High Costs, Low Demand Hit Electric Pickups
Electric pickup sales in the US are falling short of expectations, with only 35,000 sold in the first half of 2025, down 4% from...
Can a Common Rock Power the Future of Batteries?
Aspiring Materials, a New Zealand startup, has developed a sustainable, closed-loop process that extracts valuable minerals from olivine, a previously overlooked rock. Using only...
Retro Meets Futurism: Dacora’s Ultra-Luxury EV Channels 1930s Elegance
Dacora Motors, co-founded by MIT-trained engineer Kristie D’Ambrosio-Correll, has launched what it claims is the first ultra-luxury, made-in-USA electric vehicle in nearly a century...
Hybrids Surge as EV Sales Stall in Early 2025
The US Energy Information Administration reports that in Q1 2025, 22% of U.S. light-duty vehicle sales were hybrid, battery electric, or plug-in hybrid—up from...
BYD Sparks New EV Price War in China
BYD has reignited China’s electric vehicle price war by cutting prices across its lineup, including a 20% drop on its low-cost Seagull hatchback and...
World’s Leading EV Motor Factory to Supply Ferrari and Lamborghini
Sujita Sinha of Interesting Engineering reports that YASA, a British innovator in axial flux motors, has opened a new high-tech factory near Oxford capable...
Apple’s Next-Gen CarPlay Rolls Out in U.S. and Canada
Apple has launched CarPlay Ultra, its next-generation in-car experience, starting with new Aston Martin vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. CarPlay Ultra offers deep...
Global Automakers Eye U.S. Manufacturing Amid Tariff Concerns
Overseas automakers, facing potential 25% U.S. tariffs, are considering shifting production to the U.S. to avoid costs, reports Stephen Wilmot of The Wall Street...
Bankruptcy Rattles Hydrogen Trucking Hopes
Paul Breger of The Wall Street Journal reports that Nikola's bankruptcy is shaking confidence in hydrogen fuel-cell trucks, which face high costs, a reliance...
Trump’s Tariff Expansion: 25% Levies on Autos, Semiconductors, and Pharma
Hadriana Lowenkron and Josh Wingrove of Bloomberg report that President Trump plans to impose 25% tariffs on automobile, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical imports starting April 2. This...