Category: eV

The electric full-suspension mountain bike now sports a 630-watt-hour battery for longer rides on the trails.

The Smart Energy Solutions For Africa (SESA) is a collaborative project between the European Union and nine African countries. The nine countries are Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Nigeria. The SESA program aims to boost energy access technologies and business models with a specific focus on business models that are […]

Tesla will be America's best-selling luxury brand by far as its sales are on track to exceed BMW and Mercedes-Benz sales combined.

Genesis (Hyundai’s luxury brand, which is great because the normal Hyundais have increased in quality tremendously over the years) had several interesting announcements this month. We’ve already discussed two ways that it is working to increase EV sales (which I’ll recap below), but there’s one more thing it’s doing that’s putting the icing on that […]

Three battery manufacturers dominated the market: CATL, LGES and BYD.

Two Tesla Model X owners described an issue with the front seat belts' allegedly faulty anchor and tensioning system.

The number of new VLCCs to be delivered in 2024? Zero. The number to be delivered in 2025? One.

Promoting renewable energy in the Global South is essential, and for several important reasons. First, countries in the Global South are often highly reliant on fossil fuels for energy production, which contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants that have harmful environmental and health impacts. By shifting to renewable sources of energy, such […]

Following months of promising test results, battery researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are recommending that the solid-state battery industry focus on a technique known as isostatic pressing as it looks to commercialize next-generation batteries. Commercial-scale production of solid-state batteries is a goal for electric vehicle manufacturers because these batteries have […]

Kenya Power Lighting Company PLC (Kenya Power) recently submitted an application for a tariff review to Kenya’s energy regulator EPRA. One thing that stood out in Kenya Power’s initial application for me was a proposed special tariff for electric mobility. As a key stakeholder in the e-mobility ecosystem, Kenya Power has been very active in […]