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Westminster has extra electrical automobile chargers than 8 different cities mixed

London has more electric vehicle charging points than Scotland, the North-East, West Midlands and South-West combined, research has found. Analysis by the think tank Common Wealth found there are there are more public charge points in…

Tesla’s Controversial Factory Expansion Is Approved

Henry Griffiths

The controversial expansion of Tesla’s only European Gigafactory was approved on Thursday, as the local council in the German municipality of Grünheide voted in favor of the carmaker’s plans to grow its facility near Berlin.The majority of…

Biden Is Trying to Buy EVs Time With New Tariffs on China. It Might Not Work

Henry Griffiths

Today, the Biden administration announced a near-unprecedented 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles, a move the White House said would protect the American industry from “unfairly priced Chinese imports.” Previously, tariffs…

An Innovative EV Motor Used by Lamborghini, McLaren, and Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by Mercedes

Henry Griffiths

Car enthusiasts mourn the commoditization of propulsion. Once petrolheads would have chosen a BMW for its sonorous straight-six or a Mercedes-AMG for its thunderous V8. Now many believe that distinctiveness is rapidly diminishing. Electric…

Climate Protestors Storm Tesla’s Gigafactory in Europe

Henry Griffiths

Protesters charged onto Tesla’s factory site near Berlin on Friday, as part of a five-day demonstration against the carmaker’s local expansion plans.Footage on social media showed crowds of black-clad protesters on Tesla premises and…

Tesla Temporarily Shuts Factory Down as Environmentalists Call the Company a Sham

Henry Griffiths

Mara is sick. The 24-year-old has been living in a mosquito-infested forest near Tesla’s German gigafactory since March, and despite the 78 degrees Fahrenheit heat, a cold is spreading through the camp. Sitting on a makeshift bench, she…

The White House Just Announced a $623 Million EV-Charging Bonanza

Henry Griffiths

In California, the Bay Area’s Contra Costa County will get $15 million, for instance, to deploy more than 100 chargers at its libraries. In Alaska, the Chilkoot Indian Association will get $1.4 million for a charging station in the…

Panasonic’s New Powder-Powered Batteries Will Supercharge EVs

Henry Griffiths

“There are companies that have partnerships and collaborations, but they’re all still in development,” claims Berdichevsky, “while we’re ready for scale production manufacturing.”Not coincidentally, Moses Lake is also home to REC Silicon, a…

You May Get More EV Options Thanks to Tougher Emissions Rules

Henry Griffiths

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed new tailpipe standards that would require electric vehicles to make up two-thirds of new car sales by 2032.