wants its bread-and-butter ride-sharing service to be all-electric by 2030 in the United States, Canada, and Europe, the company announced Tuesday. Uber also plans to make every service on its platform zero-emissions by 2040, and to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from its corporate operations by 2030. The 2030 goal is dependent on working...
General Motors is doing many things different with its Ultium battery and propulsion strategy, which will underpin the GMC Hummer EV first, and then a diversity of electric vehicles from Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Buick—plus Honda and Nikola—by the middle of the decade. One of them is its battery management system, which GM said...
A pause of AstraZeneca’s trials over safety concerns raises issues about what life without a Covid-19 vaccine will look like.
General Motors and Nikola Corporation announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday in which GM will supply hydrogen fuel-cell systems and battery systems to Nikola. Furthermore, GM will build the upcoming Nikola Badger pickup truck starting in 2022. The Badger will be built with GM’s Ultium battery systems, which include cells jointly...
China’s Aiways has its sites set on Germany next. Volkswagen showed more of its ID.4, just after it let Tesla CEO Elon Musk see it up close. Jeep plans off-road-oriented charging. And a battery issue has stalled sales for some BMW and Mini plug-in hybrids. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Although the Volkswagen ID.4 electric...
A serious battery issue potentially affecting a subset of BMW and Mini plug-in hybrid vehicles has led BMW to issue a stop-sale to its dealers and an accompanying recall. In the recall documentation filed to the federal government Sept. 3 and posted by NHTSA on Monday, BMW pointed to 713 vehicles sold in the U.S. potentially affected by the...