Uber Technologies hired former Tesla Inc. executive Rebecca Tinucci to oversee the ride-hailing platform’s shift to electric vehicles.
August 20, 2024electric vehicle News Updates
Uber Hires Ex-Tesla Charger Executive to Oversee EV Shift
ChargePoint Deploys New Plugs to Fit Teslas and Non-Teslas
ChargePoint Holdings is deploying a new plug that the company says most any battery-powered car can use, as automakers rapidly adopt the connector standards developed by Tesla.
August 8, 2024Senate Republicans Ramp Up EV Resistance
Before leaving Washington for a six-week summer break, senior Senate Republicans again pushed back on the White House’s electric vehicle agenda.
August 7, 2024Lucid Gains After EV Maker Secures $1.5 Billion Lifeline
Lucid Group will get a cash infusion of as much as $1.5 billion from an affiliate of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the second time this year the EV maker has received much-needed funding.
August 5, 2024Trump Targets Biden Administration’s EV Agenda at RNC
A rollback of policies that former President Donald Trump believes unfairly target fossil fuel-powered vehicles would be among the central priorities he'd tackle if re-elected this fall.
July 25, 2024EV Output Is 45% Below Carmakers’ Expectations, Supplier Says
Carmakers are faced with significant overcapacity to make EVs because of softening demand with many turning back to development plans for combustion-engine cars, OPmobility SE reports.
July 23, 2024Alternative Powertrain Might Unlock US EV Market
An alternative vehicle powertrain called an EREV that’s booming in China might hold the answer to encouraging Americans to adopt electric cars and trucks.
July 17, 2024Sodium-Ion Battery Startup Peak Sparks Lithium Alternative
Startup Peak Energy received $55 million in funding to scale up production of sodium-ion batteries that the company is positioning as an alternative to lithium-ion technology.
July 17, 2024GM CEO Barra Backs Away From 1 Million EV Production Goal
General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra walked back expectations for her company’s electric vehicle program, the latest such move by a legacy automaker as momentum slows for plug-in models.
July 16, 2024Perspective: The US Needs Lithium Independence
The race for lithium, the lifeblood of modern batteries, is on. Spurred by the adoption of electric vehicles, the use of lithium has extended to the trucking industry.
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