NEWS
Nikola founder sentenced to prison for fraud
Founder and former chief executive of electric truck start-up Nikola, Trevor Milton, has been sentenced to four years in prison for securities fraud. The ruling was made in…
Geoff Dobson
E-CARS
Nio ultra long-range battery does 1000km
A Nio ET7 did 1044km using 97% battery power on a single charge in a test of Nio’s new 150kWh ultra long-range battery. The 14-hour drive from Shanghai…
E-CARS
Opel EV for super rugby’s Moana Pasifika
Moana Pasifika is the first Super Rugby Pacific franchise to switch to fully electric vehicles, announcing a partnership with Opel to drive the Opel Mokka Electric SUV. “This…
ABB
ABB to supply Volvo Cars with 1300 robots for EVs
ABB will supply more than 1300 robots including functional packages to Volvo Cars for the next generation of electric vehicles (EVs). The energy efficient large robots and OmniCore…
NEWS
Clean energy studied for aerospace innovators
Aerospace and environmental partnership Tāwhaki Joint Venture and liquid hydrogen solutions company Fabrum will explore renewable energy transition projects for the aerospace industry and more resilient energy systems…
E-CARS
BYD plans another electric SUV
A new BYD SUV, the Song L, will soon launch in China, according to media reports. It’s likely to join the Atto 3, Dolphin and Seal here and…
E-CARS
EVSE to expand in Australia and NZ
Australian private markets fund manager Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has a $250 million stake in Australian EV charging hardware and software provider EVSE. PEP says the deal will…
E-CARS
EV does ‘Pole to Pole’
Husband and wife explorers Chris and Julie Ramsey have successfully driven an electric Nissan Ariya from the 1823 Magnetic North Pole on the frozen Arctic Ocean to the…
NEWS
Mevo raises $1m investment in five days
Car-share platform Mevo has raised more than $1 million in an investment opportunity for retail investors through Snowball Effect after barely a week. Launched with the aim of…
E-CARS
Cost-cutting brings early end to German EV subsidy
Germany’s EV subsidy programme has ended after initially being intended to continue until the end of next year. It paid out about 10 billion euros since 2016, Reuters…