Electric Car

B2U Storage Solutions' Sierra facility in Lancaster, Calif. Photo courtesy of B2U Storage Solutions A California energy startup has turned more than a thousand electric vehicle (EV) batteries into solar power storage capsules, in an intriguing effort to prove out an alternative to traditional recycling. Why it matters: Electric cars…

Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios The U.S. electric car market and its reliance on China is heading for a collision with Congress. Why it matters: Lawmakers are setting their sights on the auto industry’s global supply relationships as bipartisan support emerges to deal with the dirtier sides of "clean energy." Driving the…

Tesla founder Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had “funding secured” to take the electric carmaker private. Musk faced a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Tesla shareholders who argued he misled them with his posts in August 2018, reports the…

There was a time—an instant really—when it seemed like e-bike advocates had captured lightning in a bottle. The E-BIKE Act, a bill introduced by Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) in 2021, was placed in the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by the House of Representatives…

A San Francisco jury on Friday found Elon Musk and Tesla not liable in a trial over a 2018 tweet in which Musk wrote that he had “funding secured” to take the electric carmaker private.. Why it matters: This is a victory for Musk, who has openly pushed back on…

Remember how rising gas prices weren’t a concern to electric car owners? Electrify America is giving users of its DC fast charging network a reminder about one of the biggest frustrations of owning internal combustion engine cars again — by increasing electricity rates at its stations (via Ars Technica). Starting…

New subsidies for electric cars will markedly favor Korean-made cars as the government reveals new guidelines. The new rules take into account not only engine capacity but also after-sales service infrastructure and energy storage technology. This will end up favoring Korean-made cars over imports, with the difference in subsidies increasing…

Sales of electric cars are on the rise in Korea. Market tracker Carisyou said on Thursday that 164,482 EVs were sold here last year, up 63.8 percent from a year earlier. EV sales accounted for 9.8 percent of the total sales of 1.68 million cars, very near the global average…

Then on January 23 during the Spring Festival holiday, design renderings purported to be of the new car appeared on the internet. The vehicle, showing the model number MS11, has a relatively round, streamlined shape like a coupe (a two-door passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear). A few…

The Saudi company “Sumou Holding” will begin producing electric cars within 12 to 18 months, according to CEO Saeed Al-Nahdi. Sumou Holding had chosen the Chinese company “Enovate Motors International” as a partner to establish a factory for the production of electric cars in the Kingdom. It will have a…