Overall, the Tesla Model 3 is now the best selling vehicle in the United Kingdom. Not the best selling EV or best selling sedan, but the best selling vehicle. Sales of the Tesla Model 3, which have increased 9.5% since June 2020 reached 5,468 units. Overall U.K. automobile sales in June were 186,000 units. This…
The Daymak Spiritus electric car can mine cryptocurrencies using NVidia RTX 3070 GPUs. The eccentric (and must I say attractive) car is also equipped with solar panels. That 100 Watt solar panel array isn’t enough to directly power the motor, but it can power on-board electronics or protect the car’s battery from self-discharge when it…
Ford Motor Company has debuted the electric version of its new F-150 pickup truck. The truck, dubbed the F-150 Lightning is a redesigned battery electric vehicle (BEV) that takes advantage of its electric powertrain and storage in multiple ways. The new F-150 has a front trunk (often called a ‘frunk’), and it can power your…
Ford’s Norwegian customers have started receiving deliveries of their 2021 Mustang Mach E cars. To be specific, the first customer received their Ford Mustang Mach E today. Ford has been spreading out shipments to more countries, and that means that customers in the U.S. will have to continue waiting for theirs to arrive due to…
A team of researchers from the Utah Power Electronics Lab at Utah State University has developed solar energy systems using discarded electric vehicle batteries. The team submitted it as part of the American-Made Solar Prize competition and was one of 10 finalists. Projects like these address both the electronic waste potential of electric vehicle batteries…
Honda, one of the world’s largest automakers has decided to electrify all of their cars by the year 2040. Electrification refers to vehicles that utilize electric propulsion at least partially. In Honda’s case it would be both battery electric and fuel cell vehicles. Fuel cell vehicles utilize an electric motor which obtains electric power from…
Sudbury, a city in Ontario, Canada has purchased four Tesla electric vehicles to add to their fleet of paramedic vehicles. The Tesla Model 3 vehicles are a semi-affordable way to add zero-emissions vehicles to their fleet and reduce overall emissions. Another noteworthy benefit of this decision is the fact that the vehicles are both small…
Cadillac has released the details for the production version of the Lyriq electric crossover. The luxury car manufacturer first revealed the car last year with a new and highly unconventional design. The car, which won’t be available until late 2022 has a staggering 33″ wide dashboard-mounted screen that displays the speedometer and other metrics that…
Yamaha has developed a 496HP electric motor for the construction of electric hypercars. The company has a history of developing internal combustion engines, as well as ATVs, motorcycles and other motorsports equipment. The decision to start building high-performance electric powertrains signifies an interest in vehicle electrification. The company also helps manufacturers to build prototypes. What…
California’s governor Gavin Newson signed an executive order to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars in California by 2035. More specifically, 100% of light duty car sales are to be zero emissions vehicles by 2035, and 100% of medium and heavy duty vehicles are to be zero emissions by 2045. This refers to in-state sales.…
Solid-state battery technology has been merely discussed for many years as a candidate for electric vehicles. However, Mercedes-Benz is now going to deploy it in electric city buses, one of the industries which has been seeing electric vehicle adoption over the past decade. Solid-state batteries have the potential to offer longer lifespans and higher capacity…
The Tesla Model 3 has quickly become Tesla’s most important car, outselling all previous Tesla cars by a massive margin. The Tesla Model 3’s high sales figures made it the car that helped electric vehicles leap towards mainstream status. The lower price is a key reason. Tesla sold more than 139,730 Model 3 cars in…