Access to a car, at-home charging, insurance and maintenance for as little as $300 a week. Australian energy company AGL has partnered with car subscription service Carbar and electric car charging provider Jet Charge to launch an all-electric car subscription service for consumers looking to dip a toe in the […]
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Polaris and Zero Motorcycles reach deal to bring electric off-roaders to market
Polaris is a name synonymous with powersports — just head to any of the hundreds of snowmobile trails in Wisconsin, Minnesota or other sufficiently wintry place for evidence. Now, it’s teaming up with Zero Motorcycles, Santa Cruz-based maker of electric motorcycles and powertrains, to electrify its lineup. The two companies […]
Electric Snowmobiles? Polaris Partners With Zero Motorcycles To Bring EV Tech To Their Many Toys
The Zero SR/S is the company’s latest and greatest two-wheeler. Will some of its tech end up in a … [+] snowmobile? Roberson Photography Big news in the recreational and utility vehicle world today as snowmobile, side-by-side and Slingshot maker Polaris has inked a 10-year partnership with the Zero Motorcycles, […]
Closer look at PURSANG’s 75 mph electric motorcycles with 3 batteries
Spanish electric motorcycle company PURSANG has spent the last few years reviving the historic brand and preparing for production. Now the company has begun racking up sales and is sharing a new closer look at the PURSANG E-Track electric motorcycle. PURSANG electric motorcycles The Barcelona-based startup PURSANG Motorcycles was founded […]
Here is how electric motorcycles are being used by police and the military
The motorcycle industry has always lagged behind the automotive industry, and while electric police cars are old news these days, many police departments and even military divisions are still learning the benefits of electric motorcycles for fleet duty. Here are a number of interesting examples showing how electric motorcycles are […]
The Coolest New Electric Off-Road Motorcycles
You’ve doubtless seen a lot of stories about how bicycle sales are booming. One of the only silver-lining side-effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns and social-distancing rules is surely that gym goers are now seeking two-wheeled cardio—and nobody who has a choice wants to commute on public transit. The latter concern […]
Toyota-Backed Startup Successfully Tests Manned Electric Flying Car, Plans Launch By 2023
KEY POINTS Tokyo-based SkyDrive successfully tests flying car Startup claims its prototype is the smallest flying car The vehicle may be commercially available in 2023 A Toyota-backed Japanese startup has said it successfully tested a manned flying car prototype, crossing a major milestone in the race to a trillion dollar […]
Warren Buffett-backed Chinese car maker announces strong demand for its new luxury electric sedan
Demand for luxury electric sedans is on the rise in China. In just over two months, orders for a newly launched premium electric sedan from Warren Buffett-backed automaker BYD have topped 40,000, the Chinese car maker disclosed at the Beijing auto show. Chinese electric vehicle start-up Xpeng, which listed in New York […]
Global Electric Classic Car Convert Service Market to Undertake Strapping Growth During 2020-2026
eTurboNews Syndication: Pune, Maharashtra, India, September 16 2020 (Wiredrelease) Reseller –:The Global Electric Classic Car Convert Service Market in the coming years would be driven not only by existing applications such as Tourist AttractionLarge Amusement ParksClosed CommunitiesCampuses but by creating avenues towards new applications. The Electric Classic Car Convert Service industry experienced good […]
Tesla ‘Battery Day’ Spotlights Elon Musk Plan for $25,000 Electric Car
Elon Musk laid out a plan for Tesla Inc. TSLA 1.95% to build a cheap electric car using drastically lower-cost batteries to make a $25,000 vehicle and potentially turn the company into the world’s largest auto maker. The electric-car maker’s chief executive said Tuesday he was targeting eventual annual production […]
Kandi America Partners with Wrench to Offer Luxury Mobile Repair Service for Electric Vehicles
The Wrench mobile vehicle maintenance and repair solution will provide repair services nationwide Kandi America, the U.S. subsidiary of Kandi Technologies Group Inc. (NASDAQ GS: KNDI), an international electric vehicle manufacturer, today announced its partnership with Wrench, a mobile vehicle maintenance and repair solution that brings dealer-quality service to consumers […]
Electric carmakers seek out blank-check firms for funding as virus spooks private markets
By Ben Klayman, Joshua Franklin and Paul Lienert (Reuters) – Electric commercial truck maker Nikola Corp <NKLA.O> of Phoenix, Arizona, tried unsuccessfully to raise $1 billion in the private markets and only turned to a merger with a so-called blank-check company to go public as a way to raise the […]
Rivian R1T Electric Pickups Take 13,000-Mile Road Trip for TV
From Car and Driver Rivian’s 2021 R1T electric pickup was picked as the camera truck for the Long Way Up motorcycle adventure series starting Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. The company had to install about 140 charging locations along the route to keep the vehicles on the road. The show […]
Cadillac Lyriq Electric SUV Preview
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Cadillac has unveiled its Lyriq, showcasing next-generation styling for the brand and introducing a new modular electric platform. The wraps were taken off online because the auto show season has been put on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Chinese automaker Kandi plans to bring a $13,000 electric car to the US this year, slashing the entry price of EV ownership
Kandi K23. Kandi America Kandi Technologies Group, a Chinese auto company, announced this week that it’s launching two ultra-affordable electric vehicles in the US later this year. After federal tax credits, Kandi’s K23 and K27 hatchbacks will cost $12,999 and $22,499, respectively, the company said. According to initial details, the […]
JCB electric digger wins top MacRobert engineering prize
Quiet machine: The 19C-1E in a reading room in London’s Caledonian Club An electric digger from JCB has won this year’s MacRobert Award, the top prize in the UK to recognise engineering innovation. The Staffordshire company’s 19C-1E vehicle is the world’s first volume-produced, fully electric digger. JCB’s machine beat shortlisted […]
the electric car that could give Elon Musk sleepless nights
Polestar 2 battery-electric car – driven 08/07/20 Let’s get the obvious point out of the way. Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO and former head designer at Volkswagen, bears an uncanny resemblance to Hollywood star Tom Cruise. Separated at birth seems a more accurate description as you watch the Polestar boss in […]
Ford Unveils the 2021 Mustang Mach-E Electric SUV
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Ford has drawn inspiration from its past as it looks to the future with the all-new electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. There have been many iterations of the Mustang through the decades, from convertibles to high-performance Shelby-badged coupes, but this […]
Lucid Will Finally Show Off Production Air Electric Vehicle on September 9
From Car and Driver The coronavirus pandemic has delayed more than a few vehicle unveilings. With nearly all the auto shows of the year already canceled, automakers are figuring out how to make the best of a weird situation. Lucid for its part was planning on showing off its first […]