Xpeng Motors Files For IPO On NYSE

Upstart Chinese electric vehicle maker, Xpeng Motors has officially filed for its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. The move wasn’t a surprise and had been anticipated for some time now. The announcement makes XPeng the third electric vehicle manufacturer out of China to list its shares in the US. The… Continue reading Xpeng Motors Files For IPO On NYSE

Lightning Systems Launches Charging Solutions Division

Lightning Systems, which offers all-electric versions of commercial vehicles, usually built using Ford’s vans and truck gliders, is launching a new Lightning Energy division to provide charging solutions for fleets. The idea is to offer all types of charging products, from 7.2 kW AC charging points, to 150 kW DC fast chargers and turnkey solutions,… Continue reading Lightning Systems Launches Charging Solutions Division

2021 BMW iNext Electric SUV Drops Camouflage In Latest Spy Photos

This is our best look yet at the car currently known as the BMW iNext, a model whose name will most likely change for production into iX5. If this is the first time you’re hearing of this model, it’s a sporty all-electric X5-sized high rider that’s set to debut next year. It will be powered… Continue reading 2021 BMW iNext Electric SUV Drops Camouflage In Latest Spy Photos

Affordable Russian EV Zetta To Enter Production By End Of 2020

According to the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (via federal news agency TASS), series production of the Russian electric city car – Zetta – will start by the end of 2020 (after a delay from Q1 2020). This tiny EV, named after Zero Emission Terra Transport Asset, will be produced by the Russian Engineering… Continue reading Affordable Russian EV Zetta To Enter Production By End Of 2020

Reservations Numbers Reveal Rivian R1T Has 30,000 Buyers Waiting

This article starts with a big “thank you” to our readers. We asked them to tell us their reservation numbers for the Rivian R1T, and R1S after a video from Detached Garage showed us how to obtain it. We thought we’d have a hard task getting the real amount of preorders, but that was spared… Continue reading Reservations Numbers Reveal Rivian R1T Has 30,000 Buyers Waiting

Xpeng Motors Raises Another $300 Million Ahead Of NY Stock Exchange IPO

According to The South China Morning Post, Xpeng Motors has recently raised an additional $300 million ahead of its New York Stock Exchange initial public offering. The $300 million is on top of the $500 million we reported the startup electric vehicle manufacturer raised last month.  Xpeng has reportedly received the latest round of funds… Continue reading Xpeng Motors Raises Another $300 Million Ahead Of NY Stock Exchange IPO

MG-Badged Roewe Ei5 To Become Europe’s First All-Electric Wagon

There are very few battery electric wagons currently available to buy, all of which are in China, but one is going to make its way to Europe where it will be an utterly unique proposition. The Roewe Ei5 will be sold in the United Kingdom as the MG 5 beginning Q4 2020, where it will… Continue reading MG-Badged Roewe Ei5 To Become Europe’s First All-Electric Wagon

Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck Created With Zero Market Research, Could Flop

The Tesla Cybertruck reveal was one of those events that broke the internet. It gained so much notoriety so quickly that it has to be acknowledged as being the star of one of the most memorable automotive unveiling venues of recent years. However, its success seems to have been a mere fluke, since we’ve now… Continue reading Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck Created With Zero Market Research, Could Flop

Fisker To Launch Three New Models Including Electric Pickup After Ocean SUV

Remember the Fisker EMotion, the all-electric super sedan that was revealed in 2017 with plans to put it into production in 2019? Well, its original launch date may have passed, but it’s apparently still going to hit the market along with two new Fisker models, after the Ocean debuts. Fisker has announced plans to have… Continue reading Fisker To Launch Three New Models Including Electric Pickup After Ocean SUV

DPD Electrified 10% Of Its Van Fleet Ahead Of Schedule

The British division of DPD boasted that it has increased the number of EVs from just over 130 at the start of 2020, to more than 700, smashing its own target by five months. That’s more than 10% of the entire fleet. It makes also DPD UK the biggest electric delivery fleet in the country. The… Continue reading DPD Electrified 10% Of Its Van Fleet Ahead Of Schedule